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Issue Details

Issue #177
Published August 1968
Frequency Monthly with the exception of Jan., Apr. and July
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant)
Notes Carmine Infantino now Editorial Director. Copyright © National Periodical Publications, Inc., 1968.

Cover Details - "The Duel of the Crime-Kings!"

Characters Batman; Superman; Lex Luthor; Joker
Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru
Inks Mike Esposito

18 page Superman and Batman story "Duel of the Crime Kings!"

Characters Joker, Lex Luthor; Superman; Batman; Robin; Benedict Arnold; Baron von Munchhausen; Leonardo da Vinci; green kryptonite gas
Synopsis Luthor and Joker use a Chronal Displacer to call up great villains of the past to join their gang and trick Leonardo Da Vinci into planning crimes for them.
Genre superhero
Script Jim Shooter
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Mike Esposito

1 page Cape and Cowl Comments letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell; Carl Gafford
Letters typeset
Notes Includes a letter from Carl Gafford

6 page Editors' Round Table: Gang Busters story "Dead Silence!"

Genre crime
Script Dave Wood
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Notes Editors' Round Table
Reprinted from Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #67 (January 1959)