Kurt Busiek: But all in all, they're just charming covers. They need stories.

There's a whole stretch of WORLD'S FINEST covers, mostly by Win Mortimer, showing Superman, Batman and Robin together, even though they're not in the same stories inside. It seems like it'd be fun to tell the unseen stories behind each cover...

Though you'd need to figure out why the boys spend so much time chilling out with pretty young women...

...and staging contests they let Robin win. This is not to say these stories shouldn't be told, mind you.

Sometimes they just hang out, amusing themselves...

...and sometimes it seems like a story that really needs to be told.

But all in all, they're just charming covers. They need stories.

I think maybe the "Superman, Batman and Robin hang out with pretty girls" stories should be by @paultobin.bsky.social and @colleencoover.bsky.social.

Idk I could totally see @mattfraction.bsky.social have fun with some of these.

You are not wrong, sir!

I am the discerning sort.

The #31 cover can go so many ways. Are they unlicensed (perhaps dangerous?) figures? Are they official merch? Are the heroes happy or upset? I think there was a Superman Animated episode where Toyman sold Superman action figures programmed to steal... so many options.

This looks similar.

Damned copycats.

Flash got cankles.

This one would be one heck of a mystery story! (similar concept, alternate genre) bsky.app/profile/pype...

Stolen from FB, but boy howdy does this image tell a story and leave me longing for more!

So now we know why the crime rate is soaring in Metropolis and Gotham City.

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