S TM SUPERMAN DARKSEID'S REVENGE BY DEVAN APTEKAR ILLUSTRATED BY STEVEN E. GORDON DIGITAL COLORS BY ERIC A. GORDON SUPERMAN created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster BATMAN created by Bob Kane WONDER WOMAN created by William Moulton Marston HARPER FESTIVAL An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
THE SUPER HEROES AND VILLAINS IN THIS BOOK 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 flying around to save the world with his super-strength super-strength heat vision and freezing breath Clark is a reporter for Metropolis's newspaper the Daily Planet BATMAN As a boy the billionaire Bruce Wayne swore to avenge the deaths of his parents He spent years mastering all forms of combat and creating an arsenal of cutting-edge S equipment He now fights crime in Gotham City as Batman WONDER WOMAN Born on Paradise Island home of the Amazons Wonder Woman was given the gifts of great wisdom strength beauty and speed by the ancient Greek gods Using her Invisible Jet magic lasso and unbreakable silver bracelets she fights for peace and justice DARKSEID Supreme ruler of the fiery planet Apokolips Darkseid is determined determined to conquer the entire universe Besides having immense strength and invulnerability he is able to shoot Omega Beams from his eyes and can travel to different worlds and dimen- sions using a device known as a Mother Box