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7. Superman: Speeding Bullets

…were Batman?”

This is another one of those Elseworlds stories with a great premise that doesn’t entirely deliver.

In this one, baby Kal-El is discovered by Thomas and Martha Wayne, who name him Bruce. So when the Waynes are (spoiler alert) murdered, Baby Bruce uses his new superpowers to become the dark vigilante known as the Batman. Until, that is, he grows out of it and goes on to become the bright and colorful hero we all know.

If all of that sounds familiar, it’s because this was on my list of Batman Elseworlds, but hey, it counts here too and that means slightly less re-reading for me to do. As I said last time, this one is good, but it falls short of greatness. It’s such a great premise that the actual book itself doesn’t really compare to the potential.

But I do still love the idea that Batman was just Superman’s equivalent of a Hot Topic phase.