"Batman/Superman" Comic Book Index
2020
Batman/Superman #4
Cover date: January 2020
"Who Are The Six?" - Part 4
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: David Marquez
Inker: David Marquez
An infected Blue Beetle has taken control of the Fortress of Solitude. The infected Gordon reveals five of the Secret Six, as Katana and Hawkman join him and Beetle, and they run amok at the Fortress, forcing both Superman and Batman to retreat further into the catacombs of the Fortress, and Superman revealing his plan to contain them, should they fail in overcoming their adversaries. Superman sends out a signal for help, one that brings Supergirl to their aid, she single handedly prevents The Batman Who Laughs' plan to infect Superman, as she catches the batarang featuring the deadly toxin thrown at him... Only she gets infected herself. Now with the Secret Six complete, BWL's plan can advance into the next step, bringing his own Justice League satellite to our Earth and reality.
Batman/Superman #5
Cover date: February 2020
"Who Are The Six?" - Part 5
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: David Marquez
Inker: David Marquez
We pick up from last issue, where our heroes are desperately trying to prevent The Batman Who Laughs' satellite from entering our reality. To make matters worse, Blue Beetle is connected to it, and if removed, he will die. Meanwhile Superman comes across the dead bodies of the other dimension's Lois and Jon, he falls to his knees at the sight of them, and is being taunted by the infected members of the six, Superman snaps, and tears through the infected in full-on rage. Batman manages to pull the scarab from Blue Beetle, and stops the satellite from entering, Superman realizes as he was raging, that TBWL got other members of the infected to break him free from his prison under the Hall of Justice. Both heroes stand in victory, knowing that winning this battle, only set the stakes higher for the upcoming war. The end... For now.
Batman/Superman #6
Cover date: March 2020
"Infection Aftermath"
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: David Marquez
Inker: David Marquez
We open with Superman and Batman visiting the infected Jim Gordon. We then follow them as they track down Wonder Woman, to tell her the news about Donna Troy being one of the Secret Six. We see both heroes travel back to their respective cities, and fight villains from their rogues galleries. They meet up in their civilian identities, and Bruce tells Clark about his plans to rebuild and weaponize their current bid to be more transparent with the hero community, by doing the same with the super villains of the world. We end with General Zod and Ras Al Guhl, speaking of war and Zod wanting to claim the Lazarus Pits for Kandor.
Batman/Superman #7
Cover date: April 2020
"The Kandor Compromise: Part One"
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: Nick Derington
Inker: Nick Derington
We open with General Zod standing in the ruins of the arctic Fortress of Solitude, as he thinks back to the city of Kandor of old, before it was shrunk and bottled by Brainiac. Zod deliberates on Superman's in-action to helping the citizens of Kandor, and then letting it fall into the hands of Rogol Zar. He flies off with the broken remnants of Kandor clutched in his hands. We later catch up with Superman and Batman as they visit the gravesite of Clay Ramsay/Kryptonite Man on Stryker's Island. While there, they're attacked by an armoured ninja/assassin. Batman recognises the fighting style, and deduces that it's none-other than Ras Al Ghul. Ras explains that he came looking for the corpse of Kryptonite Man, so that he could harness what Kryptonite he could from him. When asked why he needed Kryptonite so bad, he explains that he was paid a visit by General Zod, who demanded access to his Lazarus Pit, in order to resurrect the dead citizens of Kandor. They travel to The Lost Temple of Quetzalcoatl, which houses one of Ras' Lazarus Pits. Ras explains that it would be an easy target for Zod, as he is a trained General, and would seek out the impossible, when it comes to secret locations that house valuable/important assets to complete his mission. When they all enter the temple, they discover that Ras' acolytes in charge of guarding the Pit have all been taken out, though not killed. They find Zod by the Pit, as he explains that he has already done what they feared, and managed to resurrect the Kandorians. He laughs as they arise from the Pit, and swarm toward them.
Batman/Superman #8
Cover date: May 2020
"The Kandor Compromise: Part Two"
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: Nick Derington
Inker: Nick Derington
We open with a flashback of a young General Zod on Krypton many years before its destruction. Zod is taught an important lesson by his own father, of the city of Kandor and what it means to his family. We cut to the present, as a horde of resurrected Kandorians attack Zod, Superman, Ras Al Ghul and Batman. Superman and Zod take the brunt of it all, as the Kandorians try to escape the hidden temple, for open skies. Ras in a desperate last attempt throws a Red Sun emitting flash grenade, causing the Kandorians to return to the bottled city. Superman questions Zod on the madness of his plan of resurrecting his people in such a way, only for Zod to pose a question back to him, that he and Batman have dead loved ones, if they had that chance to bring them back, wouldn't they take it? This is all cut short, as Ras swipes through the bottle city with his Kryptonite blade. Zod attacks Ras in all his rage, flying him through the wall of the temple, and Superman tells Batman that he needs to get the bottle city remains to the Fortress in order to save the lives of those in the broken bottle. Batman follows Zod and Ras, and discovers that Zod is about to kill Ras, only to be thwarted by his Kryptonite blade. Zod tosses Ras aside and flies off. Ras also makes an escape, before Batman manages to catch up with him. Later we catch up with Batman in the Fortress of Solitude, he asks Superman what the status of the Kandorians is. Superman tells him that the city he brought back was some sort of replica, and that half the denizens of Kandor are missing. The ones he managed to save are in a form of stasis, not dead, but not alive either. We later see that Zod had a cunning plan, and that he saved the other half, as well as the real bottled city, as he flies home. We end with Zod on his new home of Jekuul, where he teaches his own son about the city of Kandor, and what it means to the House of Zod.
Batman/Superman #9
Cover date: August 2020
"Atomic" - Part 1
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: Clayton Henry
Inker: Clayton Henry
We open with two GCPD officers investigating a body washed up on Gotham Harbor. We then cut to the Batmobile as it ferociously makes its way to the heart of the city, where an out of control Atomic Skull pleads for help. He seems particularly happy to see Batman when he arrives, however he annihilates the pursuing armed officers, as an attempt to save Batman from them. Batman then attacks the AS briefly before he disappears. More armed officers arrive and act as if they are possessed, as they prepare to take down the AS. Batman stops them, as he has figured out that they are not real police, and given that AS had turned over a new leaf, and was aiding law enforcement as of late in Metropolis, he gave him the benefit of the doubt. AS tells Batman to flee, that he came to warn him regarding "his" plans to come after Batman and use him to hurt Superman. Before Batman can get an answer to who "he" is, the AS detonates, taking a large chunk of the city block with him. Across the other side of the world, in the city of Paris, Superman flies down to meet his wife Lois for dinner, with surrounding paparazzi snapping photos of them. Superman manages to hear the explosion in Gotham, and Lois tells him to "go", as he flies off. Once there, he manages to help some of the injured and clear some debris. One of the EMT tells Superman that Batman was there, and no one knows what happened to him, Superman using his x-ray vision manages to spot him under some thick layers of rubble. After digging him out, Batman fills him in on the situation. Superman tells Batman they need to uncover who AS was running from, and Batman states they need to start with the body. We close with the two GCPD officers who were looking into the washed up body, as they look into a cave nearby, and discover that the body must have come from there. They are suddenly attacked by the being responsible for the whole mess, as he kills one of them and cages the other. The being in question is non-other than the Ultra-Humanite, and he explains that losing the AS was unfortunate to his plans, but now Batman and Superman must team up to find him, and his Atomic Army.
Batman/Superman #10
Cover date: September 2020
"Atomic" - Part 2
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: Clayton Henry
Inker: Clayton Henry
We open with a flashback of Superman battling the Ultra-Humanite a few years ago. UH is left severely injured during the battle, leaving him defeated, and thus birthing his hatred toward Superman. We cut to Batman and Superman in the Batcave, as Batman performs an autopsy on the remains of the Atomic Skull. Superman thinks to himself he could have done more for the Atomic Skull, only for Batman to interrupt his thoughts, and literally telling him he did all he could. Batman finds a remote detonator that is built by Wayne-Tech, and knows exactly where to find what they are looking for. Once they get there, they are ambushed by UH's drones, and one begins to detonate, Superman rushes him up into the atmosphere where no one will get hurt. When he returns, he finds Batman and the other drones all gone. We end with Batman waking in the UH's lab, as he discovers that the UH is now going to use him against Superman as one of his bombs.
Batman/Superman #11
Cover date: October 2020
"Atomic" - Conclusion
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: Clayton Henry
Inker: Clayton Henry
We open with two guys attempting to loot the bomb site of Gothams Financial District. Batman in his new atomic form stops them, and leaves them for the authorities, all the while being controlled by the Ultra-Humanite. Superman comes upon them in the UH's hideout, and demands UH to change Batman back. UH attacks Superman, using Batman, forcing Superman to kill him, otherwise he'd have detonated Batman like he did with the Atomic Skull, destroying another part of the city. Superman uses his heat vision, and blasts Batman in the chest, and the UH gloats that he made Superman kill his friend and crime fighting partner. Turns out that Superman took out the control chip that UH had implanted in Batman, that would make him detonate, and Batman strikes from behind and takes down the UH. Later our heroes discover that the UH was remotely controlling his body, as he did with the drones, and that he had stored his brain close by. Superman takes the brain to Star Labs, returns all the reanimated bodies of the dead to their families, and gives the Atomic Skull a hero's funeral. He then stops in at the Batcave, where Batman operates on his self, to remove the detonator. The two talk, and agree that they must work more closely together, and not just on crime cases. Batman reveals that someone had initially abducted the Atomic Skull, and they need to find out who it was. We close with the Atomic Skull, remerging from his grave, saying "I need a drink".
Batman/Superman #12
Cover date: November 2020
"Planet Brainiac" - Part One
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: Max Raynor
Inker: Max Raynor
We open with Steel and Batwoman assessing the damage to the Batcave, as they try to determine what transpired, and why there is so much destruction. Steel and Batwoman are granted access to the Bat-Computer, and they are caught up to speed on the events that transpired and left the cave in the manner that it's in. Flashback to Superman and Batman taking down a reanimated Chemo fuelled by the power of a volcano, courtesy of the Brimstone Brotherhood, later Batman reveals that the algorithm that he created to keep tabs on their adversaries managed to work perfectly, but somehow it was corrupted and left a virus in the system, when he plugged in the Chemo transponder into it, and coupled with the distress signal from Kandor a few issues ago, triggered an attack from a latent Brainiac programme. The Batcave itself attacked our heroes, through any means of technology available. Steel and Batwoman receive Batman's warning, but his last instructions at the end are not heard due to the choppy signal. They heard Batman tell them that they are being held on Brainiac's base on the dark side of the moon. Both Steel and Batwoman make their way to a shuttle to take them there. On the moon, Batman is recaptured by Brainiac's drones, and as he is taken back to where they are holding Superman in the holding cells, he tells Superman that he hopes they follow his instructions and don't come to the moon.
Batman/Superman Annual #1
Cover date: 2020
"Freestyle Imp Battle: Batman versus Superman"
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artists: Gleb Melnikov, Dale Eaglesham and Clayton Henry
Mr Mxyzptlk and Batmite watch as two young 5th dimension children play with Superman and Batman action figures. The children get into an argument as to who is stronger, and Mxy and Batmite intervene, only to find that they also can't decide on who would actually win a fight. Chaos ensues as Mxy and Batmite travel to our dimension and force Superman and Batman to fight in their scenarios, so they can determine once and for all, who is better and stronger. It all comes to an end when Superman and Batman convince the two imps that they have no reason to fight each other, and each time they forced one another to fight, they saw through the games, and no one won. It all comes to an end and Superman and Batman walk away, Batman expresses his concern about the two imps, but Superman explains, they don't need to worry, that they idolize them, and will do anything to feel part of their story. Our parting shot is the two imps as action figures, and Krypto and Ace play fighting with them.
Batman/Superman #13
Cover date: December 2020
"Planet Brainiac" - Part Two
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Penciller: Max Raynor
Inker: Max Raynor
We open with Steel and Batwoman crash landing their shuttle on the moon, and being attacked by Brainiac's defences. Meanwhile Batman and Superman are pit against robotic versions of their rogues gallery, so that Brainiac can further understand the two heroes and what they do, and why the villains are the way they are. Batman manages to outsmart Brainiac by getting him to create a Joker Mech, knowing that he will be pure chaos. Steel and Batwoman eventually get through to Superman and Batman, only for Brainiac to reveal his form, in the guise of a composite Superman/Batman robot, and he heads to Earth to become a villain, in order to gain a better understanding of what it is to be a villain.
“Batman/Superman” Comic Book Index
Introduction
Here is a listing of the Batman/Superman series that began in 2019. The Writer, Penciller and Inker for each issue are listed within the Comic Index pages, directly below each title's name and number.Note: Remember, the month dates listed are from the issue covers, not the actual date when the comic was on sale.
CONTENTS:
2019 | 2020 | 2021
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