SUPERMAN BATMAN #25 (2006)
| Writer: |
JEPH LOEB |
| Artist: |
ED MCGUINNESS |
| Publisher: |
DC COMICS |
| Series: |
SUPERMAN BATMAN |
| Ordercode: |
76194123523302511 |
| Publication Date: |
01/03/2006 |
| NOTE: Final appearance of Supergirl III (Cir-El).
• Batman cover
• "With A Vengeance Chapter 6: Supermen/Batmen" - It is revealed that the Joker and Mxy had create the Maximums and their reality as part of this game. As the various Supergirls free Superman from the Source Wall, the Joker summons various Superman villains, including Lex Luthor, the recently freed Darkseid, and the evil versions of Supergirl and Superboy. Mxy counters by summoning Superman and the Supergirls. The battle begins, but Darkseid refuses to engage in battle, as a sign that he is no one's pawn.
As everyone batlles one another, Mxy tricks Bizarro into activating a Phantom Zone projector on the Joker, freeing Bat-Mite who was apparently trapped inside him, empowering him. Mxy was unable to directly free his fellow 5th Dimensional imp, and had to have a creation of the Joker do it himself. Mxy explains that there is a Crisis coming, and Superman and Batman will play central roles in it. He then returns them to Earth.
Intrigued by the talk of another Crisis, Darkseid asks what role he is to play. Mxy reveals to Darkseid his role in the coming Crisis: "We ... have a future together that has yet to be revealed. "From the Fourth World ... into the Fifth Dimension." Kinda like that ring tone, big D." |