History Literature / EnemiesAndAllies

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Scott Thomson and Larry Buccheim (the respective heads of marketing and propulsion at Wayne Enterprises) may seem like a pair of bottom feeders without much to contribute to either Bruce or the man they are betraying him to, but both of them are surprisingly good at drawing up engineering specs to pass on to Lex Luthor for some of his key villainous endeavors.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Batman leans heavily into this, with Bruce Wayne appearing to be a playboy with no interest or ability to run Wayne Enterprises. Unfortunately, it works against him when Bruce is unable to get one of his executives to confide in him.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Lex Luthor.

** Cap. James Gordan shows up briefly as part of a sting to capture Batman, having yet to ally with Batman.

* MythologyGag: Various coming from both Batman and Superman's collective history.
** The ship Superman saves is named "The Star City Queen" alluding to [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Oliver Queen]] and his hometown of Star City.
** James Gordon transferred to Gotham from Chicago like his Post-Crisis counterpart.

* TheCameo: At one point, Bruce Wayne hosts a charity ball as a ploy to obtain fingerprints on Gotham's more suspicious elites. At the party are Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin and Selina Kyle/Catwoman.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Batman leans heavily into this, with Bruce Wayne appearing to be a playboy with no interest or ability to run Wayne Enterprises.
** HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Unfortunately, it works against him when Bruce is unable to get one of his executives to confide in him.

* ColdFlames: Wood cut from trees mutated by Kryptonite will cause fires to burn cold.i stead of hot.

* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: The setting for this story.

* AlternateContinuity

* NotSoDifferent: When he learns the circumstances which brought Superman to Earth, Batman develops a connection to his fellow orphan.

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'''Enemies & Allies''' is a [[SuperheroLiterature superhero novel]] by Creator/KevinJAnderson, where Franchise/{{Batman}} meets Franchise/{{Superman}} in the late Fifties, at the height of the Cold War. Batman is doing his usual thing in Gotham City, but discounts reports that the "Superman" of Metropolis is an alien from outer space. Imagine his surprise when, in the course of a late-night raid on Lex Luthor's mansion, he runs smack-dab into the Man of Steel. Their relationship is a bit rocky at first, but when Superman runs into trouble he can't handle by himself, the Dark Knight is the one to rescue him.

!!Enemies And Allies contains example of:

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Batman leans heavily into this, with Bruce Wayne appearing to be a playboy with no interest or ability to run Wayne Enterprises.s

* AlienInvasion: Subverted. The "alien spacecraft" were made by [=LutherCorp=], in order to drum up business and show off his DeathRay[[note]]The plans for which he stole from Wayne Enterprises[[/note]].

* BatmanGambit: Bruce Wayne deliberately altered the blueprints for the DeathRay, so he could catch Luthor in the act.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Lex Luthor's reaction to being sentenced to death in the electric chair...which was [[LaserGuidedKarma designed and built by [=LuthorCorp=]]].]]

'''Enemies And Allies''' is a [[SuperheroLiterature superhero novel]] by Creator/KevinJAnderson, where Franchise/{{Batman}} meets Franchise/{{Superman}} in the late Fifties, at the height of the Cold War. Batman is doing his usual thing in Gotham City, but discounts reports that the "Superman" of Metropolis is an alien from outer space. Imagine his surprise when, in the course of a late-night raid on Lex Luthor's mansion, he runs smack-dab into the Man of Steel. Their relationship is a bit rocky at first, but when Superman runs into trouble he can't handle by himself, the Dark Knight is the one to rescue him.

'''Enemies And Allies''' is a [[SuperheroLiterature superhero novel]] by Creator/KevinJAnderson, where Franchise/{{Batman}} [[XMeetsY meets]] Franchise/{{Superman}} in the late Fifties, at the height of the Cold War. Batman is doing his usual thing in Gotham City, but discounts reports that the "Superman" of Metropolis is an alien from outer space. Imagine his surprise when, in the course of a late-night raid on Lex Luthor's mansion, he runs smack-dab into the Man of Steel. Their relationship is a bit rocky at first, but when Superman runs into trouble he can't handle by himself, the Dark Knight is the one to rescue him.

* XMeetsY: Batman meets Superman.

[[caption-width-right:300:Eat your heart out, ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Dawn of Justice]]''.]]

* CoolPlane: The "Batplane", which gets Batman into--and out of--the Soviet Union. It includes stealth, supersonic speed, and [=V/STOL=] ([=Vertical/Short=] Takeoff and Landing) capabilities.

* EngineeredHeroics: The crux of Luthor's schemes; he wants to create a disaster he can save the world from with his inventions. when Superman and Batman unwittingly foil his first attempt with a nuclear missile, he goes the fake alien invasion route.

* ArtisticLicense - History: A note from the author at the end admits that he took a few liberties on the Cold War.

* IKnowYourTrueName: Superman and Batman do this at the end- not to intimidate, but to show that they can trust each other.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: In-universe example, while watching a sci-fi movie with Jimmy Olsen, Clark Kent realizes that Hollywood's depiction of aliens is part of the reason why nobody believes Superman's claims of being- he looks too much like a human, as opposed to the bug-eyed, tentacled monsters of the big screen.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Lex Luthor's reaction to being sentenced to death in the electric chair...which was designed and built by [=LuthorCorp=].]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Lex Luthor's reaction to being sentenced to death in the electric chair...which was designed and built by LuthorCorp.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Lex Luthor's reaction to being sentenced to death...in the electric chair.]]

* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: The setting for this story.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Batman had no idea what Lex Luthor was going to do with the stolen Wayne Enterprises parts, but decided to trick Luthor into taking some sabotaged machines to trip him up. As such, Luthor's DeathRay doesn't work at first.