World's Finest Comics 162, Nov 1966 comics.org

Shooter's Credit: writer
Story Title: Pawns of the Jousting Master!
Publisher: DC
Reading Status: required

Script: Jim Shooter
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
Colors: unknown
Letters: unknown

Synopsis: King Arthur's Court comes to the future to recruit Superman and Batman. Alien invaders have descended into Camelot and cloned themselves as the Knights of the Round Table.

Characters: Superman, Batman, Jousting Master, King Arthur, Knights of the Round Table, Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain, Sir Bohart, Sir Kay, Merlin, Sir Bors, Sir Galahad

Places: Britain, Batcave, King Arthur's Court, Camelot

Things: Green Kryptonite

Cliffhanger: After Superman and Batman help defeat and imprison the alien invaders, it's revealed that Superman and Batman were tricked and actually helped the alien invaders defeat the real King Arthur's court.

Conclusion: Superman and Batman try to fix the situation. Superman is weakened by green kryptonite and Batman, who was hurt in battle, is easily subdued. As a last ditch effort, Superman blows the Excalibur sword out of the fake King Arthur's hand which cuts the chains imprisoning the real King Arthur's court. The real court defeat the alien invaders and Superman hurls them back into space. King Arthur knights Superman and Batman.

Notes: Shooters writing credit obtained from letters column of World's Finest Comics 164, February 1967.