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Superman / Batman Annual #03 Cover

Original Art

Art by Berni Wrightson

DC Comics (2009)

Wrightson recasts the World's Finest as something out of a gothic nightmare, fusing the iconography of Superman and Batman into a stitched-together horror: the Composite Superman. It's less a heroic pose than a reveal, transforming a character who first appeared in World's Finest Comics #142 (1964) into a looming presence rendered with Wrightson's unmistakable command of shadow and mood

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Superman, Batman and Robin meet the Composite Superman for the first time, from World's Finest (volume. 1) #142 (June, 1964). Written by Edmond Hamilton, art by Curt Swan, George Klein and Sheldon Moldoff.

Even as a kid I thought it was dopey that even though Composite Superman's mask was made of lead no one could figure out who he was - half his freakin' face is exposed! It would've been smarter to just explain that he used his Chameleon Boy powers to duplicate Superman's face (albeit in green), which he obviously did.

With all the powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes (including two Kryptonians and a Daxamite), Composite Superman was ridiculously overpowered. The only reason he didn't kill Superman and Batman and take over the world is that his powers soon faded, as well as his memory of them.