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Issue: Superman / Batman: Absolute Power #[nn]
Publication Date: January 2005
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 11/22/2006
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN: 9781401207144
UPC/EAN: 978140120714451299
Price: $14.99 CAD
$12.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 17 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Eddie Berganza (editor - original series); Tom Palmer Jr. (associate editor - original series); Anton Kawasaki (editor - collected edition)
Disclose Notes: Only date listed is the 2005 copyright date.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman; Batman
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Cover made up of elements from the cover and two story pages from Superman / Batman (DC, 2003 series) #14.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]
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Miscellaneous
1
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeph Loeb
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"I Pledge Allegiance..."

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeph Loeb
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin
Richard Starkings
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lois Lane; Selina Kyle; Thomas Wayne (dies); Martha Wayne (dies); Jonathan Kent (dies); Martha Kent (dies); JLA [Justice League; Barry Allen [Flash] (dies); Hal Jordan [Green Lantern] (dies); J'onn J'onzz [Martian Manhunter] (dies); Green Arrow [Oliver Queen] (dies)]; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord [Mekt Ranzz]; Cosmic King [Laevar Bolto]; Saturn Queen [Eve Aries]]; Diana [Wonder Woman]; Uncle Sam
Lightning Lord and Saturn Queen disrupt the timestream by travelling back in time to kill Martha and Jonathan Kent and adopt Kal-El. Similarly, Cosmic King arrives just as Bruce Wayne's parents are killed and takes guardianship of Bruce. These changes result a future ruled by the villains' adopted sons.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]
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Miscellaneous
1
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jeph Loeb
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"What Price Freedom..."

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeph Loeb
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin
Richard Starkings
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman [Superman of the future; Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord [Mekt Ranzz]; Cosmic King [Laevar Bolto]; Saturn Queen [Eve Aries]]; Wonder Woman [Diana] (dies); Freedom Fighters [Uncle Sam (dies); Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (dies); Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln] (dies); Ray [Happy Terrill] (dies); Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight] (dies)]; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Sun Boy; Timber Wolf; Shadow Lass; Karate Kid; Tyroc; Colossal Boy; Wildfire; Dawnstar; Shrinking Violet]; Metron
Wonder Woman and Uncle Sam gather a band of heroes to challenge Superman and Batman. Diana kills Batman in battle. Enraged Superman kills Diana and attacks the Human Bomb just as the Time Bubble is activated resulting in the creation of an alternate future.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman; Batman; Kamandi
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Miscellaneous
1
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeph Loeb
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"When Time Goes Asunder..."

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeph Loeb
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin
Richard Starkings
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman [Superman of the future; Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord [Mekt Ranzz]; Cosmic King [Laevar Bolto]; Saturn Queen [Eve Aries]]; Kamandi; Tuftan; Zuma; Cinnamon; Bat Lash; El Diablo; Tomahawk Rangers; Jonah Hex; Scalphunter; Darkseid; Metron; Etrigan [Jason Blood]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne
Superman and Batman time shift through a post apocalyptic future, a western past, a future world ruled by Darkseid, then back to Smallville when Kal arrived and finally to the alley where Bruce's parents are to be killed.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman; Batman; Thomas Wayne; Martha Wayne; Ra's Al Ghul
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Miscellaneous
1
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeph Loeb
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"A World Without Batman..."

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeph Loeb
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin; Larry Molinar ("special thanks to...")
Richard Starkings
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sgt. Rock; Easy Company [Ice Cream Soldier; Bulldozer]; The Haunted Tank; Blackhawks [Blackhawk [Janos Prohaska]; Lady Blackhawk [Zinda Blake]]; JLA [Justice League; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]]; Lois Lane; Thomas Wayne; Alfred Pennyworth; Tommy Elliot; Ra's Al Ghul; Kobra; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord [Mekt Ranzz]; Cosmic King [Laevar Bolto]; Saturn Queen [Eve Aries]; Beauty Blaze; Echo]
By saving his parents, Batman created a timeline where Bruce Wayne never became Batman and Ra's Al Ghul became the ruler of Earth. Superman convinces Bruce to become Batman and they resurrect the Justice League to take on Ra's Al Ghul.
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Miscellaneous
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carlos Pacheco
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman; Batman; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord; Saturn Queen; Cosmic King]
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Miscellaneous
1
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Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeph Loeb
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"Thy Will Be Done..."

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jeph Loeb
Carlos Pacheco; Ivan Reis (additional pencils)
Jesús Merino
Laura Martin; Larry Molinar ("special thanks to...")
Richard Starkings
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman; Batman
Superman [Superman of the future; Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; JLA [Justice League; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry; Orin]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Dream Woman; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Man; Cosmic Man; Matter-Eater Man; Lightning Man; Saturn Woman]; Alfred Pennyworth; Lois Lane; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Ra's Al Ghul; Legion of Super-Villains [Lightning Lord [Mekt Ranzz]; Cosmic King [Laevar Bolto]; Saturn Queen [Eve Aries]; Beauty Blaze; Echo]; Anthro (cameo); Jonah Hex (cameo); Scalphunter (cameo); Justice Society [Shining Knight; Atom; Wonder Woman; Doctor Mid-Nite] (cameo); Vandal Savage (cameo); Solomon Grundy (cameo); Supergirl (cameo); Robin (cameo); Joker (cameo)
Superman and Batman defeat Ra's Al Ghul and his allies and return the Legion of Super-Villains to the future before the proper timeline reasserts itself.
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Biographies

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biography
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Short biographies of the creators.

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