Superman: The Man of Steel #37

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At Centennial Park, Jeb Friedman) is taunting Clark Kent) in front of Lois Lane), while Babe Tanaka)’s “Children of the Night” concert is being setup. Lois and Clark leave and start to head back to the Daily Planet, when Clark sees a message signalled to him in morse code.

He changes into Superman and heads up to a roof where he meets Batman). Batman says that he is there to warn him that there might be a time anomaly causing people from the past to appear in the present. Superman mentions his broken back, and Batman says he never broke his back. Meanwhile in space, a Kryptonian vessel is speeding its way towards Earth.

Jimmy Olsen) and Ron Troupe) arrive at the concert grounds excited for the concert to begin. While the new group Riot Girrrls are stopped by a bouncer from visiting Babe in her trailer.

A group of Mutants) arrive and attack Jeb Friedman hoping to stop the concert and the funds it will attract towards the rebuilding of Metropolis. A second Batman) arrives. He stops the Mutants and encounters Superman with the other Batman. He also mentions the time anomaly.

After Superman briefly searches for Emil Hamilton), to no avail, a third Batman) arrives and also talks about a time confusion. As the first Batman discusses the anomaly he quickly morphs into the 1994 Kelley Jones Batman.

As the concert begins, Perry White) and his wife) are sitting with Keith), trying to enjoy the music, when Keith thinks he sees his real mom and runs after her.

A Mutant sniper shoots Babe on stage! Superman and the three versions of Batman jump into action to stop the Mutants, including a large tank! Babe continues on with the concert and as part of her finale turns into a large vampire bat and flies off. Jimmy Olsen, her friend, goes backstage with Ron to hang out with her, and he compliments her on the great special effects of her show.

Superman takes the Batmen to Emil Hamilton to see if he can discover what is going on. They continue to morph and then eventually vanish, as Superman hears a high pitch signal. He leaves to investigate.

Back at Centennial Park, Jeb is still badmouthing Clark to Lois. Jeb invites Lois to travel to Paris with him, since she can’t decide whether she prefers Clark or Superman. Lois assures Jeb that she’s happy with Clark. He advises her to marry Clark quickly as only that will stop Jeb from coming back and convincing Lois to marry Jeb. Jimmy says his goodbyes to Babe, who seems sad.

Superman arrives at the location of Batman)’s signal. Batman also mentions the time anomaly as Metron) appears and warns of a cosmic crisis!

The Kryptonian vessel arrives at the Kent farm in Smallville. When Jonathan Kent answers the door, he is surprised to see Jor-El) and Lara Lor-Van)! They mistake him for Kal-El and tell him they’ve come to take him home. | Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Batman) * Batman's alternate selves ** Batman (The Dark Knight Returns)) ** Batman ("Earth-One")) ** Batman ("Earth-Two")) * Superman) **Supporting Characters:** * Prof. Emil Hamilton) * Kent Family ** Jonathan Kent) ** Martha Kent) * Lois Lane) * Metron) **Antagonists:** * Mutants (The Dark Knight Returns)) **Other Characters:** * Alice White) * Big Dan (Babe's bodyguard) * *Daily Planet* staff ** Jimmy Olsen) ** Perry White) ** Ron Troupe) * House of El (Unknown Timeline) ** Jor-El) ** Lara Lor-Van) * Jeb Friedman) * Keith) ** Tiger (Keith's cat) * Riot Grrrls ** Azuki ** Case ** Sinda * Vampires ** Babe Tanaka) * Batman (Batman Serial)) * Batman (DCAU)) * Aces High (Rock band) * Lucan (Keith's friend) * Keith's mother * Audrey Hepburn * Spencer Tracy **Locations:** * New Earth ** Earth *** United States of America **** Delaware ***** Metropolis ****** Centennial Park ****** Emil Hamilton's Lab **** Kansas ***** Smallville ****** Kent Farm *** France **** Paris * "Elsewhere" ** Alternate Earth-One See Notes *** United States of America **** Gotham City ** Alternate Earth-Two See Notes *** United States of America **** Gotham City ** Dark Knight Returns Earth *** United States of America **** Gotham City ** Els' Timeline See Notes *** Krypton ** Timestream **Items:** * Batarang * Batsuits ** Batropes ** Utility Belts *** Thermite bomb * Mobius Chair * Superman's Costume **Vehicles:** * Batmobile * Kryptonian Rocket * Tank **Events:** * Children of the Night Concert * Crisis in Time * Death of Superman * Fall of Metropolis * Knightfall ** The Broken Bat **Concepts:** * Alternate Timelines * Boom Tube * Crisis * Entropy) * Time Travel * Temporal Paradoxes * Vampirism

| Notes = * This issue is part of the *Zero Hour* crossover event. ** These events occur simultaneously to Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Vol 1 4, in which Metron is shown interrupting Batman and Superman's meeting. ** The story directly continues in Superman Vol 2 93. * All the Batmen from this story hail from alternate timelines– originating from the yet-to-be-named Hypertime. ** The appearance of the Batman from Frank Miller's *The Dark Knight Returns* saga implies those events also occurred in an hypertimeline. *** *Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Compendium* will retroactively establish that a Pre-Crisis world based on this continuity also existed until *Crisis on Infinite Earths*, and predated even the hypertimeline from *The Dark Knight Returns*. ** The appearance of a *Silver Age* Batman– making his first appearance in the Post-Crisis continuity– follows on the appearance of an alternate Superboy) in Valor Vol 1 23 and his timeline in Superboy Vol 4 8. *** It will eventually established that both characters belong to an Hypertime version of Earth-One. ** Similarly, the alternate *Golden Age* Batman belongs to an Hypertime version of Earth-Two, which will make its first cameo appearance in Batman: Shadow of the Bat Vol 1 31, before a first full appearances in the *Dominus Effect* storyline and its acknowledgment in *The Kingdom*. * Superman navigation number 1994/33. * This issue is reprinted in: ** Zero Hour: Crisis in Time 25th Anniversary Omnibus (Collected); ** DC Finest: Events: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Part One (Collected); ** Superman: Zero Hour (Collected). | Trivia = * The cover shows Batmen from different universes and periods of time: for example, there are different Earth-One Batmen, drawn in Dick Sprang, Neal Adams, and Irv Novick styles. * Panels from this story pay homages to *Batman: The Dark Knight Returns*, Bob Kane's, and Neal Adam's Batman. * Around the time this issue came out, there was a promotional poster with Batman surrounded by various interpretations of Superman by different artists that hinted at a similar meeting Batman would have with alternate-timeline variations of Superman. * Despite the Batman) of DCAU's and Batman from 1943 serial's appearances of the cover, they do not appear in the actual story itself. * Ron Troupe’s mother had wanted him to become a doctor. * Loud music can interfere with Superman’s super hearing. | Recommended =

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Creative credits

Writers: Louise Simonson

Interior art: Jon Bogdanove

Color: Glenn Whitmore

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