DC Comics · World's Finest Comics #146 · December 1964 · 12¢ · 80 pages
Grade: VF- 7.5
Cover artists and interior credits for this issue are unconfirmed in our records.
“Batman, Son of Krypton!” — Batman confronts Superman with photographs he labels “Bruce-El Flying” and “Bruce-El's Super Strength,” mounting a case that he, not Clark Kent, is the true survivor of Krypton. It's the kind of Silver Age premise that DC deployed with complete seriousness: the World's Finest partnership turned inside out, with Batman asserting a Kryptonian identity and Superman forced to reckon with the evidence. The story leans into the era's affection for elaborate hoaxes, identity switches, and the specific pleasure of watching these two characters destabilize each other.
Specific interior credits — writer, penciler, inker — are unconfirmed for this issue and have been omitted rather than approximated. The 80-page format DC was running on World's Finest at this point typically included backup material alongside the lead team-up story; we cannot confirm additional story titles or credits here with the detail this book deserves.
World's Finest #146 sits squarely in the middle of the title's long Silver Age run — post-100-page giant era, pre-Neal Adams redesign, deep in the stretch where Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan defined what a Batman/Superman story felt like for an entire generation of readers. Mid-run Silver Age copies in VF range are the ones condition-conscious collectors compete for quietly.
Condition VF- 7.5 — [[PIC_GRADE_BRANDING]]. [[PIC_CONDITION_STATUS]]
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DC Comics · World's Finest Comics #146 · December 1964 · 12¢ · 80 pages
Grade: VF- 7.5
Cover artists and interior credits for this issue are unconfirmed in our records.
“Batman, Son of Krypton!” — Batman confronts Superman with photographs he labels “Bruce-El Flying” and “Bruce-El's Super Strength,” mounting a case that he, not Clark Kent, is the true survivor of Krypton. It's the kind of Silver Age premise that DC deployed with complete seriousness: the World's Finest partnership turned inside out, with Batman asserting a Kryptonian identity and Superman forced to reckon with the evidence. The story leans into the era's affection for elaborate hoaxes, identity switches, and the specific pleasure of watching these two characters destabilize each other.
Specific interior credits — writer, penciler, inker — are unconfirmed for this issue and have been omitted rather than approximated. The 80-page format DC was running on World's Finest at this point typically included backup material alongside the lead team-up story; we cannot confirm additional story titles or credits here with the detail this book deserves.
World's Finest #146 sits squarely in the middle of the title's long Silver Age run — post-100-page giant era, pre-Neal Adams redesign, deep in the stretch where Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan defined what a Batman/Superman story felt like for an entire generation of readers. Mid-run Silver Age copies in VF range are the ones condition-conscious collectors compete for quietly.
Condition VF- 7.5 — [[PIC_GRADE_BRANDING]]. [[PIC_CONDITION_STATUS]]
We use what the scientists are calling artificial intelligence to research and write our descriptions — it gives us more time to add books to our website and provide you with a wider array of inventory. We think Klaatu would approve. Details are verified but the robot does slip up. We're not infallible. Every book is graded by a human collector who has actually held it. If anything ever looks off, reach on out at robopictocomics@gmail.com.
