Wenn Batman und Superman zusammenkommen, spricht man von World’s Finest, dem Treffen der Weltbesten. Eine Einführung gibt es hier. Im Folgenden eine Liste der gemeinsamen Abenteuer, angefangen mit der Serie World’s Finest Comics, die bereits 1941 begonnen wurde, aber erst ab 1954 traten die beiden Helden zusammen auf. Die erste Begegnung fand in der Serie Superman statt:

• The Mightiest Team on Earth (Superman #76, 1952)

Von 1970 bis 1972 war die Serie Team-ups mit Superman und anderen Helden gewidmet. Ab 1973 bis 1976 tauchten in sechs Ausgaben die Super-Sons auf, die Söhne von Batman und Superman. Ab 1966 erschienen in einzelnen Ausgaben nur Nachdrucke (Reprints) älterer Geschichten.

World’s Finest #71-116 sind erschienen in Batman & Superman in World’s Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (2015) und in zwei Paperback-Ausgaben, #117-158 im Omnibus Vol. 2 (2019).

World’s Finest (1941-1986)

1954-1959

• Batman – Double for Superman! (#71, 1954)
• Fort Crime (#72, 1954)
• Batman and Superman, Swamis Inc. (#73, 1954)
• The Contest of Heroes (#74, 1955)
• The New Team of Superman and Robin (#75, 1955)
• When Gotham City Challenged Metropolis (#76, 1955)
• The Super-Batman (#77, 1955)
• When Superman’s Identity Is Exposed (#78, 1955)
• The Three Magicians of Baghdad (#79, 1955)
• The Super-Newspaper of Gotham City (#80, 1956)
• The True History of Superman and Batman (#81, 1956)
• The Three Super Musketeers (#82, 1956)
• The Case of the Mother Goose Mystery (#83, 1956)
• The Super-Mystery of Metropolis (#84, 1956)
• The Super-Rivals (#85, 1956)
• The Super-Show of Gotham City (#86, 1957)
• The Reversed Heroes (#87, 1957)
• Superman’s and Batman’s Greatest Foes (#88, 1957): erster gemeinsamer Kampf gegen Lex Luthor und Joker)
• The Club of Heroes (#89, 1957)
• The Super-Batwoman (#90, 1957)
• The Three Super-Sleepers (#91, 1957)
• The Boy from Outer Space (#92, 1958)
• The Boss of Batman and Superman (#93, 1958)
• The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team (#94, 1958)
• Battle of the Super-Heroes (#95, 1958): erster Kampf zwischen Batman und Superman
• The Super-Foes from Planet X (#96, 1958)
• The Day Superman Betrayed Batman (#97, 1958)
• The Menace of the Moonman (#98, 1958)
• Batman’s Super Spending Spree (#99, 1959)
• The Dictator of Krypton City (#100, 1959)
• The Menace of the Atom-Master (#101, 1959)
• The Caveman from Krypton (#102, 1959)
• The Secret of the Sorcerer’s Treasure (#103, 1959)
• The Plot to Destroy Superman (#104, 1959)
• The Alien Superman (#105, 1959)
• The Duplicate Man (#106, 1959)

1960-1969

• Secret of the Time Creature (#107, 1960)
• The Star Creatures (#108, 1960)
• The Bewitched Batman (#109, 1960): zweiter Kampf zwischen Batman und Superman
• The Alien Who Doomed Robin (#110, 1960)
• Superman’s Secret Kingdom (#111, 1960)
• The Menace of Superman’s Pet (#112, 1960)
• Bat-Mite Meets Mr. Mxyzptlk (#113, 1960)
• Captives of the Space Globes (#114, 1960)
• The Curse that Doomed Superman (#115, 1961)
• The Creature From Beyond (#116, 1961)
• Super-Batwoman and the Super-Creature (#117, 1961)
• The Creature That Was Exchanged For Superman (#118, 1961)
• Secret of Tigerman (#119, 1961)
• Challenge of the Faceless Creatures (#120, 1961)
• The Mirror Batman (#121, 1961)
• The Capture of Superman (#122, 1961)
• The Incredible Team of Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk (#123, 1962)
• The Mystery of the Alien Super-Boy (#124, 1962)
• The Hostages of the Island of Doom (#125, 1962)
• The Negative Superman (#126, 1962)
• The Sorcerer from the Stars (#127, 1962)
• The Power That Transformed Batman (#128, 1962)
• Joker-Luthor, Incorporated (#129, 1962)
• Riddle of the Four Planets (#130, 1962)
• The Mystery of the Crimson Avenger (#131, 1963)
• Batman and Robin, Medieval Bandits (#132, 1963)
• The Beast of the Supernatural (#133, 1963)
• The Band of Super-Villains (#134, 1963)
• Menace of the Future Man (#135, 1963)
• The Batman Nobody Remembered (#136, 1963)
• Superman’s Secret Master (#137, 1963)
• The Secret of the Captive Cavemen (#138, 1963)
• The Ghost of Batman (#139, 1964)
• The Clayface Superman (#140, 1964)
• The Olsen-Robin Team versus the Superman-Batman Team (#141, 1964)
• The Composite Superman (#142, 1964)
• The Feud Between Batman and Superman (#143, 1964)
• The 1,000 Tricks of Clayface and Brainiac (#144, 1964)
• Prison For Heroes (#145, 1964)
• Batman, Son of Krypton (#146, 1964)
• The New Terrific Team (#147, 1965)
• Superman and Batman… Outlaws (#148, 1965)
• The Game of Secret Identities (#149, 1965)
• The Super-Gamble With Doom (#150, 1965)
• The Infinite Evolutions of Batman and Superman (#151, 1965)
• The Colossal Kids (#152, 1965)
• The Saga of Superman vs. Batman/The Clash of Cape and Cowl (#153, 1965)
• The Sons of Batman and Superman (#154, 1965)
• The 1,000th Exploit of Superman and Batman (#155, 1966)
• The Federation of Bizarro Idiots (#156, 1966)
• The Abominable Brats (#157, 1966)
• The Invulnerable Super-Enemy (#158, 1966)
• The Cape and Cowl Crooks (#159, 1966)
• The Fatal Forecasts of Dr. Zodiac (#160, 1966)
• [Reprints #102, 96, 90, 110, 101, 105] (#161, 1966)
• Pawns of the Jousting Master (#162, 1966)
• Duel of the Super-Duo! / The Super-Combat (#163, 1966)
• Brainiac’s Super Brain-Child (#164, 1967)
• The Crown of Crime (#165, 1967)
• The Danger of the Deadly Duo (#166, 1967)
• The New Superman and Batman Team (#167, 1967)
• The Return of the Composite Superman (#168, 1967)
• The Supergirl-Batgirl Plot – Clash of the Super-Teams (#169, 1967)
• [Reprints #108, 84, 112, 73, 92, 106] (#170, 1967)
• The Executioner’s List (#171, 1967)
• Superman and Batman… Brothers (#172, 1967)
• The Jekyll-Hyde-Heroes (#173, 1968)
• Secret of the Double Death-Wish (#174, 1968)
• The Superman-Batman Revenge Squads! (#175, 1968):  Die Superman-Batman Rachekommandos
• The Superman-Batman Split! (#176, 1968)
• Duel of the Crime Kings! – The Traitor, the Liar and the Genius (#177, 1968)
• The Has-Been Superman (#178, 1968)
• [Reprints #94, 71, 76, 100, 89, Superman #76] (#179, 1968)
• Superman’s Perfect Crime (#180, 1968)
• The Hunter and the Hunted (#181, 1968)
• The Mad Manhunter (#182, 1969)
• Superman’s Crime of the Ages (#183, 1969)
• Robin’s Revenge (#184, 1969)
• The Galactic Gamblers – Combat of the Crime-Busters (#185, 1969)
• The Bat Witch! – That Old Bat Magic – Trial and Treachery (#186, 1969)
• The Demon Superman (#187, 1969)
• [Reprints #85, 80, 126, 136] (#188, 1969)
• The Man With Superman’s Heart (#189, 1969)
• The Final Revenge of Luthor (#190, 1969)

1970-1979

• Execution on Krypton (#191, 1970)
• The Prison of No Escape (#192, 1970)
• The Breaking of Superman and Batman (#193, 1970)
• Inside the Mafia Gang (#194, 1970)
• Dig Now, Die Later (#195, 1970)
• The Kryptonite Express (#196, 1970)
• [Reprints 122, 143, 98, 145] (#197, 1970)
• Superman and the Flash: Race to Save the Universe (#198, 1970)
• Superman and the Flash: Race to Save Time (#199, 1970)
• Superman and Robin: Prisoners of the Immortal World (#200, 1971)
• Superman and Green Lantern: A Prize of Peril (#201, 1971)
• Superman and Batman: Vengeance of the Tomb-Thing (#202, 1971)
• Superman and Aquaman: Who’s Minding the Earth? (#203, 1971)
• Superman and Wonder Woman: Journey to the End of Hope (#204, 1971)
• Superman and the Teen Titans: The Computer That Captured a Town! (#205, 1971)
• [Reprints #138, 118, 130, 121] (#206, 1971)
• Superman and Batman: A Matter of Light and Death (#207, 1971)
• Superman and Doctor Fate: Peril of the Planet-Smashers (#208, 1971)
• Superman and Hawkman: Meet the Tempter…. and Die (#209, 1972)
• Superman and Green Arrow: World of Faceless Slaves (#210, 1972)
• Superman and Batman: Fugitive From the Stars (#211, 1972)
• Superman and Martian Manhunter: And So My World Begins (#212, 1972)
• Superman and The Atom: Peril in a Very Small Place (#213, 1972)
• Superman and the Vigilante: A Beast Stalks the Badlands (#214, 1972)
• Saga of the Super Sons (#215, 1973)
• Little Town with a Big Secret (#216, 1973)
• Heroes With Dirty Hands (#217, 1973)
• Who Is Capricorn?! (#218, 1973)
• The Prisoner of Rogue’s Rock (#219, 1973)
• Let No Man Write My Epitaph (#220, 1973)
• Super Sons: Cry Not for My Forsaken Son (#221, 1974)
• Super Sons: Evil in Paradise (#222, 1974)
• Wipe the Blood Off My Name (#223, 1974)
• Super Sons: The Shocking Switch of the Super-Sons (#224, 1974)
• Bow Before Satan’s Children (#225, 1974)
• The Freak Who Never Fails (#226, 1974)
• Death Flaunts Its Golden Grin (#227, 1975)
• Super Sons: Crown for a New Batman (#228, 1975)
• [Reprint #94] (#229, 1975)
• The Girl Whom Time Forgot (#230, 1975)
• Hero Is a Dirty Name (#231, 1975)
• The Dream Bomb (#232, 1975)
• World Without Men (#233, 1975)
• The Family that Fled the Earth (#234, 1975)
• Superman’s Stolen Birthday (#235, 1976)
• Killers Come in All Sizes (#236, 1976)
• Intruder from a Dead World (#237, 1976)
• The Super Sons: The Angel with a Dirty Name (#238, 1976)
• The UFO That Stole the U.S.A. (#239, 1976)
• How Do You Kill a Superman? (#240, 1976)
• Make Way for a Better World (#241, 1976)
• Town of the Timeless Killers (#242, 1976)
• We Are Not Alone (#243, 1977)
• Three Billion Targets (#244, 1977)
• Today Mars, Tomorrow… the Universe (#245, 1977)
• The Prisoner of the Kryptonite Asteroid (#246, 1977)
• Last Hurrah for a Superman?! (#247, 1977)
• The Lurkers (#248, 1978)
• The Vampire of Steel (#249, 1978)
• The Reality War (#250, 1978)
• Invasion of the Deathless Brain (#251, 1978)
• Will of the Whisperer (#252, 1978)
• The Third Face Is… Death (#253, 1978)
• Whom Gods Would Destroy (#254, 1979)
• Thou Shalt Have No Other Batman Before Me (#255, 1979)
• The Werewolf of Krypton (#256, 1979)
• The Innocent Who Hated (#257, 1979)
• The Curse of Krypton (#258, 1979)
• Gotham City — Ghost City (#259, 1979)

1980-1986

• The Four Billion Superman of Earth (#260, 1980)
• Showdown at Gotham City (#261, 1980)
• The Power of the Pi-Meson Man (#262, 1980)
• Final Secret of the Super-Sons (#263, 1980)
• Vengeance of the Altered Man (#264, 1980)
• Magic Menace This Way Comes (#265, 1980)
• The Last Laugh of Lady Lunar (#266, 1981)
• When Strike The Gravity-Masters (#267, 1981)
• The Twelve Coins of Power (#268, 1981)
• Buried Alive (#269, 1981)
• A Hole for Killing (#270, 1981)
• The Secret Origins of the Superman-Batman Team (#271, 1981)
• Assault on the Fortress of Solitude (#272, 1981)
• In the Citadel of the Weapon Master (#273, 1981)
• Greater Love Hath No Man…! (#274, 1981)
• Summer Nights – Winter Days (#275, 1982)
• Double X Means Double Death (#276, 1982)
• Beasts of Plague (#277, 1982)
• Assault on Thanagar (#278, 1982)
• Kidnapped (#279, 1982)
• General Scarr’s Army of Crime (#280, 1982)
• War in the Streets (#281, 1982)
• The Joy-Bringers (#282, 1982)
• Prologue (#283, 1982)
• Amalgamax (#284, 1982)
• Deliver Us from Evil (#285, 1982)
• When Hell Breaks Loose (#286, 1982)
• Within My Heart… The Enemy (#287, 1983)
• To Hell… and Back (#288, 1983)
• The Kryll Way of Dying (#289, 1983)
• The Man With The Molten Touch (#290, 1983)
• The Strange Saga of Stalagron (#291, 1983)
• The Anthrax Hotline (#292, 1983)
• Friends (#293, 1983)
• Night of the Midnight Sun (#294, 1983)
• Daughters of the Moon (#295, 1983)
• The Pantheon, Part 1: A World Upheaval (#296, 1983)
• The Pantheon, Part 2: The Cosmic Tree (#297, 1983)
• The Pantheon, Part 3: Zeta (#298, 1983)
• The Pantheon, Part 4: The Shadow of the Executioner (#299, 1984)
• A Tale of Two Worlds! or: Planets of Peril (#300, 1984)
• Rampage (#301, 1984)
• No Rest for Heroes [#Reprint #176] (#302, 1984)
• Plague (#303, 1984)
• Part 1: The Origin of Null & Void (#304, 1984)
• Part 2: Lost In The Void (#305, 1984)
• The Saga of Swordfish and the Barracuda (#306, 1984)
• Time and Time Again (#307, 1984)
• Night and Day (#308, 1984)
• The Quantum Inheritance (#309, 1984)
• Brown Shoes Don’t Make It (#310, 1984)
• Hacker (#311, 1985)
• The Network (#312, 1985)
• The Network II: Please Stand By (#313, 1985)
• Gotham Bridge is Falling Down (#314, 1985)
• The Juice (#315, 1985)
• The Family Way (#316, 1985)
• The Family Way II: Underworld War One (#317, 1985)
• Lonely in a Crowd (#318, 1985)
• Troubled Sleep (#319, 1985)
• Thirty Seconds Over Dreamland (#320, 1985)
• The Time of Your Life (#321, 1985)
• The Search (#322, 1985)
• Afraid of the Dark (#323, 1986)

World’s Finest Paperbacks

• Batman & Superman in World’s Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1 (#71-116, 2016)
• Batman & Superman in World’s Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 2 (#117-158, 2019)
• Batman & Superman in World’s Finest: The Silver Age Vol. 1 (#71-94, 2017)
• Batman & Superman in World’s Finest: The Silver Age Vol. 2 (#95-116, 2018)
• World’s Finest: Guardians of the Earth (#195-214, 2020)
• Superman: Dark Knight Over Metropolis (Superman #44, Adventures of Superman #466-467, Action Comics #653-654, Action Comics Annual #1, 2013)
• Superman/Batman: Saga of the Super Sons (2017)

Weitere Begegnungen

• Superboy: The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team (Adventure Comics #275, 1960)
• The Forging of Young Batman (Superboy #182, 1972)

Mini-Serien und One-Shots (1986-2010)

Nachdem World’s Finest 1986 eingestellt wurde, kam es nur noch sporadisch zu Treffen zwischen Batman und Superman, mal in regulären Serien, mal in Mini-Serien, davon trugen einige auch den Titel World’s Finest.

• The Man of Steel #3 (1986)
• The Dark Knight Returns #4 (1986)
• World’s Finest (1990, 3 Teile, Gibbons/Rude/Kesel)
• Legends of the World’s Finest (1994, 3 Teile, Simonson/Brereton)
• Batman/Superman Adventures: World’s Finest (1997) (Adaption des TV-Dreiteilers)
• Elseworld’s Finest (1997, 2 Teile, Moore/Dwyer)
• Superman & Batman: Generations (Elseworlds, 1999, 4 Teile)
• Batman and Superman: World’s Finest (1999, 10 Teile, Kesel/Taylor)
• Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity (2003, 3 Teile, Matt Wagner)
• Superman and Batman versus Aliens and Predator (2007, 2 Teile)
• Superman and Batman Vs. Vampires and Werewolves (2009)
  
• World’s Finest (2009-2010, 4 Teile, Sterling Gates)

Superman/Batman (2003-2011)

Die Serie brachte es auf 87 Ausgaben und fünf Annuals. Die meisten Ausgaben wurden in Paperbacks gesammelt, seit 2014 erscheint eine neue Edition mit insgesamt sieben wesentlich umfangreicheren Bänden.

• Superman/Batman Vol. 1 (Public Enemies, Supergirl) (#1-13, Superman/Batman Secret Files #1)
• Superman/Batman Vol. 2 (Absolute Power, Vengeance) (#14-26)
• Superman/Batman Vol. 3 (Enemies Among Us) (#27-36, Annual #1)
• Superman/Batman Vol. 4 (Torment, The Search for Kryptonite) (#37-49, Annual #2)
• Superman/Batman Vol. 5 (#50-63, Annual #3)
• Superman/Batman Vol. 6 (#64-75, Annual #4)
• Superman/Batman Vol. 7 (#76-87)

The New 52/Rebirth (2011ff.)

Nach dem Reboot des DC-Universums wurde aus Superman/Batman die Serie Batman/Superman. Sie brachte es nur auf 32 Ausgaben, zwei Annuals und ein Special. Unter dem Label Rebirth wurde das Konzept mit Wonder Woman als Trinity fortgeführt. 2019 begann Batman/Superman von vorn.

• Batman/Superman Vol. 1: Cross World (dt. Gefahr für zwei Welten, 2013)
• Batman/Superman Vol. 2: Game Over (dt. Monguls Todesspiel/Erstkontakt, 2014)
• Batman/Superman Vol. 3: Second Chance (dt. Verlorene Helden, 2014)
• Batman/Superman Vol. 4: Siege (dt. Supermans Joker, 2015)
• Batman/Superman Vol. 5: Truth Hurts (dt. Superman gegen den neuen Batman, 2015-2016)
• Batman/Superman Vol. 6: Universe’s Finest (dt. Fünf gegen Vandal Savage, 2016)
• Worlds‘ Finest Vol. 6: The Secret History of Superman and Batman (dt. Das Vermächtnis von Erde 2) (2015)
• Trinity Vol. 1: Better Together (2016-2017)
• Trinity Vol. 2: Dead Space (2017)
• Trinity Vol. 3: Dark Destiny (2018)
• Trinity Vol. 4: The Search for Steve Trevor (2018)
• Batman/Superman Vol. 1: Who Are the Secret Six? (2019)
• Batman/Superman Vol. 2: World’s Deadliest (2020)
• Batman/Superman Vol. 3: The Archive of Worlds (2021)
• Batman/Superman: Authority Special #1 (2021)

Film und TV

• World’s Finest (Superman: The Animated Series S02E16-18, 1997)
• Knight Time (Superman: The Animated Series S03E02, 1998)
• The Demon Reborn (Superman: The Animated Series S03E11, 1999)
• The Batman/Superman-Story (The Batman S05E01-02, 2007)
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

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