| Worlds' Finest | |
|---|---|
 Cover forWorlds' Finest #1 (July 2012), art byGeorge Pérez. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | July 2012 – May 2015 |
| No. of issues | 33 (#1–32 plus an issue numbered 0), aWorlds' Finest: Futures End one-shot, and 1 Annual |
| Main character(s) | Power Girl Huntress |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Paul Levitz |
| Artist | List
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| Inker | Scott Koblish |
| Editor | List
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Worlds' Finest is acomic book published byDC Comics, a reimagining of the classicWorld's Finest Comics, with a similar name but a differently-placed apostrophe. It was launched in May 2012 with a July 2012cover date. The series was part of a second wave ofThe New 52 reboot[1][2] and was one of six titles replacing previously cancelled titles.
Written byPaul Levitz and drawn byGeorge Pérez andKevin Maguire, the series stars theHuntress andPower Girl.[3] In the first issue, the two heroines are established as being fromEarth 2, where they used the codenames Robin and Supergirl, respectively, and having accidentally been exiled to the mainDC Universe.
The Huntress, the daughter of Earth 2'sBatman, has maintained a heroic identity for some time. The first issue reveals thatHelena Bertinelli has been dead for a long time and that Helena Wayne has been using her identity, as seen in the 2011–2012Huntress miniseries. Power Girl, in contrast, has functioned solely in her civilian identity of Karen Starr, as a billionaire industrialist using her ownership of Starr Labs as a cover to try to discover a way for them to return home. After a Starr Labs subsidiary in Japan is destroyed, Karen adopts the superhero identity of Power Girl to fight alongside the Huntress.[4]
The two eventually succeed in returning to Earth 2, and with issue #27 (Dec. 2014) the series began to feature the Superman and Batman of Earth 2 as the main characters. The series was cancelled as of issue #32 (May 2015)[3] which went on sale in March.[5]
| Title | Material collected | Date Published | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worlds' Finest, Vol. 1: The Lost Daughters of Earth 2 | Worlds' Finest #0–5 | April 2013 | 978-1401238346 |
| Worlds' Finest, Vol. 2: Hunt and Be Hunted | Worlds' Finest #6–12 | November 2013 | 978-1401242763 |
| Worlds' Finest, Vol. 3: Control Issues | Worlds' Finest #13–18[Note 1] | June 2014 | 978-1401246167 |
| Worlds' Finest, Vol. 4: First Contact | Worlds' Finest #18–21,[Note 1]Annual #1,Batman/Superman #8-9 | December 2014 | 978-1401250980 |
| Worlds' Finest, Vol. 5: Homeward Bound | Worlds' Finest #22–26,Worlds' Finest: Futures End #1 | June 2015 | 978-1401254209 |
| Worlds' Finest, Vol. 6: The Secret History of Superman and Batman | Worlds' Finest #27–32 | December 2015 | 978-1401257767 |
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