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Batman / Superman #4

DC · Series began 2019 · January 2020

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Dates

Cover date: January 2020
On sale: November 20, 2019
In stores: November 20, 2019
Pages: 40

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #4 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Acetate Cover

Barcode 76194136270000411
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Olivier Coipel Cardstock Variant Cover

Barcode 76194136270000421
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Variant CoverMetron
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Story arc: Year of the Villain

This is part 111 of 132. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Emanuela Lupacchino, David Marquezinks: Emanuela Lupacchino, David Marquezcolors: Rex Lokus, Alejandro Sánchezscript: Joshua Williamsonletters: John J. Hill

Stories

Who Are the Secret Six? Part Four · 22 pages
Batman and Superman battle Scarab, formerly Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes who has been infected by The Batman Who Laughs. He is soon joined by other infected heroes, Donna Troy, Hawkman, and Commissioner Gordon, who keep the heroes busy so that The Batman Who Laughs can bring a satellite from the Dark Multiverse that he can use as a weapon to infect everyone on Earth.

Publisher’s description

Even from prison, the Batman Who Laughs is staying two steps ahead of the Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel. His plan to infect heroes and turn them into the Dark Multiverse versions of themselves is starting to build steam, with Shazam and others already succumbing to his evil toxin. Batman and Superman are racing the clock to prevent the other three members of the Secret Six from being poisoned, but they realize they are too late when those three come looking for them instead-one of whom is a lot closer to Superman than expected and itching for a fight!

Characters

Bruce WayneBatmanClark KentSupermanThe Batman Who Laughs

Reprinted in

Batman / Superman (2020), Batman / Superman (2020)