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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 1 |
| Subtitle |
Year One: Different
Worlds |
| Date |
April 1999 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Robert
Campanella |
| storyline |
Clark Kent prepared
to interview his childhood friend, Dr. Harrison Grey, at a gala to
dedicate his new plastic surgery center. Bruce Wayne prepared for
the same event, after being reminded of it by his butler, Alfred.
Kent and Wayne were introduced by their common friend. Dr. Grey
spoke of his center, which would focus on birth defects and
scarring - not cosmetic surgery, and retired. Backstage, he was
kidnapped. Superman and Batman both arrived on the scene quickly.
They disagreed on how to handle the situation and went their
separate ways. Eric Stag, a wannabe vigilante who preyed on
rapists, had captured the doctor in hopes of getting a new face.
Batman and Superman stopped him, but Dr. Grey was hit by a car and
killed trying to escape. |
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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 2 |
| Subtitle |
Year Two: A Tale of
Two Cities |
| Date |
May 1999 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Robert
Campanella |
| storyline |
On the first
anniversary of Dr. Harrison Grey's death, both Batman and Superman
visited his gravesite. Not understanding each other, they agreed
to work together that night - half in Gotham City, half in
Metropolis. In Gotham City, they took down a group of crooks who'd
worked for various other criminals calling themselves the
Henchmen. Batman and Superman discussed each other's methods and
the reasons both had not joined the JLA. In Metropolis, they
stopped a madman who had a device that could control metal (he
claimed to be from the future). They agreed to meet again on the
next anniversary of Dr. Grey's death. |
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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 3 |
| Subtitle |
Year Three: Light in
the Darkness |
| Date |
June 1999 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Robert
Campanella |
| storyline |
Gordon and his men
took down a gang trying to rob an armored car. A man in a Superman
outfit tried to help and was delivered to Arkham Asylum. The fake
Superman turned out to be Clark Kent in kevlar hoping to get an
exclusive story on the asylum. When a breakout occurred, Kent
turned out to be the real Superman. Batman arrived and helped him
control the situation. |
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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 4 |
| Subtitle |
Year Four:
Underworlds |
| Date |
July 1999 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Robert
Campanella |
| storyline |
Batman headed to
Metropolis when he learned someone was hacking satellites to spy
on Superman. Superman was busy with an apartment building fire
when Batman arrived. Batman told him he'd found the location of
the trackers. It was learned that they were only piggy-backing on
the feeds. Batman went to find the real trackers and they turned
out to be a government agency planning to clone the Kryptonian. He
destroyed their data and warned them to shut down. |
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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 5 |
| Subtitle |
Year Five: A Woman's
Work |
| Date |
August 1999 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Robert
Campanella |
| storyline |
Superman visited
Gotham City tracking some criminals. He found them already taken
care of by Batgirl. They teamed up to search for the rest of their
gang, but Batman already had them (with help from Thorn). The
group had planned to frame Barbara Gordon in order to
"buy" her father, the commissioner of police. |
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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 6 |
| Subtitle |
Year Six: The
Imp-Possible Dream |
| Date |
September 1999 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Peter Doherty,
Robert Campanella |
| storyline |
Bat-Mite and Mr.
Mxyzptlk stopped time to decide who was better - Superman or
Batman. They put Lois Lane on a building being attacked by
Kryptonian birds. Superman and Batman (with help from Robin) got
to her at the same time. All four were placed in a booby trapped
funhouse. Robin suggested he team with Superman (and Lois with
Batman) so that neither imp would sabotage the contest. Mxyzptlk
gave Lois super powers, Bat-Mite gave Batman super powers. Each
time exited at the same time; the 5th dimension beings left. |
|
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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 7 |
| Subtitle |
Year Seven: A Better
World |
| Date |
October 1999 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Peter Doherty,
Robert Campanella |
| storyline |
After the death of
Jason and the paralysis of Barbara, Superman visited Batman in the
cave. He confessed that he'd killed some of his enemies. When
Batman ordered him away, Superman grabbed him and flew him to
Smallville. He showed Batman what he fought for (instead of
Batman's fighting against things). He helped Bruce come to grips
with the loss of his partners. A doctor making a house call had a
heart attack. Batman resuscitated him while Superman delivered his
patent's baby. |
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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 8 |
| Subtitle |
Year Eight: Cat and
Mouse |
| Date |
April 1999 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Peter Doherty,
Robert Campanella |
| storyline |
Bruce Wayne, at a
business meeting with Lex Luthor, congratulated Lois Lane on her
engagement to Clark Kent. Catwoman stole plans for LexCorp's new
jet from under Luthor's nose. Superman and Batman arrived and got
on Catwoman's trail. She grabbed Lane and made for her escape
route. Superman caught her and recovered the plans, but Catwoman
escaped after detonating some of the charges she'd planted. Lex
Luthor was reportedly killed the next day while testing the plane. |
|
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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 9 |
| Subtitle |
Year Nine |
| Date |
December 1999 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Graham Nolan, Sal
Buscema |
| storyline |
PART ONE - WHEN IT
REIGNS...IT POURS:
After the death of Superman, six imposters showed up at a crime
scene and fought each other. Batman came in and stopped the
robbery. He left when none of the Supermen knew why he was in
Metropolis.
PART TWO - KNIGHT'S EDGE:
Months later, after the real Superman returned, he showed up in
Gotham City and met with Batman (AzBat). He realized he wasn't the
real Batman, but hoped he could continue the legacy. |
|
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| Issue |
Batman &
Superman: World's Finest 10 |
| Subtitle |
Year Ten: War of the
Worlds |
| Date |
January 2000 |
| Writer(s) |
Karl Kesel |
| Artist(s) |
Dave Taylor, Tom
Morgan, Robert Campanella |
| storyline |
A breakout occurred
at both Stryker Island Prison in Metropolis and Arkham Asylum in
Gotham City. Batman and Superman met in Gotham (the Metropolis
criminals were hoping to take over GC, while the Gotham criminals
planned to keep them from it). They took down Bloodsport and
Deadshot; Batman called Oracle for reinforcements. Steel,
Supergirl, Superboy, Robin, Nightwing, and Azrael arrived quickly.
Azrael and Steel took down Metallo; Superboy and Robin caught
Poison Ivy; Nightwing and Superman got Charaxes and Hellgrammite;
Batman and Superman got the Riven Twins. Two-Face appeared with
the not-dead Dr. Harrison Grey. They took him down and rescued
their old friend. It appeared that Grey's body double had been
killed ten years before and he'd contracted amnesia due to the
occurrences. |
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