History Comicbook / SupermanBatman

* ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'' (also known as ''The World's Finest''): ComicBook/LexLuthor, as the [[PresidentEvil President of the United States]], declares the titular heroes as enemies of the state, and the duo go to depose him. This arc received an AnimatedAdaptation: ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies''.

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'''Superman''': Where's Franchise/TheFlash when you need him?\\

* IBrokeANail: When a small team of different ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} incarnations break Franchise/{{Superman}} out of the Source Wall in issue #25, Comicbook/PowerGirl mutters this, then quickly adds she was kidding.

* {{Sexbot}}: Issue 26 shows us sexbots of the female Franchise/TeenTitans, belonging to the teenage Toyman. And Superboy clearly enjoys them... until Tim Drake (Robin) destroys them!

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Maximum's Monster and Axis of Evil's Godiva (she's also naked).

-->'''Toyman''': [[GagBoobs Does Power Girl have big-]]

** Issue #22 replaces the merged logo with one that combines Bizarro's reversed S-shield with Batzarro's upside down bat logo.
** Issue #66 has Bizarro's logo within a more realistic bat symbol representing Man-Bat.

* ''Nevermind'': A story set on the Earth-Two of pre-Crisis (thus, UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks), the Superman and Batman of that reality have their minds transferred into, respectively, ComicBook/PowerGirl and ComicBook/{{Huntress}}.

* MotifMerger: The page illustration is the logo for DC's current series, Superman's shield logo inside Batman's bat logo. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Superman-batman_8_cvr_-_large.jpg For example, the cover of issue 8.]] The first arc of the series was adapted into the direct-to-video ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies'', mentioned below.

''Superman/Batman'' was a monthly series published by Creator/DCComics featuring team-ups of the "World's Finest Duo". The series explored the relationship between the two heroes, featuring a unique dual-narrator approach where both ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Batman}} simultaneously narrated the story with their thoughts. The series is also notable for restoring Superman and Batman to being good friends since Creator/JohnByrne's ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'' series initially rebooted the two as having a respectful, but contentious relationship due to contrasting ideals.

* ''With a Vengeance'' (compiled simply as ''Vengeance''): A team of superheroes called [[ComicBook/TheUltimates the Maximums]] come into the DC Universe, looking for Superman and Batman, claiming that they killed one of their own, just as Bizarro meets a Batman-inspired Bizarro called Batzarro. It serves as a wrap-up to Creator/JephLoeb's run, which included this and the first three arcs, as Luthor, Supergirl, and Darkseid appear. [[spoiler: It's also a sequel to ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'' as ComicBook/TheJoker and Mister Mxyzptlk are ultimately the villains of the arc and introduces Bat-Mite into the post-Crisis DCU.]]

''Superman/Batman'' was a monthly series published by Creator/DCComics featuring team-ups of the "World's Finest Duo". The series explored the relationship between the two heroes, featuring a unique dual-narrator approach where both ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Batman}} simultaneously narrated the story with their thoughts. The series is also notable for restoring Superman and Batman to being good friends (though not to Pre-Crisis levels), since Creator/JohnByrne's ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'' series initially rebooted the two as not getting along due to their contrasting ideals, although they still respected each other.

''Franchise/{{Superman}}[=/=]Franchise/{{Batman}}'' was a monthly series published by Creator/DCComics featuring team-ups of the so-called "World's Finest Duo". The series explored the relationship between the two heroes, featuring a unique dual-narrator approach where both Superman and Batman simultaneously narrated the story with their thoughts. The series is also notable for restoring Superman and Batman to being good friends (though not to pre-Crisis levels), since Creator/JohnByrne's ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'' series initially rebooted the two as not getting along due to their contrasting ideals, although they still respected each other.

[[AC:Notable Stories in this series:]]

* ''The Boys Are Back in Town'': Superboy and Robin are asked by their mentors to visit the Japanese Toyman because he had not been heard from in a while.

* ''Sweet Dreams'': The innermost fears of Superman, Batman, Comicbook/LexLuthor, and Comicbook/TheJoker are revealed, due to Scarecrow capturing them and putting Fear Toxin in them.
* ''Worship'': Superman, Batman, and Lois Lane encounter a cult that thinks Superman is God, and is willing to resort to anything, even murder, to get Superman to accept his "true" purpose.

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Thanks to events both in real life (Jeph Loeb's departure from DC) and in-universe (Mr. Mxyzptlk going into a self-imposed exile between ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanReborn'', and Darkseid's own arcs in ''Countdown'' and ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' proper), the possible event involving the Fourth World and the Fifth Dimension that Darkseid and Mxy talk about at the end of "With a Vengeance" never came to pass.]]
* AdaptationOriginConnection: A heroic example, At least one comic (of unknown canonicity), ''Superman/Batman #50'', had Jor-El befriending a Human he pulled from Earth while studying it before sending him back, cementing his decision to send Kal-El there. That Human? ''Thomas Wayne''. One gets the feeling that either the criminal population of Gotham City or the entire planet just dodged a particularly big bullet there.

* BashBrothers: Superman and Batman, duh.

* BurnTheWitch: In issue #72, a group of crazed religious fanatics kidnap ComicBook/LoisLane and attempt to burn her at the stake. They [[GodGuise think Superman is God]] and seek to punish Lois for "rejecting" Superman for the "mere mortal" Clark Kent and thus failing in her "duty" to give birth to the messiah. Fortunately, she is rescued by The World's Finest.

--> '''Batman''': The Kryptonite's near your heart. I don't know if I'll be fast enough to get it before the wound closes.
--> '''Superman''': Where's Franchise/TheFlash when you need him?
--> '''Batman''': Do me a favor, and lose the sense of humor.
--> '''Superman''': Do us both a favor and buy one.

-->'''Superman:''' I wish all my interrogations went so easily.
-->'''Batman:''' Appears there are more effective techniques than a rubber hose.

* MythologyGag: The ending of "Absolute Power" is similar to the ending of Comicbook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow. After the Main/RippleEffect ends, Future!Superman looks like Jordan Elliot. Lois, "Jordan" and Jonathan are apparantly living on the Kent Farm in this version.
-->'''Lois:''' Hey, are you okay? You've been standing out there all by yourself for a while. I was starting to wonder Comicbook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow.
-->'''Clark:''' [[Main/ArtifactAlias "Man of Tomorrow."]] Lois, nobody has called me that in years.

* IBrokeANail: When a small team of different ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} incarnations break Franchise/{{Superman}} out of the Source Wall in ''Comicbook/SupermanBatman #25'', Comicbook/PowerGirl mutters this, then quickly adds she was kidding.

* MindControlEyes: In ''Comicbook/SupermanBatman #77'', Kara gets glowing red eyes when she is under the influence of Scarecrow's fear toxin.

* ''The World's Finest'' (compiled as ''Public Enemies''): ComicBook/LexLuthor, as the [[PresidentEvil President of the United States]], declares the titular heroes as enemies of the state, and the duo go to depose him. This arc received an AnimatedAdaptation: ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies''.

* ''The Supergirl From Krypton'' (compiled as ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}''): A Kryptonite meteor that lands in Gotham is revealed to have contained Superman's cousin, Kara Zor-El, and the evil ComicBook/{{New God|s}} {{ComicBook/Darkseid}} targets her as a potential powerful minion. This arc introduced Kara Zor-El to ComicBook/PostCrisis continuity, as she had been previously kept out of use due to a strict "Superman is the last Kryptonian" editorial mandate. The arc also received an AnimatedAdaptation: ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse''.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: During the "Torment" story arc, Batman (who has fought against a seductress like ComicBook/PoisonIvy on regular basis) ''succumbs'' to [[LoveGoddess Bekka's]] [[LivingAphrodisiac charms]] and is quite disturbed at having fallen in love with her and being willing to throw it all away to be with her.

* OutOfCharacter:

* BookEnds: Near the beginning and the end of the ''Absolute Power'' arc, as Green Arrow stops a robbery, someone near him says: "Look up in the sky...", to which he mutters "Aw, hell. I hate it when anybody says that..." and turns to face Batman and Superman. [[spoiler:The first time, in an altered timeline, he refers to them as "the Hitler twins", and later, after everything's fixed, he calls them "Literature/TheHardyBoys".]]

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Thanks to events both in real life (Jeph Loeb's departure from DC) and in-universe (Mr. Mxyzptlk going into a self-imposed exile between ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanReborn'', and Darkseid's own arcs in ''Countdown'' and ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' proper), the possible event involving the Fourth World and the Fifth Dimension that Darkseid Mxy talk about at the end of "With a Vengeance" never came to pass.]]

* ''Absolute Power'': Three members of [[ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} The Legion of Super-Villains]] go back in time and raise Superman and Batman to be world dictators, but their actions cause the timeline to collapse and cause the two to restore the timeline to normal.

* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Thanks to real life events (Jeph Loeb's departure from DC) and in-universe events (Mr. Mxyzptlk going into a self-imposed exile between ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanReborn'', and Darkseid's own arcs in ''Countdown'' and ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' proper), the possible event involving the Fourth World and the Fifth Dimension that Darkseid Mxy talk about at the end of "With a Vengeance" never came to pass.]]

* GodivaHair: Lampshaded somewhat: one of The Maximums (an [[ComicBook/TheUltimates Ultimates]] parody) that Batman and Superman face is a parody of Enchantress named Godiva and she is depicted as nude except for her ridiculously long hair, which manages to keep her bits covered, even when she's fighting.

** Metallo's disguise in "Public Enemies" resembled for pre-Metallo John Corben looked in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''.
** Likewise, the post-Crisis Kara Zor-El inherited Kara In-Ze's AgeLift of being a teenager who was put into cryogenic suspension while Clark was a born instead actually being younger than him.

* OddballDoppelganger: In ''Superman/Batman Annual #1'', a crazy Earth-3 version of Deathstroke appears, who is very similar to be Creator/MarvelComics' SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}.