In "The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue," SUPERMAN 162 (July 1963)--by Leo Dorfman, Curt Swan and George Klein--the Man of Tomorrow splits in two, becoming Superman-Red and Supeman-Blue, and ends up creating a utopia on Earth.

This is not an imaginary story--it supposes that one day these events could happen. Of course, it assumes the status quo of 1963 and as that didn't last in the long run, we now look at it as an imaginary story. But if this was what really happened in Superman's near future, how would that have affected the entire DC world?

In the story, through the efforts of Red and Blue, the USA and the USSR give up all their nuclear weapons, the Twins of Steel create an anti-evil ray that wipes out all crime, and Lex Luthor (being reformed) cures all diseases on Earth.

All of the Kandorians (who are now full height) and all of the Phantom Zoners (who are now good and are released from their twilight prison by Supergirl) go to New Krypton--a restored home planet created by the Red and Blue champions.

The Crimson Son of Krypton marries Lois Lane and they also go to New Krypton to raise a family, while the Big Blue Boy Scout stays on Earth with his wife, Lana Lang, to live in domestic bliss and study science.

Since there's no crime and no disease, there would be nothing for Batman and Robin or the rest of the Justice League to do, as far as protecting the Earth. Maybe they would still have to prevent natural disasters. Since a lot of the heroes around that time seemed to be interested in archaeology, perhaps they would go off on digs to investigate the past. Or maybe Bruce and Dick would go time travelling thanks to Professor Carter Nichols.

What about Hal Jordan? As Green Lantern of Earth, he would have little to do--maybe he would go on long patrols of his space sector and help out other planets. Katar Hol and Shayera came to Earth to study police methods--I always wondered why they stayed so long, before finally going back to Thanagar to report on their findings--maybe they take the information about the anti-evil ray back to Thanagar so they can introduce the same technology there.

Oh and the people of Atlantis all left Earth to go to their own water world. I wonder if Aquaman and Mera joined them. Seems like they would. They would have their baby in that world and little Arthur would never know the cold death brought by Black Manta (who would be a good guy anyway).

In a world where we don't need super-heroes, what would they do instead? It always seemed to me that most of them were just in it because they were thrill-seekers and they liked to dress up. If they couldn't get their kicks from punching thugs, what did they do with their time?