Elseworld's Finest #1 is an issue of the series Elseworld's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1997.
Synopsis for "Book One"
In the spring of 1928, Clark Kent learned that the League of Assassins had kidnapped Lana Lang's father and flew with her and Jimmy Olsen to Paris, where they met Bruce Wayne and convinced him to join their quest in saving Professor Lang after telling him about the Argos codex, although Selina Kyle overheard them and notified Alexi Luthor.
Bruce, Clark, Lana, and Jimmy went to Egypt, where Dr. Carter Hall. Clark had a dream of himself wearing a cape and a suit and chasing a woman before he woke up and joined Bruce and Lana in rescuing the professor, while the League were in the process of resurrecting Ra's al Ghul before the leader revealed his plan to use the Godstone to destroy the world and create a new one. Ra's al Ghul insisted that Clark marry his daughter Talia before Bruce took her as his prisoner and attempted to flee, although he was injured and wandered into a cave, where he collapsed in front of a statue of the wizard Kha.
Clark, Jimmy, and the Langs had also escaped, but their steamer was attacked by Alexi Luthor.
Appearing in "Book One"
Featured Characters:
- Bruce Wayne
- Clark Kent
Supporting Characters:
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Bibbo Bibbowski
- Dan Turpin
- Carter Hall
- Hal Jordan
- Jimmy Olsen
- Lana Lang
- Newsboy Legion
- Big Words, Gabby, Scrapper, Tommy Thompkins
- Perry White
- Selina Kyle
- Talia al Ghul
- Thaddeus Lang
Antagonists:
- Alexi Luthor
- Ra's al Ghul
- League of Assassins
- Farouk (Mentioned only)
- Farouk's brother
- League of Assassins
Other Characters:
- Bradley (Single appearance)
- Captain Marvel (Illustration only)
- Carlini (Single appearance)
- Fox and Crow (Illustration only)
- Freddy Freeman (Illustration only)
- Gamal (Single appearance)
- Ismail (Single appearance; dies)
- Louis Zatara (Mentioned only)
- Mary Batson (Illustration only)
- Nabu (Mentioned only)
- Oliver Queen (Mentioned only)
- Raymond Beck
- Sugar and Spike (Illustration only)
- Gene Tunney (Mentioned only)
- Argonauts (Mentioned only)
- Jason (Mentioned only)
- Greta Garbo (Mentioned only)
- Martha Wayne (Mentioned only)
- Thomas Wayne (Mentioned only)
- Wizard Kha (Mentioned only)
- Seti IV (Mentioned only)
- Johnny Weissmuller (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- North Africa
- Metropolis
- Daily Planet
- Shuster University
- Suicide Slum
- Hotel Normandie
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- Wayne Manor (Mentioned only)
- Smallville (Mentioned only)
- Chicago (Mentioned only)
- Paris
- Argos (Mentioned only)
- Atlantic Ocean (Illustration only)
- Atlantis (Illustration only)
- Afghanistan (Mentioned only)
- Japan (Mentioned only)
- Panama (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Lazarus Pit
- Godstone (Mentioned only)
Vehicles:
Notes
- Reprinted in Elseworlds: Justice League Vol. 1.
Trivia
- Jimmy Olsen was 12 during the spring of 1928.
See Also
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