World's Finest Comics #89
World's Finest Comics #89
Cover Credits
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye

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Title: "The Club of Heroes"
Pages: 12

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

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

Reprinted In:
World's Finest Comics #179 (1968)
World's Finest Comics Archives Vol. 2 HC (2002)
Showcase Presents:World's Finest Vol. 1 TPB (2007)
Batman:The Black Casebook TPB (2009)
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)
Batman in the Fifties TPB (2021)

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Guest Appearance(s)

Other Character(s)

  • John Mayhew (a philanthropist; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman, Batman, and several heroes from around the world are called together to form a Club of Heroes. The members decide to elect the chairman of the club based on heroic deeds performed that week. Each hero is selfless and wants another to be elected chairman, so they don’t take credit for their own rescues.

Superman is knocked unconscious by an unknown force while stopping a lightning storm. An unknown hero, Lightning-Man, appears and accomplishes Superman’s duties. The next day a similar event happens and Lightning-Man once again makes the scene while Superman is incapacitated.

Batman suspects that Lightning-Man is behind Superman’s problems. He suspects that the new hero is trying to win chairmanship in the club which is exactly what happens.

When Lightning-Man appears again however, Batman proves that the identity of the new hero is Superman himself. An orbiting piece of Kryptonite is affecting him causing him to assume another identity. The Kryptonite is removed, Superman returns to normal, and he remains chairman of the club.


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