How would superman treat batman if he knew he could turn into doomsday?

[Harrynorine]

Superman and Batman have a good working relationship and show respect to one another, but there always comes a time where superman has to remind batman that he is an ant compared to him and he can beat him easily. For example, after tower of babel, Superman showed complete disrespect towards batman by demanding he take off his mask and talk to him face to face. He also threatened batman by saying, if he does not do it then he'll make him.




When things are all nice, superman will praise batman but if he gets angry or upset at him, all that goes out the window and he reminds him how weak and pathetic he is. He even goes so far as to insult the dark knight and remind him that he can do a much better job at stopping crime than him.




Now, what if batman from the main timeline decides to follow in devastator's footsteps and actually make a doomsday virus for himself? The virus would allow him to freely transform back and forth between his doomsday form and his human for,m. If you want an idea of how it would work, you can think of Davis Bloom from Smallville, the incredible hulk in the mcu or even the devastators transformation from the comic "Dark Knight metal: devastator".



With that said, how would superman treat and see batman if he knew that batman could become his physical equal in an instance and he couldn't just beat him up or swat him away like a fly whenever he wanted?

[Venomized-spider-man]

Phantom zone i guess and then work on the cure the same thing he did with the Sueprdoom plot line
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[The World]

Why doesn't Bruce use his intellect and money to create cures to chronic illnesses instead of making doomsday weapons? Not relevant to his interest?

[Alan2099]

Superman showed complete disrespect towards batman by demanding he take off his mask and talk to him face to face. He also threatened batman by saying, if he does not do it then he'll make him.

When you're talking with somebody you thought you trusted only to learn that the person has been sneaking around plotting ways to kill you "just in case" then all respect goes out the window.

Now, what if batman from the main timeline decides to follow in devastator's footsteps and actually make a doomsday virus for himself? The virus would allow him to freely transform back and forth between his doomsday form and his human for,m. If you want an idea of how it would work, you can think of Davis Bloom from Smallville, the incredible hulk in the mcu or even the devastators transformation from the comic "Dark Knight metal: devastator".

At that point, Batman would have crossed the lines into straight up Supervillian territory and should be treated like one.

[Harrynorine]

When you're talking with somebody you thought you trusted only to learn that the person has been sneaking around plotting ways to kill you "just in case" then all respect goes out the window.


At that point, Batman would have crossed the lines into straight up Supervillian territory and should be treated like one.

So even if Batman can control his doomsday form, it should still be viewed as a threat to human civilization?

[Agent Z]

With caution but not necessarily hostility.

So even if Batman can control his doomsday form, it should still be viewed as a threat to human civilization?

If Bruce is going to treat the League as potential threats even though they are generally in control of their powers, why shouldn't they give him the same treatment in your hypothetical scenario?

[Harrynorine]

With caution but not necessarily hostility.



If Bruce is going to treat the League as potential threats even though they are generally in control of their powers, why shouldn't they give him the same treatment in your hypothetical scenario?

Base on how people are talking previously, it sounds like batman would be locked up in the phantom zone for doing this right away. In batman's case, he only make these contingency plans in case they turn evil or fall under mind control, they are still allowed to act as heroes. A better analogue would be every member keeping an eye on him but still allowing him to act as a hero.