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World's Finest Vol 1 138

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"Superman and Batman: "The Secret of the Captive Cavemen"": When an alien being is spotted in Gotham City, Batman and Robin attempt to capture it. When the alien finds that his Z-Beam weapon doesn't effect humans he rushes into the

Quote1 Boy! Did Funny-Arrow make chumps out of us! Let's get back to that circus! Quote2
— Speedy

World's Finest #138 is an issue of the series World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1963. It was published on October 22, 1963.

Synopsis for Superman and Batman: "The Secret of the Captive Cavemen"

When an alien being is spotted in Gotham City, Batman and Robin attempt to capture it. When the alien finds that his Z-Beam weapon doesn't effect humans he rushes into the Gotham Library to learn why. There Batman and Robin overhear the alien tell it's superiors that their weapons cannot effect modern man. Before the two heroes can capture the alien he swallows a pill and dies and his comrades in a ship outside breach the time barrier to escape. Seeing a history book opened to the time of pre-historic man, Batman and Robin deduce that he aliens have traveled back in time to try and conquer the human race in the past. Calling Clark Kent at the Daily Planet to tell them of this plot, Clark tells them that he will meet them in the past. Batman and Robin then use Carter Nichols' time machine to travel to the stone age in the hopes of thwarting the alien invasion of the past.

They all arrive in the past before the aliens do and after saving a tribe of cavemen from a sabretooth tiger, Batman, Robin and Superman disguise themselves as cavemen and wait for the aliens to arrive. When the aliens arrive their Z-Rays work at making the early humans their slaves. The three heroes pretend to be enslaved as well so that they can learn of the alien plot. They have the cavemen mine for a rare metal called Drakkium, an ore that -- unrefined -- is harmful to the aliens. The aliens intend to use the unrefined ore to take over kill the leadership of their race and then refine the ore, which ironically is deadly to humans, and use it to wipe humanity off the face of the Earth and take over the planet.

Batman, Robin, and Superman then free the cavemen and stage a revolt against the alien would-be dictatorship by incapacitating them with chunks of unrefined Drakkium The alien force unconscious, Superman, Batman and Robin then turn the insurgent force over to the alien authorities and launch the remaining unrefined Drakkium ore into space with an alien ship. With the threat over, Batman, Robin and Superman return to the present.

Appearing in Superman and Batman: "The Secret of the Captive Cavemen"

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  • Aliens
    • General Grote (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for Green Arrow: "The Secret Face of Funny-Arrow!"

A new circus attraction parodying the Green Arrow named Funny-Arrow has become quite a popular character. When the Funny-Arrow character is seen committing crimes, the creator and actor who plays Funny-Arrow is initially blamed. Insisting that he's been framed, Green Arrow and Speedy learn who the true criminal is: Pat Halley, Funny-Arrow's manager.

Appearing in Green Arrow: "The Secret Face of Funny-Arrow!"

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  • Mike
  • Pat Halley (Single appearance)

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  • Danton
  • Funny-Arrow

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