Comic Title: World's Finest Comics #74
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jan/Feb 1955
Approx. On Sale Date: November 26, 1954 Copyright Date November 24, 1954
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1954
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Contest of Heroes"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
80 Page Giant Magazine #15 (1965)
World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 1 HC (1999)
Showcase Presents:World's Finest Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics:The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 HC (2016)
Batman & Superman in World's Finest Comics:The Silver Age Vol. 1 TPB (2017)
Superman in the Fifties TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #200; next appearance in Superman #95)
• Batman (last appearance in Detective Comics #215; next appearance in Batman #89)

Supporting Character(s)

• Robin (last appearance in Detective Comics #215; next appearance in Batman #89)
• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #200; next appearance in Superman #95)

Villain(s)

• Three unnamed crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An alien child (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
An experimental rocket is launched into space. It returns to Earth with an unexpected alien passenger. The alien causes a panic on Earth, forcing Superman and Batman to search for it. The alien watches the heroes and uses its ability to change shape to emulate them. Batman deduces that the alien is a child, so he plays tag with it. Meanwhile Superman locates the child’s planet and brings a model of it back to Earth. Seeing the model makes the alien homesick, so he lets Superman take him home.