History ComicBook / SupermanAtEarthsEnd

After battling the Biomech Sevens' leader Ben Boxer, Superman goes down to Gotham, where he is attacked by bat-like mutants that bear a striking resemblance to the Dark Knight and is saved by a mohawked [[ChildSoldiers youth]] [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels biker gang]], and finds that the underground of the city houses a [[ElaborateUndergroundBase fortress]] where the evil DNA [[XtremeKoolLetterz Diktators]], who kidnapped the gang's parents and took Bruce Wayne's body from his manor. There he meets the leaders of the Diktators: twin [[YouClonedHitler clones]] [[StupidJetpackHitler of]] AdolfHitler!

* ApocalypseHitler: Superman blames the Hitlers for everything bad related to mankind.

* FanNickname: "Bearded Idiot".

* {{Ghostapo}}: The Diktator's SS consists of mutant [[ExpendableClone clones of Nazi stormtroopers]].

* {{Stupid Jetpack Hitler}}s

** Batman, for some ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' reason, has the gun that killed his parents proudly displayed in his batcave even labeled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "THE GUN THAT KILLED MY PARENTS"]]. For someone who despises guns like Batman does it makes you wonder why he spent time locating the gun in the first place.

* BatmanGrabsAGun: [[http://www.cracked.com/article/151_5-superheroes-rendered-ridiculous-by-gritty-reboots/#ixzz1pftifMYn Will he stick to his code and turn the Hitlers over to the authorities to make sure that justice is done? No. He finds the biggest most impractical gun in the world and shoots the piss out of them.]]

[[caption-width-right:350: [[CaptainObvious That's a]] [[{{BFG}} BIG gun]].]]

->'''Linkara:''' (as one scientist) Hey Steve, [[TooDumbToLive you wanna clone Hitler?]] (as Steve) [[HopeSpot Nah...]] Hey, I've got an idea! [[FromBadToWorse Why don't we make]] ''[[FromBadToWorse two of him]]''[[FromBadToWorse !]]

'''''Superman at Earth's End'''''. It's the 22nd century. Earth has passed through ''two'' [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt apocalypses]] (one occurring in the predecessor, ''{{Kamandi}}: At Earth's End'' [[note]]a [[DarkerAndEdgier gritty reboot]] of a JackKirby character who lived in [[AfterTheEnd a post-apocalyptic Earth]][[/note]]). A group of [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul emotionless, logical]] {{cyborg}}s named the Biomech Sevens are overseeing Earth's return to greatness. For the last year, [[InNameOnly Superman]] has been regaining his lost strength in a hovering city, where he is able to receive the benefits of the sun's rays. While recuperating, he learns that [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham City]] is next in line to be "cleansed", [[NukeEm via a nuclear bomb]]. It has been overrun with mutants and other such degenerates.

This {{Elseworld}} was a one-shot from 1995, written by Tom Veitch and drawn by Frank Gomez.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Since when is the Batcave 30 miles long?

* ShoutOut: To the [[Series/{{Batman}} 1960s Batman TV series]].
** The twin clones of Hitler are either a ShoutOut or a RipOff of the Ira Levin book/movie ''TheBoysFromBrazil''.

[[caption-width-right:350: [[CaptainObvious That's a]][[{{BFG}} BIG gun]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350: [[CaptainObvious That's a BIG gun]].]]

* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Ben Boxer:"Foolish old man . . . [[ThouShaltNotKill your refusal to kill]] got you nowhere in 1999 - - where do you think it will get you now, in a world ruled by death?!"

->'''Superman:''' Reality is: ''you'' are an ''android''. ''I'' AM A ''MAN''! (''while punching the guy in the gut'')

* MenUseViolenceWomenUseCommunication: "I AM A MAN!" *punch!*

* BrokenAesop: As Linkara [[Quotes/BrokenAesop pointed out]], Superman uses guns to win, yet the Aesop is "guns are bad!"

** Superman chooses to kill himself to avoid this trope knowing he can't live in the world anymore without getting modified to avoid subcoming from the fatal wounds he received.

It's been reviewed on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/3252-superman-at-earths-end here]]. Linkara even made a CatchPhrase from the comic: [[MemeticMutation "I AM A MAN!" *punch*]].

** Batman, for some fucking reason, has the gun that killed his parents proudly displayed in his batcave even labeled [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "THE GUN THAT KILLED MY PARENTS"]]. For someone who despises guns like Batman does it makes you wonder why he spent time locating the gun in the first place.

** Batman, for some fucking reason, has the gun that killed his parents proudly displayed in his batcave even labeled [[ExactltyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "THE GUN THAT KILLED MY PARENTS"]]. For someone who despises guns like Batman does it makes you wonder why he spent time locating the gun in the first place.