Dick Sprang's World's Finest

[Tony Bang]

Can anyone give me a list of World's Finest issues that Dick Sprang worked on (I've searched online, with no luck). Thanks in advanced.

[Cei-U!]

I can't help you with the issues before #71, the first Superman/Batman story, but I can tell you Sprang pencilled World's Finest #78-108, 110-15, 118-19, 123, 131 and 135. Some of these stories are reprinted in #161, 170, 179, 188 and 206. Hope that's helpful.

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[Tony Bang]

I can't help you with the issues before #71, the first Superman/Batman story, but I can tell you Sprang pencilled World's Finest #78-108, 110-15, 118-19, 123, 131 and 135. Some of these stories are reprinted in #161, 170, 179, 188 and 206. Hope that's helpful.

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Many thanks.

[Captain Jim]

Btw, I would love to see a Showcase "Worlds Finest" (or Superman/Batman, if they prefer to label it thus), beginning with the first S/B team-up. This rarely gets mentioned on Showcase wishlists, but I think it would be a natural.

(Yeah, I know there's an Archives or two, but I'm going stictly Showcase now.)

[jam]

(Yeah, I know there's an Archives or two, but I'm going stictly Showcase now.)

I just had to buy the first two but haven't quite made myself spring for the third. I just love Sprang's work. It's a delight to see him work on Superman.

Now, here's where I might make a fool of myself, but wasn't it Sprang who worked on the delightful "three-part" "Superman's return to Krypton", one of the classic tales?

He did a great job, and I find it kind of interesting that an artist more strongly associated with Batman would work on such an iconic Superman story.

[Captain Jim]

You're thinking of Superman #123, which was indeed a three-part story, but with no over-arching title. Part One (which is what appeared on the cover) was "The Girl of Steeel," Part Two was "The Lost Super-Powers," and Part Three was "Superman's Return to Krypton."

It was indeed a wonderful story and part one also served as a showcase of sorts for the Supergirl character. No, it wasn't Kara Zor-el, but the character looked almost identical to her before she died at the end.

And back to the question at hand, it was indeed Dick Sprang who did the art for this story (which was quite good).