The covers are by Howard Bender and Dick Giordano, and this book features one of my all-time favorite back covers, seen here. You rarely see the compartmentalized look when a cover features multiple heroes, but Bender went for it here and I think it just looks superb and way cool. I wish this was done more!
Stories include:
• Superman and Batgirl in "Wild Week-End in Washington!" by Elliot S. Maggin, Curt Swan, and Bob Oksner
• Superman and Green Lantern in "Beware the Hero-Killers!" by Cary Bates, Swan, and Tex Blaisdell
• Superman and Captain Strong in "The Fantastic Feats of Captain Strong!" by Bates, Swan, and Murphy Anderson
• Elongated Man and Flash(ok, they're not all Superman team-ups) in "The Mystery Man Who Walked On Air!" by Mary Skrenes and Dick Giordano
• Superman, Batman, and Metamorpho in "The Freak Who Never Fails" by Bob Haney, Dick Dillin, and Blaisdell
• Green Arrow and Black Canary in "The Plot To Kill Black Canary" by Maggin and Giordano
• Superman, Batman, and The Atom in "Killers Come In All Sizes" by Haney, Dillin, and John Calnan
...why in a book of Superman team-ups there are two non-Supes stories in here, one them having just been reprinted in a digest two years ago, is a mystery. I'm assuming the page count just didn't work out but it still seems kinda weird.
Still, it's a fun collection, and it's nice to see some other DC heroes during the Superman/Funny Stuff-only digest era.
3 comments:
I really need to own this one, I thought I had all the Supes based titles.
Superman and Batgirl in "Wild Week-End in Washington!"... did i read that right?
Kal and Babs in the Watergate hotel...ah, good times, good times.
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