Minion Batman Superman

A weakened Superman, with the help of Batman, fights off a collection of arch-enemies while protecting civilians from minions of the Phantom King in Batman/Superman Annual #2.

The Phantom King, returned to his prison in the Phantom Zone after the events of Batman/Superman #20, sends out a mental suggestion to baddies all around the world. He calls on them to kill Clark Kent.

Clark Kent is in the Honeymoon Islands in the Bahamas as a civilian reporting on communities that were damaged as a result of the Doomsday battle. He is in contact with Batman and tells him about a black cloud which appears to be the Doomsday mist on the horizon. Clark leaps into Superman-mode and uses his Solar Flare power to incinerate the cloud. Using the Solar Flare power weakens Superman so he loses his super powers for 24 hours and has to continue on to the islands as Clark.

Clark finds some people scrounging food and medicine from the ruins of the city and tells them that they need to get to safety. Suddenly a Man-Bat attacks and while Clark is wounded trying to save a civilian one of the local women attacks the Man-Bat which turns on her. Luckily all are saved by Batman who fights off the Man-Bat long enough for everyone to escape down a manhole. The Man-Bat tries to stop them but is killed by Bane who, along with Cheshire and Killer Croc are on the island to kill Clark. Apparently Bane isn’t happy with the way Cheshire is controlling the dozen or so Man-Bats at her disposal and wants to kill Clark properly.

Bane calls out to Clark to surrender. One of the civilians, Robbie, suggests that they would be able to give up and be unscathed. Another civilian, Janice, disagrees and thinks that if they gave up they would be killed. Since communications have been cut by Superman’s solar flare the group searches for any weapons they can find in the abandoned building they are hiding in. Clark insist on helping Batman fight the bad guys despite his weakened state.

Killer Croc attacks a room in the building and finds that Clark has been tied to a post and is calling to Batman to release him. As Croc moves in for the kill Clark slips from the ropes as the building collapses on Croc. Clark was just Croc bait. As the floor collapses Croc is able to grab Batman’s leg, pulling him down to the depths. The remaining team disables the remaining Man-Bats using the weapons they collected. Cheshire arrives and taunts the team until Clark knocks her out with a well timed pipe to the head.