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SUPERMAN/BATMAN #6
Cover Date: March 2004
Cover Price: $2.95
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ed McGuinness
Inks: Dexter Vines
Colors: Dave Stewart
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Credits:
| Story | Jeph Loeb |
| Pencils | Ed McGuinness |
| Inks | Dexter Vines |
| Lettering | Richard Starkings |
| Colors | Dave Stewart |
| Consulting editing | Matt Idelson |
| Associate editing | Tom Palmer, Jr. |
| Editing | Eddie Berganza |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (next in Superman: Metropolis #10)
- Batman (next in ???)
Guest Star(s):
- Captain Atom (next in issue #20)
- Toyman III (last in Superman Vol. 2 #177)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in issue #3; next in Superman: Metropolis #9)
- Perry White (last in Adventures of Superman #619; next in Superman: Metropolis #9)
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Adventures of Superman #621; next in Superman: Metropolis #8)
Villain(s):
- President Lex Luthor (next in ???)
Comment(s):
- Continued from the previous issue.
- In Daily Planet headlines we learn that Luthor is indicted in absentia, Pete Ross becoming president in his place, and that General Wynn and Amanda Waller have been arrested
Synopsis:
With a huge asteroid, some of Krypton's remains, heading for Earth, Batman and Superman receive help from an unexpected source - Hiro Okamura, the young Toyman, who constructs a 'Composite Superman/Batman Rocket Ship' for someone to pilot and destroy the asteroid. Superman is about to enter it when Captain Atom arrives (back from the future) and says that he does, Earth will die. Captain Atom takes his place, knowing that as well as using the ship to destroy the asteroid, he can absorb most of the kryptonite radiation. As Captain Atom carries out this mission, the extent of Luthor's madness is revealed to the world as he fights Batman and Superman, having injected himself with a serum containing both Venom and kryptonite and wearing a battle suit bought from Apokolips. As Captain Atom gives his life (or at least his present) to destroy the asteroid, Lex's presidency is brought to an end, his work in the White House and in Lexcorp in ruins (Talia Head has sold all his assets to Bruce Wayne). As the Lexcorp Towers are damaged in a boom tube explosion, Luthor disappears. Hidden from view, he swears that there will be a reckoning. He will bring about a crisis.