S BATMAN BATTLE IN METROPOLIS BY JOHN SAZAKLIS ILLUSTRATED BY ANDY SMITH COLORS BY BRAD VANCATA BATMAN created by Bob Kane SUPERMAN created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster HARPER FESTIVAL An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
THE HEROES AND VILLAINS IN THIS BOOK BATMAN After being orphaned as a child young Bruce Wayne vowed to fight crime and injustice throughout Gotham City and so he became Batman With his high-tech crime-fighting gadgets and his armored vehicles Batman fears no foe and is widely known as the World's Greatest Detective SUPERMAN Sent to Earth from Krypton Superman was raised as Clark Kent by small-town farmers and taught to value truth and justice When not saving the world with his flight super-strength heat vision and freezing breath Clark is a reporter for Metropolis's newspaper the Daily Planet LEX LUTHOR One of the smartest wealthiest and most dangerous businessmen in the world Lex Luthor was the most powerful man in Metropolis until Superman came along Now Luthor uses his vast assets and scientific knowledge in an unending quest to eliminate the Man of Steel and take over the world THE JOKER With an appearance caused by falling into a vat of toxic chemicals the Joker is a brilliant prank engineer with a twisted sense of humor His weapons are deadly party gags One of them is his patented Joker Gas a poisonous product that leaves victims with a garish grin across their faces The Joker is Batman's greatest foe
