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"Super Sons: "The Girl Whom Time Forgot"": Batman Jr. and Superman Jr. make amateur mistakes trying to help their fathers out of boredom. For this reason, Batman and Superman arrange f

World's Finest #230 is an issue of the series World's Finest (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1975.

Synopsis for Super Sons: "The Girl Whom Time Forgot"

Batman Jr. and Superman Jr. make amateur mistakes trying to help their fathers out of boredom. For this reason, Batman and Superman arrange for their sons to travel on an expedition with a notorious archaeologist, Professor Roger Hanson, and his son, Lance. During their adventure, the Super Sons are challenged to solve the mystery of a lost ancient Mayan city (named Mayan-75 by Hanson), which they discover is inhabited only by Mayan king Hunab Ku and his daughter Mimaya. Lance and Mimaya quickly fall in love much to the dismay of King Hanab Ku. The king reveals that he has captured professor Hanson and imprisoned him to atone for his sins. In the meantime the super sons arrive in the city and they are kept busy dealing with preset traps including an underwater bout between Batman and a huge crocodile. After the battle Batman announces that he found something at the bottom of the lake that might help solve the mystery of the ancient city. They rush back to the ancient Mayan pyramid where they find the king about to sacrifice Lance. The super sons bring a stop to the king but they notice that he has a vaccination mark on his upper arm. This proves that the ancient king is not an authentic Mayan. Batman then reveals that he found the wreck of an airplane at the bottom of the lake while battling the crocodile. The airplane tale had markings on it that read “Itzlan Expedition”. Professor Hanson then declares that he now knows that King Hunab Ku is really Paul Somerset his former partner on the Itzlan Expedition. The King admits that he is indeed Paul Somerset and begins telling the tale of what happened all those years ago. The two men had explored the ancient ruins together but Somerset had to leave the expedition to fly his pregnant wife to a hospital. As they were flying, the plane carrying Somerset and his wife crashes into a water reservoir. Somerset survived but his wife perished after giving birth. Somerset later inspects the airplane wreckage at the bottom of the reservoir and discovers that the plane had been deliberately sabotaged. He concludes that the plane was sabotaged by Hanson to take credit for discovering the ancient ruins on his own. Hanson confesses to the crime after Superman rescues Lance and Mimaya from plunging to their deaths over a waterfall. He promises turn himself in the the law to face punishment.

Appearing in Super Sons: "The Girl Whom Time Forgot"

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Supporting Characters:

  • Superman
  • Batman
  • Roger Hanson (Single appearance)
  • Lance Hanson (Single appearance)
  • Mimaya (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

  • Paul Somerset (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Officer Forst (Single appearance)
  • Captain Diego (Single appearance; dies)
  • Linya (Single appearance)
  • Jane Somerset (Dies in flashback)

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Synopsis for Aquaman: "The Sorcerer of the Sea!"

This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #245.

Jason Deeter, a man who claims to be a magician, seems to have the power to make Aquaman do whatever he manipulates a tiny Aquaman doll to do. Accordingly, he is kidnapped by a gang of modern pirates whom Aquaman has been trailing, and is made to manipulate Aquaman into pulling off a gem robbery. But the "manipulation" turns out to be a hoax, Jason Deeter is revealed as a policeman, and Aquaman nabs the crooks, who had tipped their location off by kidnapping Deeter.

Appearing in Aquaman: "The Sorcerer of the Sea!"

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  • Gangsters (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Jason Deeter (a faux sorcerer) (Single appearance)

Synopsis for Deadman: "To Call a Deadman"

This story is reprinted from Challengers of the Unknown #74.

Seth Gross, a wicked magician, befriends Vashnu, learns the secret of astral projection, and steals from him a mystic box with the power to trap a soul. He goes into ghost-form and uses the box on the daughter of scientist McJames, forcing him to attempt jewel robberies in return for the soul of the little girl, who will remain in suspended animation for some time. Johnny Double and the Challengers of the Unknown become involved in the case, but it is Deadman who actually fights Gross, inhabits his spirit-form in a particularly painful process, and restores the little girl's soul to her body in time. At that, Deadman exits Gross's ectoplasmic form, with Gross driven insane by the experience and unable to return to his body.

Appearing in Deadman: "To Call a Deadman"

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Antagonists:

  • Seth Gross (First appearance)
  • Nodo (First appearance)

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Items:

  • Ruby of Khafir (First appearance)

Notes

  • "The Girl Whom Time Forgot" is reprinted in Superman/Batman: Saga of the Super Sons.
    • This story is divided into three chapters:
      • Part 1 – What the Satellite Saw
      • Part 2 – The Silent City
      • Part 3 – Sins of the Fathers

Trivia

  • Mimaya has a pet jaguar named Linya.
  • When Superman Jr. and Batman Jr. save Lance from being sacrificed by Hunab Ku, they tell him they have been backing up the expedition secretly from the start; and that Lance's friends, Clark Jr. and Bruce Jr., are OK and just temporarily lost in the bush.


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