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* SequelHook: The final page of the arc has one of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s minions bring him news of the Archive of Worlds' existence, and Darkseid beginning to ponder how he might make use of it.
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** In the World of the Knight, the warden of Arkham Asylum runs deranged experiments on the inmates, with results like a version of the Joker with extra mouths all over him.
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* BodyHorror: In an attempt to make him strong, Martha injects her son with a serum designed to make him as powerful as Superman. [[spoiler: He becomes “Bizarro Two-Face” as a result.]]
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** In an attempt to make him strong, Martha injects her son with a serum designed to make him as powerful as Superman. [[spoiler: He becomes “Bizarro Two-Face” as a result.]]
** In the World of the Knight, the warden of Arkham Asylum runs deranged experiments on the inmates, with results like a version of the Joker with extra mouths all over him.
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* NarratingThePresent: Auteur.io has a penchant for providing his own hammy narration. He gets annoyed several times when Superman and Batman don't play along.
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'''Batman:''' I'm many things, Auteur.io--\\
'''Auteur.io:''' That's not ''your cue'', you imbecile!\\
'''Batman:''' --but ''useless'' isn't one of them. ''[saves Superman]''
-->'''Auteur.io:''' Superman tries to resist the deadly radiation of Auteur.io's Kryptonite ring, but it's too much for him. As for Batman? He's worse than useless! Auteur.io even turns his own weapons against him! With his last breath, Superman utters his final words...\\
'''Batman:''' I'm many things, Auteur.io--\\
'''Auteur.io:''' That's not ''your cue'', you imbecile!\\
'''Batman:''' --but ''useless'' isn't one of them. ''[saves Superman]''
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* AnswerCut: In the annual, Lois and Jimmy tell Commissioner Gordon (in the World of Tomorrow, where Batman has never existed) that Superman has asked for help with his current problem. On the last panel of the page, Gordon asks disbelieving who ''Superman'' would ask for help; the first panel of the next page shows [[StealthHiBye Batman and Robin for the World of the Knight suddenly standing behind him]].
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* AnswerCut: In the annual, Lois and Jimmy tell Commissioner Gordon (in the World of Tomorrow, where Batman has never existed) that Superman has asked for help with his current problem. On the last panel of the page, Gordon asks disbelieving disbelievingly who ''Superman'' would ask for help; the first panel of the next page shows [[StealthHiBye Batman and Robin for from the World of the Knight suddenly standing behind him]].
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* RedHerring: In issue 16, the warden of Arkham Asylum is bald, with a beard, leading to the assumption that he is Hugo Strange, but in issue 17, he's revealed to be [[spoiler:that world's Lex Luthor.]]
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* RedHerring: In issue 16, the warden of Arkham Asylum is bald, with a beard, and round spectacles, leading to the assumption that he is Hugo Strange, but in issue 17, he's revealed to be [[spoiler:that world's Lex Luthor.]]
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** In the annual, Batman travels to the World of Tomorrow to help Superman with a problem. At one point he steathily appears behind Commissioner Gordon; since this version of Gordon has never dealt with Batman before, he's taken completely by surprise and does a wild take before complaining that it's impolite to sneak up on people.
** In issue 16, Batman and Robin steathily disappear at the end of a conversation with the warden of Arkham Asylum. He takes his glasses off and polishes them while talking and when he glances up he discovers they've disappeared on him mid-sentence.
** In the annual, Batman travels to the World of Tomorrow to help Superman with a problem. At one point he steathily appears behind Commissioner Gordon; since this version of Gordon has never dealt with Batman before, he's taken completely by surprise and does a wild take before complaining that it's impolite to sneak up on people.
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* PaintingTheMedium: The first issue has both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" stories seen as if they are film strips... and then burns start appearing in the film strips until a hole appears and Lois from "The World of Tomorrow" falls into "The World of the Knight".
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* PaintingTheMedium: The first issue has both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" stories seen as if they are film strips...strips, with the former running along the top half of each page and the latter along the bottom half... and then burns start appearing in the film strips until a hole appears and Lois from "The World of Tomorrow" falls into "The World of the Knight".
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: What the World of Tomorrow actually is, extracting its undesirable elements thanks to [[spoiler: Martha Wayne]] and sending them to [[spoiler: Warden Luthor on the World of the Knight]] to be experimented on. The idea is to make the World of Tomorrow a utopia that Auteur.io won’t destroy, engineered by the last survivor of a world Auteur.io destroyed for not being perfect, [[spoiler: Dr. Atom aka another alternative Lex Luthor.]]
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* DragonWithAnAgenda: Auteur.io ropes in an alternate Etrigan to do his bidding though Etrigan is angry he isn’t the “star” of his own story. Superman and Batman use this to get Etrigan to turn on Auteur.io.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: The heroes are able to reverse the armor’s control, transforming Auteur.io into Observer.io who now just catalogs the different worlds.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Batman reveals who he is to [[spoiler: Martha Wayne]] who immediately ends their plans.
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** When Batman ends up in the World of Tomorrow’s caverns under Wayne Manor, Lois mentions Martha Wayne which cause Batman to wonder out loud why she should say Martha’s name, similar to the famous exchange in ''Batman v Superman.''
** When Batman ends up in the World of Tomorrow’s caverns under Wayne Manor, Lois mentions Martha Wayne which cause Batman to wonder out loud why she should say Martha’s name, similar to the famous exchange in ''Batman v Superman.''
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Dr. Atom]] blows himself up in an attempt to get revenge on Auteur.io.
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-->'''Auteur.io:''' Where is your sense of '''drama?!''' Where is your '''awe?!''' Most importantly, where is your '''fear?!''' If you two '''amateurs''' can't squeeze out a drop of '''authentic emotion''', I'll have to squeeze it '''for you'''!you!'''
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In both worlds, however, the other hero doesn't exist. But what will happen...when worlds collide?
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** In "The World of Tomorrow," both Martha and Bruce survived the mugging in Crime Alley, but Bruce was traumatized. Twenty years later, Martha has become a genius inventor and created devices to improve the world, while Bruce can't keep a job. Also, Martha and Alfred are having an affair and Alfred appears to be using Bane's venom to stop intruders. Lex Luthor is an unknown genius, with him claiming that all of his ideas were stolen by Dr. Wayne from inside his head.
** In "The World of the Knight," a piece of Kryptonite punctured Kal-El's spaceship while in flight, so when it crashed, baby Kal-El was already dead. The Kents sold the spaceship to a private collector who then gave it to Warden Luthor of Arkham Asylum. The Daily Planet was also bombed, with everyone inside killed, and then Metropolis went to hell. Like Gotham, it is now ruled by criminal gangs...the largest of which is run by the Spider Lady, [[spoiler:Lois Lane.]]
** In "The World of the Knight," a piece of Kryptonite punctured Kal-El's spaceship while in flight, so when it crashed, baby Kal-El was already dead. The Kents sold the spaceship to a private collector who then gave it to Warden Luthor of Arkham Asylum. The Daily Planet was also bombed, with everyone inside killed, and then Metropolis went to hell. Like Gotham, it is now ruled by criminal gangs...the largest of which is run by the Spider Lady, [[spoiler:Lois Lane.]]
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** In "The World of Tomorrow," Tomorrow", both Martha and Bruce survived the mugging in Crime Alley, but Bruce was traumatized. Twenty years later, Martha has become a genius inventor and created devices to improve the world, while Bruce can't keep a job. Also, Martha and Alfred are having an affair and Alfred appears to be using Bane's venom to stop intruders. Lex Luthor is an unknown genius, with him claiming that all of his ideas were stolen by Dr. Wayne from inside his head.
** In "The World of theKnight," Knight", a piece of Kryptonite punctured Kal-El's spaceship while in flight, so when it crashed, baby Kal-El was already dead. The Kents sold the spaceship to a private collector who then gave it to Warden Luthor of Arkham Asylum. The Daily Planet was also bombed, with everyone inside killed, and then Metropolis went to hell. Like Gotham, it is now ruled by criminal gangs... the largest of which is run by the Spider Lady, [[spoiler:Lois Lane.]]
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* PaintingTheMedium: The first issue has both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" stories seen as if they are film strips...and then burns start appearing in the film strips until a hole appears and Lois from "The World of Tomorrow" falls into "The World of the Knight."
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* RealityBleed: The realities of the Worlds of Tomorrow and the Knight have places that are thinner, where there are "holes," and one person can fall into the other world. This is what happens to Lois at the end of issue 16.
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* RealityBleed: The realities of the Worlds of Tomorrow and the Knight have places that are thinner, where there are "holes," "holes", and one person can fall into the other world. This is what happens to Lois at the end of issue 16.
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''Batman[=/=]Superman'' is a [[Franchise/DCComics DC]] comic book that, post-ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier, that is part of ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier. It is written by Creator/GeneLuenYang, with art who previously wrote the ''ComicBook/DCFutureState'' ''Batman/Superman'' miniseries. Art is by Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, and Sabine Rich. Their storyline starts in The run begins with issue #16.
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->''Welcome, dear reader, to the world's finest '''double feature!''' Two separate '''sensational''' tales! Twice the '''action!''' Twice the '''thrills!''' You can '''either''' follow one story line to the end and then come back for the '''other--'''''
->'' '''--or''' follow '''both''' story lines simultaneously! '''The choice is yours!''' ''
''Batman[=/=]Superman'' is a [[Franchise/DCComics DC]] comic book that, post-ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier, is written by Creator/GeneLuenYang, with art by Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, and Sabine Rich. Their storyline starts in issue #16.
ComicBook/{{Superman}} stars in "The World of Tomorrow": while Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen are covering Dr. Martha Wayne's new invention, the omni-battery, the press conference is attacked by the Unknown Wizard and Superman must save the day (and his friends), while also uncovering a mystery.
ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Robin}} star in "The World of the Knight": when the Spider Lady, the Queen of Metropolis's Underworld, tries to break out some of the inmates of Arkhan Asylum, she tells the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder that the Warden of Arkham is part of a secret society that's making the world darker and more dangerous.
In both worlds, however, the other hero doesn't exist. But what will happen...when worlds collide?
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!Tropes included in ''Batman[=/=]Superman'' (2021):
* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Lois Lane and the Spider Lady.]]
* AlternateUniverse: Both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" are vastly different from the main DCU (referred to as "Earth-Zero"):
** In "The World of Tomorrow," both Martha and Bruce survived the mugging in Crime Alley, but Bruce was traumatized. Twenty years later, Martha has become a genius inventor and created devices to improve the world, while Bruce can't keep a job. Also, Martha and Alfred are having an affair and Alfred appears to be using Bane's venom to stop intruders. Lex Luthor is an unknown genius, with him claiming that all of his ideas were stolen by Dr. Wayne from inside his head.
** In "The World of the Knight," a piece of Kryptonite punctured Kal-El's spaceship while in flight, so when it crashed, baby Kal-El was already dead. The Kents sold the spaceship to a private collector who then gave it to Warden Luthor of Arkham Asylum. The Daily Planet was also bombed, with everyone inside killed, and then Metropolis went to hell. Like Gotham, it is now ruled by criminal gangs...the largest of which is run by the Spider Lady, [[spoiler:Lois Lane.]]
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: It seems that the Spider Lady is a repurposed serial villain. However, at the end of issue 16, it's revealed [[spoiler:she's really that world's Lois Lane.]]
* GenreThrowback: Both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" are throwbacks to the UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, although both are set during the "present."
* LargeHam: Auteur.io, who is responsible for both the Worlds of Tomorrow and the Knight. When Superman and Batman break into the Archive of Worlds, he narrates their actions and then berates Superman for his "flat" acting:
-->'''Auteur.io:''' Where is your sense of '''drama?!''' Where is your '''awe?!''' Most importantly, where is your '''fear?!''' If you two '''amateurs''' can't squeeze out a drop of '''authentic emotion''', I'll have to squeeze it '''for you!'''
* LockedIntoStrangeness: After the Daily Planet was bombed, when [[spoiler:Lois Lane]] woke up from her coma, her hair was completely white.
* TheMaker: Auteur.io, the head of the Archive of Worlds. He created both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" and many other worlds. He can even pluck items from those worlds to use, like [[spoiler:a Kryptonite ring.]]
* MythologyGag:
** The Spider Lady was the name of the villain of the first Superman film serial, who was, herself, based on the Scarlet Widow from the radio dramas.
** Similarly, the Unknown Wizard is based on the Wizard, the villain from the second Batman serial.
** Doctor Atom is also based on a Superman serial villain, the Atom Man.
* PaintingTheMedium: The first issue has both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" stories seen as if they are film strips...and then burns start appearing in the film strips until a hole appears and Lois from "The World of Tomorrow" falls into "The World of the Knight."
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Auteur.io, although he isn't directing films, but ''worlds''.
* RealityBleed: The realities of the Worlds of Tomorrow and the Knight have places that are thinner, where there are "holes," and one person can fall into the other world. This is what happens to Lois at the end of issue 16.
* RedHerring: In issue 16, the warden of Arkham Asylum is bald, with a beard, leading to the assumption that he is Hugo Strange, but in issue 17, he's revealed to be [[spoiler:that world's Lex Luthor.]]
* RunningGag: Robin has trigonometry homework due. Both Alfred and Lois comment on this.
* ThinDimensionalBarrier: The Worlds of Tomorrow and the Knight are both suffering from this:
-->'''Spider Lady[=/=][[spoiler:Lois Lane]]''': All my life, I've been ''haunted'' by this feeling that my existence has been ''edited''. That pieces were left on the ''cutting room floor''. And I wasn't the ''only one''. Jimmy felt it, too. Before he died, he told me about a ''theory'' of his...that reality is ''thinner'' where things are ''missing''--
-->'''Lois Lane''': --so thin you can burn a ''hole'' through it.
* WhamLine: At the end of issue 16:
-->'''Lois Lane:''' Where am I...?
-->'''Batman:''' You. [[spoiler:You're the '''Spider Lady'''.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: The Spider Lady has white hair and runs the largest criminal gang in Metropolis. [[spoiler:But she isn't evil, she just knows the world is wrong.]]
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->''Welcome, dear reader, to the world's finest '''double feature!''' Two separate '''sensational''' tales! Twice the '''action!''' Twice the '''thrills!''' You can '''either''' follow one story line to the end and then come back for the '''other--'''''
->'' '''--or''' follow '''both''' story lines simultaneously! '''The choice is yours!''' ''
''Batman[=/=]Superman'' is a [[Franchise/DCComics DC]] comic book that, post-ComicBook/DCInfiniteFrontier, is written by Creator/GeneLuenYang, with art by Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, and Sabine Rich. Their storyline starts in issue #16.
ComicBook/{{Superman}} stars in "The World of Tomorrow": while Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen are covering Dr. Martha Wayne's new invention, the omni-battery, the press conference is attacked by the Unknown Wizard and Superman must save the day (and his friends), while also uncovering a mystery.
ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Robin}} star in "The World of the Knight": when the Spider Lady, the Queen of Metropolis's Underworld, tries to break out some of the inmates of Arkhan Asylum, she tells the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder that the Warden of Arkham is part of a secret society that's making the world darker and more dangerous.
In both worlds, however, the other hero doesn't exist. But what will happen...when worlds collide?
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!Tropes included in ''Batman[=/=]Superman'' (2021):
* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Lois Lane and the Spider Lady.]]
* AlternateUniverse: Both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" are vastly different from the main DCU (referred to as "Earth-Zero"):
** In "The World of Tomorrow," both Martha and Bruce survived the mugging in Crime Alley, but Bruce was traumatized. Twenty years later, Martha has become a genius inventor and created devices to improve the world, while Bruce can't keep a job. Also, Martha and Alfred are having an affair and Alfred appears to be using Bane's venom to stop intruders. Lex Luthor is an unknown genius, with him claiming that all of his ideas were stolen by Dr. Wayne from inside his head.
** In "The World of the Knight," a piece of Kryptonite punctured Kal-El's spaceship while in flight, so when it crashed, baby Kal-El was already dead. The Kents sold the spaceship to a private collector who then gave it to Warden Luthor of Arkham Asylum. The Daily Planet was also bombed, with everyone inside killed, and then Metropolis went to hell. Like Gotham, it is now ruled by criminal gangs...the largest of which is run by the Spider Lady, [[spoiler:Lois Lane.]]
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: It seems that the Spider Lady is a repurposed serial villain. However, at the end of issue 16, it's revealed [[spoiler:she's really that world's Lois Lane.]]
* GenreThrowback: Both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" are throwbacks to the UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, although both are set during the "present."
* LargeHam: Auteur.io, who is responsible for both the Worlds of Tomorrow and the Knight. When Superman and Batman break into the Archive of Worlds, he narrates their actions and then berates Superman for his "flat" acting:
-->'''Auteur.io:''' Where is your sense of '''drama?!''' Where is your '''awe?!''' Most importantly, where is your '''fear?!''' If you two '''amateurs''' can't squeeze out a drop of '''authentic emotion''', I'll have to squeeze it '''for you!'''
* LockedIntoStrangeness: After the Daily Planet was bombed, when [[spoiler:Lois Lane]] woke up from her coma, her hair was completely white.
* TheMaker: Auteur.io, the head of the Archive of Worlds. He created both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" and many other worlds. He can even pluck items from those worlds to use, like [[spoiler:a Kryptonite ring.]]
* MythologyGag:
** The Spider Lady was the name of the villain of the first Superman film serial, who was, herself, based on the Scarlet Widow from the radio dramas.
** Similarly, the Unknown Wizard is based on the Wizard, the villain from the second Batman serial.
** Doctor Atom is also based on a Superman serial villain, the Atom Man.
* PaintingTheMedium: The first issue has both "The World of Tomorrow" and "The World of the Knight" stories seen as if they are film strips...and then burns start appearing in the film strips until a hole appears and Lois from "The World of Tomorrow" falls into "The World of the Knight."
* PrimaDonnaDirector: Auteur.io, although he isn't directing films, but ''worlds''.
* RealityBleed: The realities of the Worlds of Tomorrow and the Knight have places that are thinner, where there are "holes," and one person can fall into the other world. This is what happens to Lois at the end of issue 16.
* RedHerring: In issue 16, the warden of Arkham Asylum is bald, with a beard, leading to the assumption that he is Hugo Strange, but in issue 17, he's revealed to be [[spoiler:that world's Lex Luthor.]]
* RunningGag: Robin has trigonometry homework due. Both Alfred and Lois comment on this.
* ThinDimensionalBarrier: The Worlds of Tomorrow and the Knight are both suffering from this:
-->'''Spider Lady[=/=][[spoiler:Lois Lane]]''': All my life, I've been ''haunted'' by this feeling that my existence has been ''edited''. That pieces were left on the ''cutting room floor''. And I wasn't the ''only one''. Jimmy felt it, too. Before he died, he told me about a ''theory'' of his...that reality is ''thinner'' where things are ''missing''--
-->'''Lois Lane''': --so thin you can burn a ''hole'' through it.
* WhamLine: At the end of issue 16:
-->'''Lois Lane:''' Where am I...?
-->'''Batman:''' You. [[spoiler:You're the '''Spider Lady'''.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: The Spider Lady has white hair and runs the largest criminal gang in Metropolis. [[spoiler:But she isn't evil, she just knows the world is wrong.]]
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