Showcase Presents: World's Finest, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Gardner Fox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 17, 2007

Over 500 pages of classic adventures are included in this value-priced volume! From the 1950s come these inventive tales starring the unbeatable team of Superman, Batman and Robin!Together, this titanic threesome takes on menaces of every shape and size, including aliens, strange creatures from the dim past and distant future, and deal with bizarre situations that no ordinary hero could handle.

Product Details

• Paperback: 552 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (October 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401216978
• ISBN-13: 978-1401216979
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.2 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #723,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the "World's Finest" stories are presented here, January 26, 2008

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Lynn Woolley (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Showcase Presents: World's Finest, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Most of these stories were drawn by Dick Sprang and Stan Kaye and feature some of the best art of the era in between the Golden Age and the Silver Age. The Club of Heroes is an exceptional story with a great sense of wonder and mystery in a few simple pages, The solution is far-fetched by today's standards, but I was 7 at the time, and it was wonderful storytelling. I also enjoyed the story of Superman's kid pal Skyboy. The Sprang-Kaye splash is exceptional. This is a great example of the innocent age of the fifties for Superman and Batman. Great Stuff.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great, September 25, 2008

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mark twain (ramakandraazanionipot, thai) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Showcase Presents: World's Finest, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Unlike some others who wonder why anyone would want to read a color comic collection in black and white I love this collection and all the essentials and showcase stuff. I actually prefer the lack of color, being that the old four-color coloring was so awful, it lets you gain a new appreciation of how good many of the pencillers were without the horrendous four-color drabness killing the clean lines. You can't beat the stories and you can't beat the price.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars World's Funnest!, March 24, 2009

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Hwy61Joe (Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Showcase Presents: World's Finest, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

I found this to be among the most entertaining of DC's Showcase Presents volumes to date. Superman, Batman and Robin team up in each story (including their first ever meeting in the pages of a comic book)lasting around 10 to 13 pages each in which they battle aliens, gangsters and even a few battles against classic comic book villains Lex Luthor and the Joker! What's not to like? Most of the art is by Batman legend Dick Sprang with covers by definitive Superman artist Curt Swan.