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Issue Details

Issue #176
Published June 1968
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Superman; Batman; Supergirl; Batgirl
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams

18 page Superman and Batman story "The Superman-Batman Split!"

Characters Superman; Batman; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; James Gordon; Jimmy Olsen; Ronald Jason; Desmond Jason; Kandor; green kryptonite; Fortress of Solitude
Synopsis Actor Jason Desmond's dying performance is an attempt to fool Superman and Batman into believing he is 2 aliens, one hunting the other. But his story rings false and Superman lets Batman in on the hoax, which ends up fooling Supergirl, Batgirl, Robin, and Jimmy Olsen anyway.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Part II is titled "A Tale of 3 Teams."
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #302; in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #3 (February-March 1976); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #16; in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #6/1992

6 page Martian Manhunter story "The Case of the Magic Baseball"

Characters Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz] (origin part 2); "Trigger" Tom Taylor (flashback); Big Bob Michaels; Brad Devon
Synopsis J'onn J'onzz captures Brad Devon and his men for blackmailing Bob Michaels, and helps Michaels win a baseball game on the way.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes Editors' Round Table choice. J'onn J'onzz has some powers no longer associated with him, including the ability to see the future, walk through walls, and affect the velocity of matter.
Reprinted From Detective Comics #226 (December 1955).

1 page Superman and Batman letters page "Cape and Cowl Comments"

Script Mort Weisinger ?
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from: Guy Michaelson etal, Selina Zane; Dave Truesdale; Andy Franklin; Milo Miles; William Cole, with an illustration.