re: Comic Book Fans: how does Batman vs Superman work?

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Is this the source of their feud? Seems petty if so.

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Well "The Dark Knight Returns" happens in a different universe all together FWIW.. and is based in the future (Bruce Wayne is 55 years of age) and Superman works for the US government.

Needless to say, Superman is a government lacky and something bad happens... and Superman and Batman end up on the opposite sides of the conflict from each other.

Batman teams up with Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) and they fight off Superman.

Slight Spoilers below:

There is a nuclear weapon dropped on the US, which causes a nuclear winter, Batman becomes the "law" in Gotham and creates the "safest" city in the US which is a disgrace to the US Government.. so they send in their lackey (Superman) to deal with Batman.