World's Finest #224 is an issue of the series World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1974.
Synopsis for Super Sons: "The Shocking Switch of the Super-Sons"
After another grudge starts between the Super-Sons and their fathers, they decide to join a therapy group, the encounter camp Enoyreve, in the mountains. The director, Dr. Zamm, makes the heroes stand a few tests to find any trouble and he becomes aware that there are obvious tensions between them. Zamm suggests that fathers and sons should switch for an entire day in order to find balance between them. Unfortunately, after the switch is done, a mystery involving a savage killer slaying animals (Sheriff Latimer and his deputy discover a dead grizzly bear, torn apart by strength beyond that of its natural enemies) and destroying abandoned cabins and fences comes to the heroes' attention; and they all decide to investigate while still working with each family member switched. At first, the switch seems to work, but when the heroes are unable to solve the mystery because of the youngsters' recklessness, the situation remains the same despite the change.
However, the Super-Sons and their fathers are informed by the military that the whole mystery of the mountains is caused by Bio-X7, their top agent who was critically injured in a car accident and became a test subject for Operation Super-Agent, with superhuman powers gained from bionic implants and a tiny nuclear power-pack, who has escaped from their facility and has started creating havoc at random. Also, the military no longer know what Bio-X7 looks like; the doctors had rebuilt his face, which was damaged in the accident, but Bio-X7 vanished before the bandages could be removed and his new features photographed. The heroes try once again to stop Bio-X7 without success. After another failure, each father and son appreciate their own family member and the therapy session proves successful. Despite the Super-Sons and their fathers not being able to capture the test subject, Bio-X7 — who turns out to be fellow Enoyreve guest Mr. Bell — destroys himself after he saves an entire town from nerve gas which he himself had unleashed and the heroes resume their normal activities after the threat has passed.
Appearing in Super Sons: "The Shocking Switch of the Super-Sons"
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- Dr. Zamm (Single appearance)
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- Mr. Bell, aka Bio-X7 (Single appearance; dies)
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- Sheriff Latimer (Single appearance)
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- Gotham City
- Metropolis
- Enoyreve encounter camp (Single appearance)
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Synopsis for Johnny Quick: "Tubby Watts, Efficiency Expert!"
This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #174.
Appearing in Johnny Quick: "Tubby Watts, Efficiency Expert!"
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Synopsis for Superman and Batman: "Superman's Secret Master!"
This story is reprinted from World's Finest #137.
When the Daily Planet gets a report that aliens have landed in Metropolis Park and are seeking Superman's aid, Clark Kent rushes off to change into the Man of Steel to see how he may assist the aliens. They ask him to go to a distant planet they wih to make their new home to remove a species of alien creatures that spew poisonous gas into the atmosphere. Sure enough, Superman agrees to deal with the alien threat while on Earth, Batman and Robin go to Metropolis to cover for Superman's absence and smash up an operation to steal some priceless rugs.
When Superman returns to Earth, he shocks authorities when he starts smashing buildings and tosses a bunch of cops into the ocean with a giant spoon ripped off a silverware manufacturers building. Then the Man of Steel goes on a crime spree, stealing silver items from museums around Metropolis. His thefts attract the attention of Batman and Robin who fail to stop him. Shortly after the spree, Superman returns with no memory of what happened then suddenly loses control again going on another crime spree. Finding something odd, and suspecting something might have happened to him in space. Batman uses a recently invented chem-o-detector to track Superman down, and he and Robin are shocked to find that he is under the control of Luthor. Luthor and the man seeming to be Superman knock Batman and Robin out and tie them up.
The crime sprees have created an anti-Superman sentiment in Metropolis, and when Superman approaches Lois Lane again with no recollection of anything after his mission in space she explains everything to him again. He attempts to help stop a fire and is told to go away. Soon a large advertising campaign asking for Superman to leave Metropolis sweeps the city, and the Man of Steel, completely hurt by the accusations decides to honor the requests of the people of Metropolis and leave the city.
As it turns out, Luthor has been working with the aliens and has been using a Superman Robot to commit the crimes that the real Superman has been blamed for. When Batman and Robin break free of their bonds and attempt to escape, Luthor sicks his Superman robot on them. However, before the fake Man of Steel can harm them, the real Superman arrives on the scene and smashes his robotic doppleganger and rounds up Luthor and the aliens. After clearing his name, the people of Metropolis accept Superman back with open arms and he is invited by some firemen to help put out a fire.
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Synopsis for Metamorpho: "Never Bet Against an Element Man!"
This story is reprinted from Metamorpho #6.
Simon Stagg loses the services of Metamorpho to casino owner Achille LeHeele, who uses the Element Man to destroy seven famous landmarks throughout the world in search of a piece of evidence that could send him to prison.
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- Achille La Heele
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Synopsis for Superman and Batman: "Fort Crime!"
This story is reprinted from World's Finest #72.
A spree of crimes are being committed by criminals that are using heavy artillery in Metropolis until they are stopped by Superman. However, despite the successful capture, the crooks will not talk about their supplier. Superman vows to the commissioner of Metropolis that he will stop this gang with whatever means possible. Gotham City has a similar problem, this one being opposed by Batman and Robin. When they capture a group of criminals, they have to rely on their keen detective skills to try and figure where these weapons are coming from. When Perry learns that Batman had captured similar criminals, he sends Clark Kent to try and get the scoop on what's going on.
Clark arrives just as Batman and Robin are leaving the prison and learns that the crooks still aren't talking. When he arrives at the crooks' cell block he finds that Lois Lane has arrived on the scene trying to out-scoop him on the story. The crooks have other ideas in mind. Getting free, they hold Clark, Lois, and one of the guards hostage to aid in their escape. Using an excuse that the criminals are being brought to the governor, the guard successfully smuggles them out of the prison and onward to freedom. Stuck in the car with little options that won't expose his secret identity, Clark uses his x-ray vision to effect the moving billboard outside the Daily Planet building as they pass by. When the story about their capture gets out, complete with a description of the car they are in, Batman and Robin race after them in the Batmobile.
As Batman and Robin chase after the crooks, the goons use one of their guns to blast out a bridge. The Dynamic Duo uses the Batmobile's speed to jump the downed bridge and continue their chase. In order to keep Batman and Robin a step ahead of the crooks, Clark secretly uses his super-powers to slow them down so that Batman and Robin can track them to their abandoned fort hide out. When the Caped Crusaders arrive, they find that the castle is rigged with various death-traps, however, Clark once more secretly uses his super-powers to trip up the crooks so that Batman and Robin can easily get into the fort unharmed. Ultimately, Clark takes a gamble and breaks through a brick wall to provide Batman and Robin with to get the drop on the crooks, who are using machine tools to construct their own heavy weapons. Witnessing Clark smash through the wall, Lois accuses him of being Superman, until Batman shows her a map of the castle that reveals a secret passage behind where Clark was bound.
Later as Superman is disassembling the machine tools he explains to Batman and Robin he used his super speed to make up a false map, and later at the Daily Planet he explains to Perry that he used his x-ray vision to effect the moving billboard because he was too busy to do anything but warn Batman and Robin of the situation.
Appearing in Superman and Batman: "Fort Crime!"
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- Lois Lane
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- Perry White
- Jimmy Olsen (Cameo)
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- Heavy Weapons Gang
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Notes
- "The Shocking Switch of the Super-Sons" is divided in three chapters:
- Part 1 - A Chasm So Wide...!
- Part 2 - The Mighty Marauder
- Part 3 - The Breath of Death
Trivia
- The name of the encounter camp in "The Shocking Switch of the Super-Sons", Enoyreve, is 'everyone' spelled backward.
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