- Our sensor-tachyon-indicator shows us that the Anachronids have passed into our space!... Yes... Life-forms which move much faster than the speed of light! As you know, anything at that speed interferes with the orderly flow of time! A few of them hardly matter... But there are thousands! This means that unless steps are taken, the very fabric of time will sunder... The past will melt into the present... destroying both! If two individuals with the mass of humans were to travel in a path opposite that of the Anachronids, temporal balance would be maintained! There are but two in the cosmos capable of such super-speed-- Yourself and the one known as The Flash!
World's Finest #198 is an issue of the series World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1970. It was published on September 10, 1970.
Synopsis for Superman and the Flash: "Race to Save the Universe!"
Jimmy Olsen and a Roman charioteer become exchanged in time as a result of the activities of Anachronids, faster-than-light robots who have appeared in the Earth-One universe. To counteract the time-warping effect, the Guardians of the Universe enable Flash and Superman to race in the opposite direction, and the two heroes make it a competition against each other. Both save each other from perils along the way, but Jimmy Olsen finds himself condemned to death by a Roman general as a sorcerer, and facing a firing squad of bowmen.
Appearing in Superman and the Flash: "Race to Save the Universe!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Phantom Zoners (Unnamed)
- Anachronids
Other Characters:
- Green Arrow (Mentioned only)
- Romans
- Maximus Flavius
- Roman General
Locations:
- 15 B.C.
- Rome
- Amphitheater
- Rome
- 1970
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
- Jimmy Olsen's Apartment
- Oa
- Phantom Zone Border Land
- Solar System
- Mars (Planet) (Mentioned only)
- Jupiter (Planet) (Mentioned only)
- Saturn (Planet) (Mentioned only)
- Uranus (Planet) (Mentioned only)
- Neptune (Planet) (Mentioned only)
- Pluto (Planet) (Mentioned only)
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Dwarf Star (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Green Lantern Medallion
- Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch (Mentioned only)
- Sensor Tachyon Indicator
- Vortex Sun (Unnamed)
Vehicles:
- Roman Chariot
Concept:
- Faster-Than-Light travel
Synopsis for Johnny Quick: "Joanie Swift, Queen of Speed!"
This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #181.
Student-secretary Joanie Swift is typing a list of time-space equations for physics Professor Winklerod when she stumbles across the Speed Formula. Realizing she has the same powers as Johnny Quick, she creates a similar costume and proposes they form a team. The hero is afraid that she'll be ineffective in the field as a vigilante and possibly hurt so he stages a series of events to convince her that super speed is a burden. She enjoys them all and Quick is despairing that she'll never give up the life of action until she faints at the sight of a mouse. While she's out, he rearranges the formulae in her notes so that she cannot find the Speed Formula again.
Appearing in Johnny Quick: "Joanie Swift, Queen of Speed!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- Professor Gillquad (Single appearance)
- Joanie Swift, Queen of Speed (Single appearance)
- Professor Winklerod (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Philadelphia
- State University
- Atlantic Ocean
Items:
- Eel
- Mouse
- Ring-Tailed Dove
- Speed Formula
- Typewriter
Notes
- "The Race to Save the Universe!" is reprinted in Superman vs. the Flash and World's Finest: Guardians of Earth.
Trivia
- The alternate-dimension that Superman and Flash enter in "The Race to Save the Universe!", and its Vortex Sun, are next seen in The Phantom Zone #3.