Batman Vs Superman Research Paper

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Batman and Superman are both characters created by DC comics. Batman and Superman were both introduced in 1939. Batman was introduced in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 and in the spring of 1940 Batman #1 was released. Superman was introduced in Action Comics #1 in 1939. Batman’s and Superman’s parents both died when they were young. Batman’s parents were killed when walking home from a theater. A man held Thomas(his dad), Martha(his mom), and Bruce Wayne at gunpoint, trying to rob them and then things went wrong. Thomas and Martha were killed, while Bruce watched. Bruce was haunted by his parents murder. He vows to protect other people so then what happened to him when he was younger does not happen again. Bruce was raised by Alfred Pennyworth(his butler). Later in life, Bruce finds himself and learns to fight from the League of Assassins. He returns to Gotham with his …show more content…
Superman fights crime using a combination of powers, which get enhanced from the Earth’s sun.
Batman is fighting crime at night, and by day he is Bruce Wayne who has inherited billions of dollars from his Dad’s company, which he continues to run the company after he became an adult. Superman is fighting crime and saving people mainly during the day. When not saving people and not stopping crime, he is Clark Kent who works at “The Daily Planet” or sometimes referred as “The Planet”. They both are not working alone in fighting crime, Batman has a long list of allies, but a main few are Robin, Batgirl(Barbara Gordon), Jim Gordon, Alfred. Superman enlisted the help of his wife Lois Lane, and some help from his cousin Supergirl, Superboy which is a clone of Superman or in some cases his. Batman has a lot of enemies, but the most iconic is the Joker, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, and Bane. Superman is famously known for fighting with Lex Luthor. But also General Zod, Lobo, Superboy Prime, Brainiac, Doomsday,

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