Comic Title: DC Special Series #19
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Fall 1979
On Sale Date: July 5, 1979 Newsstand Date July 5, 1979
Source: House Ad, Weird War Tales #80, Page 12

Newsstand Date July 5, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #32

Newsstand Date July 5, 1979
Source: Comics Journal, #47

Copyright Date July 5, 1979
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1979

Newsstand Date July 3, 1979
Source: Comic Reader, #170

Newsstand Date July 2, 1979
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 79 #27
Listed as on sale the week of July 2nd

Shipping Date June 12, 1979
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #32

Frequency: Four times a year
Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: E. Nelson Bridwell

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-1)
Batman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Dick Sprang
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
World's Finest Comics #94 (1958)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #121; next appearance in Action Comics #240)
• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #254; next appearance in Detective Comics #255)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #254; next appearance in Detective Comics #255)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Action Comics #236; next appearance in Action Comics #249)
• Several crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Powerman (a robot; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #162; next appearance in Superman #76)
• Batman (last appearance in Batman #171; next appearance in Superman #76)
• Robin (last appearance in Batman #110; next appearance in Superman #76)

Synopsis:
Lex Luthor has escaped prison, and Superman will not let Batman help him recapture the criminal. He has instead taken a new partner, Powerman. Batman and Robin trail Superman to learn why he has refused their help.

Robin recalls the first time he and Batman met the Man of Steel. They had run across some Kryptonite smugglers and gone to warn Superman. They teamed up, but at the final stage Superman refused their help in order to protect them. Batman disguised himself as Superman anyway to assist his new friend. Together they defeated the gang.

Batman suspects Superman is protecting him again. He returns to Luthor’s cell and discovers that Luthor is using a powerful new weapon. He devises a shield to protect himself from the weapon and captures Luthor. Superman then reveals that Powerman is a robot. He used the robot to get close to his foe, because Luthor was also using Kryptonite.