Superman & The Atom: Peril In A Very Small Place

Before DC Comics Presents came along, there was also a little period in World's Finest where Supes didn't just hang out with Bats every month, but had a few adventures with some of his other super-pals.
Like here, in this solid piece where he teams up with The Atom, to save a microscopic world existing in a telephone wire. There's some comedy, a nice bit of characterization as Atom sees Superman in a whole new light, and even a cameo from artists Dick Dillin & Joe Giella, suitably running a Metropolis art supply store. And we get to see what kind of music Clark likes.
I wonder who that cop giving Supes a hard time is though. He's not writer Elliot Maggin, but is clearly meant to be somebody. Anybody?

The Brave & The Bold: The Corpse That Wouldn't Die

Ok, I've teased y'all long enough, so here we go with my all-time favourite Brave & The Bold story ever. And to show what good taste we all have, it was also writer Bob Haney's favourite.
As much as I liked Marvel Team-Up and Two-In-One, and even DC Comics Presents on a good day, The Brave & The Bold was far and away the best team-up book done by either company, for three very obvious reasons that I've covered previously, but they go like this.
Batman.
Bob Haney.
Jim Aparo.

Case closed, M'lud.

In this issue, we're knee deep in the Haneyverse, where continuity, reality and common sense can only look jealously through the window at us, pleading to be allowed in.
Herein, Aparo is firing on all cylinders ( check out the top 4 panels on p. 17! ) while Haney is clearly having as equal a blast. And again, as I've said before, I love the fact that Batman's subconscious isn't thinking about Alfred, or Robin, or his life as Bruce Wayne, or anything like that.
You could, if you weren't paying attention, say that Batman's not really in this story, but you'd be absolutely wrong, because this tale demonstrates exactly why we all love ol' pointy ears.
Batman's primal instinct, when stripped right down to basics, is: Solve the crime, rescue the innocent, and damage the bad guys. What further proof does anyone need as to why he's the greatest superhero ever?

All together now: What...? But...what?...But this doesn't make any...WHAT??!!!...................Ohh, it's a Bob Haney story. Oh well, ok, if you'd just said that to start with...