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Thursday, December 03, 2009

World's Finest #200 Ad - Dec. 1970

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This nifty ad, which ran in World's Finest #199, was sent to me by F.O.A.M.er Andy Mangels.

For a brief time, DC toyed around with the decades-long World's Finest format, kicking Batman out of the book so it could feature Superman and rotating guest stars. Depending on how you look at it, its either ironic or perfectly logical that Supes' would quickly team with Robin, the Boy Wonder. C'mon, Clark, cut the cord!

As you can see, DC had the next couple of team-ups already lined up, including Aquaman, who would indeed appear in World's Finest #203. I love that classic Aquaman stock shot, glad to see it again here.
Thanks Andy!

3 comments:

Josh Hill said...

I've always liked the Superman and Robin pairing. It has a lot of dimension to it. I always thought that Dick Grayson would be in awe of Superman upon their first meeting because Dick and his family essentially pretended to fly in a circus act, while Superman was someone who could actually do so.

Gotta love the Wonder Woman pic, too. One of these days, I'm gonna get those trade paperbacks of that WW era.

Daniel said...

Depending on how you look at it, its either ironic or perfectly logical that Supes' first guest-star was Robin, the Boy Wonder.

Actually, not. #198 and #199 featured a two-part team-up with the Flash. But as I recall there was a bit of a fuss that Batman didn't return for #200.

rob! said...

Oops--damn it, I knew that too. Duly corrected!