Even when all the chips are played against me, I know too much about Earthmen-- ...Too much to continue the cycles of pain and suffering they inflict upon themselves and others-- This has been the most frightful time of my life! I was within seconds of murdering a million people... All because I was too afraid to face my own human failings! I suppose there will always be those who fear others... And will seek to destroy them! But more, and more are striving to face their fears... Struggle to overcome them... 
- — Superman
World's Finest #209 is an issue of the series World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1972.
Synopsis for Superman and Hawkman: "Meet the Tempter.... and Die!"
By playing on their secret emotional weaknesses, a being called the Tempter almost induces Superman and Hawkman to commit disastrous acts.
Appearing in Superman and Hawkman: "Meet the Tempter.... and Die!"
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Antagonists:
- Tempter
- Kro-Al
- Ven-Mor
- Reb-Ko
- Morgan Edge (Mentioned only)
Other Characters:
- Commissioner Andar Pul (Mentioned only)
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Synopsis for Batman and Robin: "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"
This story is reprinted from Detective Comics #74.
Dumfrey Tweed and his henchmen loot a fur company in Gotham City, where they capture Batman and Robin, when they attempt to intervene, and they race off leaving the Dynamic Duo ensnared in a set of powerful wolf traps.
Batman and Robin escape from the traps, only to be summoned to another part of the city, where Deever Tweed and his cohorts are staging a jewel robbery. But when Batman and Robin attempt to intervene, Deever stuns them with a high powered electrical gadget concealed in his cane and easily flees the scene with his henchman.
Not long afterward, Batman and Robin discover the location of the villains' hideout, only to be taken prisoner once again and left frozen motionless in an elaborate electrical trap. Meanwhile the Tweeds, dressed as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, from Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland, and two of their henchmen, dressed as Mad Hatter and March Hare, race off to a costume party that's being held for the benefit of Allied war effort. There they hope to steal thousands of dollars in war bonds which have been collected as admission fees.
Batman breaks the electrical trap using his Utility Belt and when the dynamic duo is free, they race the criminals to the costume party, and apprehend the villains as they attempt to make off with the war bonds.
Appearing in Batman and Robin: "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"
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- Tweedledum and Tweedledee (First appearance)
- Tweedledum
- Tweedledee
- Slug (Single appearance)
- Tony (Single appearance)
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Notes
- "Meet the Tempter.... and Die!" is reprinted in World's Finest: Guardians of Earth.
- Based on the Tempter's subsequent appearance, and Zatanna's remark about his prior history in Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #3, the events of this issue must have occurred in some form in the Post-Crisis continuity as well.
Trivia
- The Tempter is implied to be Satan himself in this issue.
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