WORLD'S FINEST TEAM SAVES CITIES!
UPDATES FROM THE PLANET! HERE IN CRIME ALLEY, BATMAN HAS JUST ARRIVED TO ASSIST IN EMERGENCY SERVICES. SOME THIRTY MINUTES AGO, FIRE ERUPTED ALL OVER GOTHAM IN LOCATIONS RUMORED TO BE OWNED BY MASTER CRIMINAL THE JOKER. THE LARGE BLAZE THREATENS TO GET OUT OF CONTROL, BUT FIREFIGHTERS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE INFERNO, FANNED BY HIGH WINDS, COULD SPREAD TO OTHER BLOCKS. IF THIS DOES HAPPEN LARGE AREAS OF THE CITY WILL BE PUT AT RISK AND A MASS EVACUATION WILL BE NECESSARY. THE EMERGENCY IS FURTHER COMPLICATED BY REPORTS OF GUNFIRE AND RIOTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS THE SITUATION WORSENS, ONE PERSON IS NOTABLY ABSENT, AND THE QUESTION ON THE LIPS OF MANY IS.........WHERE IS THE JOKER? LOOKS LIKE WERE IN OVER OUR HEADS. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO ANY MORE, ALL WE CAN DO NOW IS PRAY FOR A CLOUD BURST OR A MIRACLE..................WAIT! LOOK UP IN THE SKY! IT'S SUPERMAN! THANK GOD, BUT ISN'T HE NEEDED IN METROPOLIS? THE WHOLE TOWN IS BLACKED OUT? WAIT, WHAT'S HE DOING NOW, IT APPEARS THAT HE'S FLYING...............WAH?????????? SUPERMAN IS BURROWING INTO THE ROADWAY HERE AT CRIME ALLEY! MY GOD! WATER! HE HAS STRUCK WATER BENEATH THE CITY STREETS! THIS IS INCREDIBLE! HUGE WATER SPOUTS SWAMPING OUT THE FLAMES! GOTHAM IS SAVED! SUPERMAN WITH US NOW, TELL US WHERE DID ALL THAT WATER COME FROM? PART OF THE GOTHAM RIVER RUNS DEEP UNDER HERE, BATMAN KNEW ABOUT IT. HE ALSO KNEW THAT WITH A SUDDEN THAW, THE MOUNTAIN SNOWS WOULD MAKE IT A RAGING TORRENT. HE IS NOW ON THE TRAIL OF THE JOKER. I WISH I COULD TAKE THE CREDIT, BUT IT WAS REALLY BATMAN'S DOING. I JUST CAME BY TO HELP. AFTER ALL WE ARE ON THE SAME TEAM.