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  call on your friends.”

  Batman narrowed his eyes and got into Superman’s

  face. “I keep my friends close,” he growled, “and my

  enemies closer.”

  “I hope not much closer than this,” Superman

  joked. Then he realized how serious Batman was.

  “You’re not implying that—”

  Interrupting Superman, Cyborg leaped over and

  started singing and dancing in victory, delighting the

  Boy Scouts.

  “We caught Gorilla Groddy,” Cyborg chanted,

  “and now we’re going to party. Villains going to prison’

  cause the Justice League is winning! Booyah!”

  Chapter 4:

  trouble

  alert!

  THAT AFTERNOON,

  the Justice League gathered

  around a big table in the Hall of Justice, their head-

  quarters.

  Superman hovered at one end of the table. “Great

  work out there, everyone,” he said. “Especially our two

  new recruits, Cyborg and Guy!”

  Cyborg grinned at Batman. “The Man of Steel said I

  did great!” he cheered. “Fist bump!”

  Great work out

  there, everyone.

  “I don’t fist bump,” said Batman.

  “When we join forces, no evil can match us,”

  continued Superman. “That’s why we formed the

  Justice League. Together we fight for the liberties

  of all living creatures. I am proud of your individual

  accomplishments today... ”

  Batman’s mind wandered

  during Superman’s speech.

  I joined the League to keep

  an eye on the most powerful

  being on Earth, he thought. The

  hearts and minds of man are

  no mystery to me. But an alien

  Superman ... Hidden from view,

  Batman pulled out a lead con-

  tainer. Good thing I have my

  box of Kryptonite! He opened

  it, and inside a chunk of space

  rock glowed.

  Superman dropped to the floor.

  Batman shut the box and hid it.

  Groaning, Superman stood and glanced around

  uncertainly. “I’m okay,” he grunted. “Not sure what

  came over me. I must have eaten some bad buffalo

  wings. Now where was I? Ah, yes. A hero sandwich

  sounds good.” Cyborg followed Superman toward

  the kitchen.

  “Superman sure left in a big hurry,” Batman

  growled suspiciously.

  A loud alarm suddenly blared across the room.

  Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Batman

  hurried over to the monitors.

  “Great Hera!” cried Wonder Woman, studying the

  screens. “There are reports of Superman attacking

  LexCorp in Metropolis.”

  Batman pounded his fist into his glove. “Aha!” he

  said. “I knew he would snap one day! I tried to warn

  everyone, but no one would listen—”

  Right then, Superman and Cyborg returned to the

  Great Hall, holding their lunches.

  “Uh,” said Cyborg, “we were just making sand-

  wiches.”

  “Don’t think I won’t check that alibi,” muttered

  Batman.

  Superman peered at the monitor. “I have a pretty

  GREAT HERA!

  good idea of who’s behind this,” he said nervously.

  “Why don’t I take care of this one solo, guys?”

  “I don’t think so,” replied Batman. “Let’s go!”

  Superman sighed, but he flew after his teammates

  as they rushed to the scene of the crime.

  Chapter 5:

  in the

  villain’s

  lair

  THE BATWING

  and Wonder Woman’s Invisible

  Jet landed outside the LexCorp tower in Metropolis.

  Superman and Green Lantern touched down near

  them. Cyborg rode with Batman.

  A wide, ragged hole gaped in the wall of the

  building.

  Superman chuckled unconvincingly. “Yeah, really,

  guys,” he said. “I’ve totally got this.”

  “And miss all the action?” asked Cyborg.

  “Uh-uh.” He ran toward the hole.

  Superman sighed, and flew into the hole ahead of

  everyone else.

  The Justice League followed Superman down

  into a gloomy basement laboratory. Various weapons

  lined the walls in display cases.

  “Is this a villain lair?” Cyborg squealed in excite-

  ment. “It’s my first villain lair!”

  By one wall, Batman discovered an open box with

  a cylinder inside. It was labeled as a Kryptonite bomb,

  and it included a hologram of plans for destroying

  Superman. “Lex has been busy plotting our demise,”

  he said, peering at the plans.

  Superman flew down beside him.

  Batman turned off the hologram.

  “Leave it to you to dispose of Lex’s evil plans for

  me,” said Superman.

  “Yeah, that’s what I was doing,” said Batman.

  “Took you long enough!” Lex Luthor hollered,

  running into the chamber. “My lab is destroyed!”

  “Lex Luthor,” Green Lantern sneered. “Do we

  really have to help this guy?”

  “What’s that supposed to mean?” asked Lex

  sharply.

  Superman glared at Lex. “You spend all day creat-

  ing weapons to destroy us.”

  “How many times have you framed one of us for a

  crime,” asked Batman, “and then run for president on

  a platform to stop us?”

  Lex smiled. “That reminds me,” he said, pulling out

  a stack of buttons, each printed with the words vote

  for lex

  He tossed them onto all the heroes’ chests.

  You

  treacherous

  snake!

  Behind them, Bizarro burst onto a high balcony.

  “Bizarro!” cried Superman.

  Batman tightened his hands to fists.“Another

  alien!” Cyborg glanced from Superman to Bizarro.

  “Whoa,” he said. “Are you twins?”

  Superman smacked his forehead. “We are not

  twins.”

  Then Superman noticed the weapon Bizarro held.

  “Great Scott!” he exclaimed. “The LexCorp duplicator

  ray that created you. You broke in here to steal it? Why?”

  WE’RE NOT

  TWINS.

  Bizarro raised the gun. “Bizarro show you.”

  “Don’t!” shouted Superman.

  Bizarro fired the ray. Superman flew out of the way,

  but the purple beam of energy hit Wonder Woman,

  Batman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg full blast.

  The heroes grunted and groaned as they writhed

  in pain. They twisted as they were cloned, and

  collapsed onto the ground.

  As Superman sat up, he blinked blearily. . . and

  saw five creatures standing nearby.

  The first looked like a wrong version of Batman.

  He turned his mask so it was on straight. “I Batzarro,”

  he introduced himself. “World’s Worst Detective.”

  “I am Greenzarro,” said the next one. He whim-

  pered, forming a teddy bear with his power ring,

  which he cuddled. “I scared.”

  A junky robot tottered forward. “I Cyzarro—” he

  said, and
then slumped, fizzling. Bizarro flew behind

  him and turned the windup key in his back.

  “I Bizarra,” said the female creature. “Pretty, pretty

  princess.”

  I SCARED.

  “Bizarro,” ordered Superman, “give me that ray

  before you do more damage.”

  “Nothing stop Bizarro!” hollered Bizarro. “Not even

  Superman!” He focused his freeze vision on the

  Justice League, encasing them in thick ice.

  “Can we go?” whined Greenzarro. “I scared.” He

  used his power ring to make a five-seat bicycle

  spaceship.

  Bizarro noticed a cylinder in a case on the floor.

  “B-O-M-B,” he read. “Boom!” He grabbed it before

  hopping onto the bicycle spaceship. “Okay,” he

  decided. “Let’s stay!”

  The rest of the Bizarro League hopped onto the

  bicycle and it streaked into outer space.

  Superman melted the ice block with his heat

  vision, freeing the Justice League.

  “That was weird,” said Cyborg.

  “How do we know this wasn’t always part of your

  secret alien plan?” asked Batman.

  “Because Bizarro can’t keep secrets,” Superman

  answered. “He can barely keep his pants up.”

  “Why make duplicates of us?” wondered Wonder

  Woman.

  “I don’t know,” replied Superman, “but if one

  Bizarro can cause this much destruction, think what

  an entire Bizarro League can do. I know where they’ve

  gone: Bizarro World. Let’s go!”

  As Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg

  followed Superman out of the lab, Batman hung back.

  “So,” Batman murmured, “you want us to follow

  you to some distant planet. Well, I’ll play your little

  game for now, alien.”

  Then Batman hurried to catch up with his team-

  mates.

  Chapter 6:

  Bizarrotropolis

  Superman and Green Lantern

  traveled

  through space on their own power. Wonder Woman

  flew in her Invisible Jet, and Batman and Cyborg took

  Batman’s spaceship. They reached Bizarro World in

  the far reaches of the galaxy.

  “Merciful Minerva!” cried Wonder Woman.

  “Bizarro’s planet is a cube?”

  “I should warn you,” said Superman, “things here

  behave a little—”

  “Um,” Wonder Woman interrupted, “bizarro?”

  Batman’s spaceship shuddered and shook.

  Wonder Woman’s jet vibrated uncontrollably, too.

  Both vehicles shattered into tiny bricks.

  Cyborg, Batman, and Wonder Woman plummeted

  toward the surface.

  “One rescue rocket

  coming up,” said Green

  Lantern. He concentrat-

  ed, but his power ring

  created a big green

  Merciful

  Minerva!

  chicken instead.

  “A chicken,” said Batman as they landed. “How

  degrading.”

  “I call that use of power ring a clear foul,” joked

  Cyborg. “Get it? Fowl?”

  With a scanner, Batman studied a gold crystal.

  “These rocks are emitting a weird form of radiation.”

  “We should call it weirdiation,” said Cyborg. “I like

  that name!”

  Batman shot Cyborg an annoyed glance. “It’s this

  radiation—”

  “I do not know what you’re talking about,” Cyborg

  said. “Radiation? There are so many kinds.”

  “Fine,” seethed Batman. “It’s this weirdiation that

  created the planet and is now interfering with the

  team’s powers and equipment.”

  “Equipment?” Cyborg peered down at his body,

  worried. “That’s what I’m made of—” His arm fell off.

  “Hey,” Green Lantern asked Superman, “why

  doesn’t this place affect you?”

  “Well, not much does, I guess,” Superman replied.

  Batman eyed Superman suspiciously. So, he

  thought, the Kryptonian lured us to a planet that

  renders our powers and weapons useless. Well, I have

  something that will affect him. Batman patted his

  secret box of Kryptonite.

  Then Batman froze. He hid the box. “Shh,” he

  hissed. “We’re being watched.” He rolled on the

  ground stealthily, before popping up beside a

  figure on a rocky ridge. “What do you want?” Batman

  demanded.

  Green Lantern flew over. “I think he wants to know

  why you’re talking to a rock.”

  Batman narrowed his eyes. Now it was obvious

  that the figure was crudely formed from crystal.

  “It’s a citizen,” explained Superman. “I tried to

  make this place feel more like home for Bizarro.”

  From the ridge where they stood, the Justice

  League now could see a vast city. It looked like

  Metropolis, but warped and

  weird, and filled with crystal

  citizens. “It’s Bizarrotropolis,”

  said Cyborg. “I like making

  up funny names.”

  Superman’s smile faded

  when he heard the sounds

  of a distant battle. “I’m going

  to investigate.”

  “Not without me, you’re not,” said Batman. As

  Superman flew off, Batman snagged the corner of

  his cape and hitched a ride.

  With a glance back, Superman asked, “Beautiful

  from up here, isn’t it? Oh . . . unless you want us

  both to fall and become pancakes, I’d keep your lead

  box full of Kryptonite closed tight. . . Bruce Wayne.”

  “Ha!” cried Batman. “I knew you’d use your X-ray

  vision on me! But how did you see through my

  lead-lined mask?”

  “I didn’t,” replied Superman, “but somebody

  stitched your name onto the elastic band of your

  underwear.”

  “Alfred,” grumbled Batman.

  Superman smiled. “You can trust me with your

  secret identity. I’m Superman!”

  “I don’t trust anyone,” said Batman. “Also, you’re

  an invulnerable alien whose motives remain

  mysterious, which means I should especially not

  trust you. . . Clark Kent.”

  “Hey,” protested Superman, “how did you know

  my secret identity?”

  Batman smiled. “I’m Batman.”

  Superman slowed for a landing on an outcrop-

  ping. He and Batman witnessed a surprising scene in

  the wide valley below.

  “That’s the source of the sound I heard earlier,”

  said Superman.

  An enormous space destroyer floated above the

  plain. The front of it was shaped like the giant, familiar

  head of a villain. Behind the destroyer was a hopper

  filled with golden crystals. Bolts of electricity snaked

  out of the sides, hoisting more crystals into the ship.

  “Darkseid,” Superman and Batman said in unison.

  Chapter 7:

  tickled to

  death

  The Bizarro League

  rushed to the scene,

  battling to stop the ship from grabbing the rocks.

  “Must not save citizens from big head machine!”

  bellowed Bi
zarro.

  Bizarra pulled rocks back with her lasso, while

  Greenzarro blocked levitation beams with teddy

  bears. Batzarro and Cyzarro saved citizens, too.

  Inside the destroyer’s control room, Darkseid

  sat on a throne. “Who is stealing my rocks?” he

  demanded of his henchman Desaad who was

  working the ship’s controls.

  “No one, Master Darkseid,” Desaad assured his

  boss. “This is only a minor interference.” Desaad

  peered at a monitor. “Unleash the drones!”

  A horde of drones detached from the destroyer

  and whizzed toward the Bizarro League.

  The drones blasted the Bizarros with lasers,

  knocking them to the dirt.

  “It tickle!” cried Batzarro, giggling.

  Up on the outcropping, Superman asked, “They’re

  being tickled?”

  “Tickled to death,” growled Batman.

  Batman and Superman leaped into the fray,

  smashing drones into scattered bricks.

  Inside the ship, Desaad gasped. “Superman?”

  “Superman is here?” hollered Darkseid.

  “And Batman,” Desaad replied. “They have unex-

  pectedly joined forces.”

  “Crush them,” ordered Darkseid.

  Down below, Superman and Batman freed the

  Bizarro League from the tickle attack, and they all

  fought the drones together.

  Superman gasped as he spotted a vast boulder

  flung from the destroyer.

  The boulder smashed down atop the heroes,

  flattening the area completely.

  With the heroes crushed, the ship picked up

  the remaining crystals in the valley. Then it headed

  toward the horizon to find more rocks.

  When the second the destroyer left, Superman

  spun upward from a tunnel in the ground. Batman

  and the Bizarro League climbed out.

  “Good thinking,” Batman told Superman. “Creating

  a tunnel saved us all.”

  Superman grinned. “Was that a compliment?”

  Green Lantern carried Wonder Woman and

  Cyborg into the valley on green chickens.

  Batman greeted his teammates. “We’re dealing

  with something big now.”