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World's Finest Comics 221

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #221

Cover Date: January-February 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
Publication Date: 1973-10-16

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Story: "Cry Not for My Forsaken Son!" (20 Pages)
Part Two: "Rendezvous on Massacre Island"
Part 3 "Just an Ordinary Hero"

Credits:

StoryBob Haney
PencilsDick Dillin
InksMurphy Anderson
LetteringBen Oda
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Batman, Jr. (last in issue #216; also in brief flashbacks)
Superman, Jr. (last in issue #216; also in brief flashbacks)

Supporting Character(s):

Batman (last in issue #215)
Superman (last in issue #215)
Mrs. Bruce Wayne (identity obscured; (last in issue #215)
Mrs. Clark Kent (identity obscured; (last in issue #215)
Alfred Pennyworth (last in issue #215)
James Gordon of Earth-216 (first appearance; next in ???)

Villain(s):

Mark King (first appearance; also in flashback; father of Danny Orr; former business partner of Jack Orr, over time becomes corrupt)
Brazos (first appearance)
Mine guards (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Danny Orr (first appearance; also in flashback; son of Mark and Anne King; raised by Jack Orr)
Jack Orr (first appearance; also in flashback)
Anne King (first appearance; in flashback; mother of Danny Orr; dies)

Cameo Appearance(s):

imprisoned miners (first appearance of all; some die)
Naval forces of an unidentified Central American country

Location(s):

Earth-216
Gotham City
Metropolis
Matanzas Island (first appearance; off the coast of Central America)

Comment(s):

"Earth-216" was named in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition (November 2005)

Story Reprinted in:

Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons ([December] 2007)
Superman / Batman: Saga of the Super Sons ([March] 2017)


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