When alien technology hijacks a video game, Batman and Superman have their bodies taken over by remote controllers and must overcome this in order to defeat an invasion by Mongul.
The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel uncover a plot by the Toymaster to use a secret, potentially deadly element in his new video game, the characters created by players manifest in real life. The ultimate fighting game results--and a world-wide network of players must team up to create the most powerful, skilled Super Heroes imaginable with one goal: To kill Batman. When Batman and Superman are corned by the Toymaster and Mongul, they are pitted against on another in a battle to the death, with their only hope being the The Worlds' Finest. Collects BATMAN/SUPERMAN #5-9, BATMAN/SUPERMAN ANNUAL #1, WORLDS' FINEST #20-21.
Batman teams up with the Man of Steel to track down and help those who have been infected by a ravenous, mutated Joker virus. Just one problem: they don't know who they are. A virus is spreading, and it's not just after innocent people, but some of our most powerful heroes as well. The biggest question isn't why or how, but who? The Batman Who Laughs was one of the premier villains crawling his way from the depths of the Dark Multiverse and wreaking havoc on the DC Universe. Now he has been infecting some of the biggest heroes across the world with a mutated version of the Joker virus that is coursing through him. Cue the team-up of two of the greatest superheroes in history: Batman and Superman. They decide to work together to find out who is infected and hopefully cure them before it's too late.
The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel are close friends in the modern day-but the two weren't always such close allies. Discover how two of the World's Finest Super Heroes met for the first time in the New 52, and the mysterious adventure that takes them to a whole new world-the world of Earth-2! The heroes of the main DC Universe meet their Earth-2 counterparts for the first time!Collects BATMAN #1-4 and JUSTICE LEAGUE #23.1: DARKSEID.
It's the first meeting of Supergirl and Red Hood, Steel and Supergirl and more as the competing Batman and Superman families must battle for the control of the missing Mongul's fortress.
Who is Superman’s Joker? Writer Greg Pak (ACTION COMICS) and artist Ardian Syaf (BATGIRL) add a deadly new name to Superman’s Rogues Gallery-one that will test Superman’s strength and Batman’s mind equally!It’s the Man of Steel’s worst nightmare: an obsessed villain who knows all of Superman’s secrets and is willing to kill all of his allies in order to destroy his true target.It falls to Batman to track down this murderous madman-but with no clues left behind and no leads to follow, will this killer outwit the World’s Greatest Detective?Collects BATMAN/SUPERMAN #16-20, BATMAN/SUPERMAN ANNUAL #1 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN: FUTURES END #1!
In a tale from the early days of their partnership, the murder of an alien explorer brings the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight Detective to investigate on the moon! But there’s more to this traveler than meets the eye. Meanwhile, someone’s been watching the investigation from the shadows-none other than Lobo, come to collect a bounty that’s been placed on Batman’s head! The World’s Finest must prepare the Earth for the final days of Superman and with time slipping away, they’ll need the help of their greatest allies in order to pull off one last-ditch attempt to save the Last Son of Krypton. And finally, the rogues of Gotham and Metropolis team up to find an answer to the age-old question: Who’s tougher, Batman or Superman? From critically acclaimed writers Tom Taylor (INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US), Peter J. Tomasi (SUPERMAN) and Frank Tieri (HARLEY QUINN AND HER GANG OF HARLEYS) who team up with artists including Robson Rocha (JUSTICE LEAGUE) and Doug Mahnke (GREEN LANTERN) comes the thrilling conclusion to the BATMAN/SUPERMAN series. Collects issues #28-32, plus the never-before-published BATMAN/SUPERMAN #33-34 and ANNUAL #3!
As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics—The New 52 event of September 2011, comics legend George Perez and artist Jesus Merino present the new adventures of the Man of Steel! Metropolis fears him. The Daily Planet agrees. This new volume of SUPERMAN finds our hero with a startling new status quo. As Superman finds ways to dodge the scrutiny placed upon him by the public and media, he must stop a monstrous threat to Metropolis - one that he somehow is the cause of! The next chapter in the legendary history of the Man of Steel is built here! Collects SUPERMAN #1-6.
THESE ARE NOT THE WORLD’S FINEST... Batman and Superman-separately, they’re two of the greatest heroes the world has ever seen. Together, they’re an incredible team...and the greatest of friends. But Batman and Superman have never teamed up like this before. This is a Superman who’s lost most of his powers and had his identity revealed to the entire world. Someone is coordinating a series of attacks against him that have brought him to the brink of destruction, and he needs the world’s greatest detective to help him put the clues together. But this Batman isn’t Bruce Wayne. Jim Gordon now protects Gotham as the robot-suited Batman, and he has no reason to trust Superman...especially when his presence in Gotham seems to have brought on a war with a race of super-powered subterranean beings! They may not be the Batman and Superman who have done amazing things together in the past. But if they can’t learn to work together now, there may no longer be a Gotham City to protect! Spinning off of the events of BATMAN VOL. 8: SUPER HEAVY and SUPERMAN VOL. 1: TRUTH, acclaimed writer Greg Pak (ACTION COMICS) and artists Ardian Syaf (GREEN LANTERN) and Cliff Richards (LOBO) chronicle the first meeting between two very changed heroes, with guest appearances by Batgirl, Aquaman, Red Hood and more! Collects BATMAN/SUPERMAN #21-27.
Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman—the superheroes known as the Trinity—have gone through a lot in the aftermath of the DC Rebirth epic event. But now the bonds of their friendship are tested like never before, as they must let their closest allies die in order to save the world! An emergency summons to the Justice League Watchtower puts the icons face-to-face with an unexpected crisis: The other members of the League have been infected with a fatal alien virus that will destroy all humankind…unless the Trinity destroys the Watchtower, and the Justice League along with it! Plus, the revelations of “Superman Reborn” require Batman and Wonder Woman to give their all to save Superman from his doubts about his very existence; and a trinity of villains—Lex Luthor, Ra’s al Ghul and Circe—concoct a scheme to use the mysterious Pandora Pits to put an end to the World’s Greatest Heroes. Best-selling writer-artist Francis Manapul (THE FLASH) is joined by writer Cullen Bunn and artists Clay Mann and Emanuela Lupacchino in TRINITY VOL. 2: DEAD SPACE. Collects TRINITY #7-11!