Headscratchers / The Dark Knight Strikes Again

• Why is Batman so eager to make Superman want to take over the world? He knows how dangerous Superman can be if he wants to be. What makes Superman what he is, is his humanity. Without it, he would be dangerous.
  • He doesn't, he was trying to make Superman rebel against the government. If Superman did took over the world afterwards (It's left pretty vague) it wouldn't on purpose and the third story would have been Batman vs Dictator Superman.
• Why do the Kandorians have superpowers when they get out of the bottle?
  • They've never been exposed to yellow sunlight until their escape. It's also possible that, because they were so small, they leeched some power off of Supergirl when she grew back to normal size.
• Batman claims Arkham degenerated into anarchy and cannibalism five years before DK2. Looked perfectly fine (although staffed by a certain celebrity psychologist) in TDKR, three years back.
  • That was not the asylum in TDKR. It was "Arkham Home for the Emotionally Disturbed."
• Why do the Kandorians have superpowers after they get released?
  • They've never actually been exposed to yellow sunlight as they get released indoors.

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