Waller and the military then attempt to arrest Luthor with the discovery of his world-domination scheme, but he injects himself with more Kryptonite steroids and dons a power suit equipped with Kryptonite weaponry. Batman, Superman, and Power Girl fly off to Tokyo to deliver the data to the Japanese Toyman, who has already built a giant rocket-propelled spacecraft, intending to use it as a large missile to stop the meteor. Luthor refuses to relinquish the data, going so far as to erase it from the lab computers, but Waller gives them a copy. Batman and Superman battle Captain Marvel and Hawkman before breaking into Luthor's base of operations to retrieve data on the meteor. Luthor then informs Waller that he will let the meteor hit the Earth and he plans to rebuild society in his image, making himself Earth's single leader.

Amanda Waller discovers that Luthor has secretly been taking a serum composed of strength-enhancing steroids and liquid Kryptonite, but is slowly driving him insane with continued use. Meanwhile, the missiles fail due to the sheer amount of radiation the meteor gives off detonating them before impact. Captain Atom manages to absorb the energy, disintegrating Major Force and leaving him comatose. When Major Force snaps and tries to murder him, Power Girl punches him in the stomach hard enough to rupture his containment suit, releasing his radiation.

Luthor's superheroes catch up and the fight begins anew with Power Girl aiding Batman and Superman until Batman realizes that Major Force killed Metallo under Luthor's orders and goads him into admitting it in front of everyone. In Metropolis, Power Girl admits that she does not believe Superman killed Metallo. All of Luthor's superhero team except Power Girl, whose loyalties are divided, attempt to capture the heroic duo until Superman creates a twister using his super-speed, and the two heroes escape with Power Girl. Superman and Batman easily overpower most of the villains while Captain Atom defeats the rest with a giant energy blast. An army of villains looking to collect the bounty attacks them. Labs seeking information on the meteor and finding Metallo's remains they realize that a radioactive energy blast is what killed him, and it was made to look like Superman's heat vision. On national television, Luthor pins Metallo's murder on Superman, using altered footage of their battle to implicate him as well as a baseless claim that Kryptonite radiation can affect Superman's judgment, then places a billion-dollar bounty on Superman.īatman and Superman break into S.T.A.R. Luthor arranges a meeting with Superman in Gotham City under the pretense of a truce, only to result in a battle with the hired Metallo against Superman and Batman, in which Metallo manages to injure them both before an unknown assailant kills Metallo.

Instead of asking superheroes for aid, Luthor decides to destroy it with nuclear missiles.

The United States government discovers a massive Kryptonite meteor hurtling toward Earth. Despite Power Girl's enthusiasm about the peace and stability and Captain Atom's loyalty to the government, Superman and Batman maintain their distrust toward Luthor. Under his leadership, the economy begins to thrive, and he assembles a force of government-employed superheroes consisting of Captain Atom, Katana, Black Lightning, Power Girl, Starfire, and Major Force. Lex Luthor has been elected President of the United States during a severe nationwide economic depression.

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