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Revision as of 23:10, 15 July 2016
World's Finest #164 is an issue of the series World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1967. It was published on December 13, 1966.
Synopsis for "Brainiac's Super Brain-Child"
Brainiac fails to steal the Bottled City of Kandor from the Fortress of Solitude and he decides to create a female computer-being, modeled after a female human and he calls the robot Genia. Braniac programs Genia to attack Superman, Batman, and Robin and he also uses the robot to force the heroes into stealing five cities of the world. Braniac's plan is almost successful until Superman learns about Genia's robotic nature. He tampers with her programming and forces her to trick Braniac. Knowing that he is defeated, Braniac escapes with a new capability that allows him to phase through walls. The heroes are left alone with Gelia, and she manages to deduce their secret identities. Knowing that her existence could prove dangerous, Batman uses a gun that would send her to the Phantom Zone, but Superman beats him to it and he uses a shrinking ray that sends Gelia to Kandor, where she can't escape and will be turned good by the scientist of Kandor.
Appearing in "Brainiac's Super Brain-Child"
Featured Characters:
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Supporting Characters:
Villains:
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- Genia (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Madam Tru (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Kandor
Items:
- Utility Belt
- Phantom Zone Gun
Vehicles:
- Bat-Copter (On a TV or computer screen)
- Batmobile
Synopsis for "The Brush That Could Haunt Men's Souls"
This story is reprinted from House of Mystery #10.
A sorcerer is asked to create a paintbrush for princess Elena. The sorcerer fashions the brush out hair from his own whiskers but enchants it with magic to make the paintbrush reveal the users true nature. The brush is presented to princess Elena as she paints her portrait. The portrait comes out with harsh scowling features that reveal Elena’s cruelty. She immediately orders the execution of the sorcerer and the paintbrush is passed down through history. It is purchased at auction by a comic book artist who uses it to trap a rival artist into admitting that he stole one of his cartoon characters. The brush is then thrown out on the street where it Is found by George Rogers who is looking to seek revenge from a man who cheated him out of a job. The man fashions a dagger out of ice and uses the brush to guide it as an arrow towards its intended target. Rogers murders his rival but in doing so the brush leaves an ink mark on a telephone book marking him as the murderer. The police are quick to pick up the clue and arrest Rogers right away. The apartment where the murder took place is abandoned only to be occupied by another criminal who is running away from the law. As he hides out in the apartment he finds the enchanted brush and takes it apart to fashion a fake mustache for himself. As he goes out in public he immediately receives attention from people who recognize that he is a dead ringer for Adolf Hitler. The police apprehend him and take him to jail. The enchanted brush is finally destroyed after 300 years.
Appearing in "The Brush That Could Haunt Men's Souls"
Featured Characters:
- Ralph Cotton (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Leif Brogin (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- George Rogers (Single appearance)
- Joe Meany (Single appearance; dies)
- Escaped Convict (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Princess Elena (Flashback only)
- Lubin (Flashback only)
- A sorcerer (Flashback only)
Locations:
- An undisclosed city
Items:
- Enchanted Brush (Destroyed)
Trivia
- On the first story, there's a reference to the writer Rudyard Kipling.
See Also