SUPERMAN / BATMAN #3

COVER TAGLINE: None TITLE: The World's Finest, Part 3 of 6: Running Wild STORY ARC: The World's Finest RELEASE DATE: October, 2003 COVER DATE: December, 2003 WRITER: Jeph Loeb PENCILER(s): Ed McGuinness INKER(s): Dexter Vines COLORS: Dave Stewart LETTERS: Richard Starkings EDITOR(s): Eddie Berganza; Tom Palmer, Jr. COVER: Ed McGuinness, Dexter Vine, Dave Stewart PRICE: $2.95 U.S./$4.50 Canada CHARACTERS: Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam; Cameron Scott]; Starfire [Koriand'r; Kory Anders]; Black Lightning [Jefferson Pierce]; Katana [Tatsu Yamashiro]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Power Girl [Karen Starr]; Lois Lane; Vice President Pete Ross; Secretary Amanda Waller; Villains: President Lex Luthor; Major Force [Clifford Zmeck]; Silver Banshee; Mr. Freeze [Victor Fries]; Icicle II [Cameron Mahkent]; Captain Cold [Leonard Snart]; Killer Frost II [Louise Lincoln]; Mongul II; Solomon Grundy; Lady Shiva [Sandra Woosan]; Nightshade; Gorilla Grodd; Brimstone; Weather Wizard [Mark Mardon]; Mirror Master III [Evan McCulloch]; Cheetah; King Shark [Nanaue]; Doctor Spectro [Tom Emery]; Girder [Tony Woodward]; Black Manta; Black Spider; Giganta [Doris Zeul] COVER ART: SOLICITATION: Superman and Batman are on the run, and the price on their heads has brought out some of the world's deadliest villains!

ISSUE SUMMARY: While President Luthor tries, in a television interview conducted by Lois Lane, to convince the American populace of the danger posed by the approaching asteroid, and of Superman's connection with it, Batman and Superman think it is time to bring the fight to Luthor directly. But their way to the White House is barred by a multitude of villains, some there under the mental control of Grodd, but others trying to collect the billion dollar reward for taking Superman in. Captain Atom and his squad of heroes arrive on the scene and help eliminate the villains the world's finest team have not yet dealt with, but announce they they, too, are there to arrest the two heroes.