The Dark Knight Superman

Supercbbox| title = Superman: Speeding Bullets
comic_color = background:#8080ff


caption = Cover for "Superman: Speeding Bullets"
schedule =
format = prestige format one-shot
publisher = DC Comics
date = January 1993
issues = 1
main_char_team = Batman
Thomas Wayne
Martha Wayne
Lois Lane
Perry White
Lex Luthor
past_current_color = background:#ff9275
creators = J.M. DeMatteis
Eduardo Barreto

"Superman: Speeding Bullets" is a prestige format one-shot comic book published in 1993 by DC Comics. Written by J.M. DeMatteis and featuring the artwork of Eduardo Barreto, it was published as an Elseworlds title.

The story is based on the concept of an amalgamation between Superman and Batman.

Characters

*Dr. Thomas Wayne: after discovering Baby Kal-El's spaceship in a smoldering crater, he and his wife decide to adopt the baby. While Martha does most of the educating herself, he fills his journals with theories of where his son came from.
*Martha Wayne: Having no children of her own, she adopts baby Kal-El as her own and although she cultivates his heart, she also indulges him.
*Alfred Pennyworth: The Wayne Family's butler, Bruce's trusted advisor and friend.

Plot

As Baby Kal-El's rocket crash lands on Earth, it is found by Thomas and Martha Wayne, who decide to adopt the baby and raise it as their own and name him Bruce. One dreadful night, Thomas and Martha are gunned down by a mugger. Bruce completely burns the mugger with his heat vision and discovers his superpowers, but it is too late to save his parents. He hides his powers in shame. Years later, he decides to create a secret identity for himself as the Batman and starts to brutally strike back at the criminals in Gotham. Meanwhile, criminal Lex Luthor is on the run and is caught in a horribly disfiguring accident. Lex suddenly becomes his version of the crazy clown prince of crime, The Joker.

Awards

The Dark Knight Superman won the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Original Graphic Novel or Album for 1993. [ [http://www.cbgxtra.com/default.aspx?tabid=42&view=topic&forumid=34&postid=147 CBG Fan Awards] ]

Publication

It was released as a 52 page prestige format one-shot comic book (ISBN 1563891174).

ee also

*Alternate versions of Batman
*Alternate versions of Superman
*List of Elseworlds publications

References

*comicbookdb|type=issue|id=9410|title="Superman: Speeding Bullets"

Footnotes