Superman / Batman: Absolute Power #[nn]

In a chilling alternate timeline, the lives of Superman and Batman are irrevocably altered when Lightning Lord and Saturn Queen travel back in time to murder Jonathan and Martha Kent, taking Kal-El as their own, while the Cosmic King intervenes as Thomas and Martha Wayne are slain, raising Bruce Wayne in darkness. The world they forge is one where the heroes they were meant to be never rise, and the Justice League’s legacy is twisted by their adoptive sons’ rule.

In a fractured future where ideals have turned to tyranny, Wonder Woman and Uncle Sam rally a desperate alliance to stand against Superman and Batman’s oppressive rule. As loyalties shatter and heroes fall, a desperate gambit unfolds—leading to a cataclysmic moment that tears through time and births a new, uncertain reality.

In "When Time Goes Asunder," Superman and Batman are swept through fractured moments of history—witnessing a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a wild-west frontier, and a future dominated by Darkseid—before confronting pivotal scenes from their own pasts, including Kal-El’s arrival on Earth and the tragic alley where Bruce Wayne’s parents fell. The journey tests their resolve as they navigate echoes of their origins, each moment a thread in a larger, unraveling tapestry of time.

In a world where Bruce Wayne never donned the cowl after saving his parents, Ra’s al Ghul rules Earth from the shadows, and the Justice League lies broken. Superman, facing the consequences of that altered past, convinces Bruce to embrace his destiny as Batman—reuniting the League and confronting a villain who has rewritten the world’s fate.