Though Robin is left wondering what had happened to Wally. The Boy Wonder figures that one of the rodder, Butch, rigged the race and learns that he has something to do with the explosives at an old radio transmitter. Robin is forced to leave the scene when the police arrive on the scene. Robin takes the initiative in jumping to Wally's car before it falls, but find Wally suddenly gone. As the race start, Wally's car is sabotaged which careens to a ledge. Robin decides to go in undercover as one of the rodders and enters a drag race with a young boy named Wally Wood. With the absence of Batman for a few days, Robin investigate in the theft of stolen explosives which led to a gang of street rodders that recently blew into Gotham. To conceal their alliance, Superman and Batman play out a mock epic battle in public in which the latter 'beaten' the former. In response, Batman agrees with Wonder Woman's proclamation and earning the other heroes' trust by revealing his identity as Bruce Wayne to them.

Superman, however, is distrustful of cooperating with Batman for almost killing him and hiding his face behind a mask. But the battle is interfered by Wonder Woman, who prevents Superman and Batman from fighting each other and criticizing them for what they doing pointing out the three of them are the only active superheroes left and want to band together to do what is right. Batman lures Superman to the Batcave where he springs his trap by shooting the stolen Kryptonite into Superman, weakening him. Superman confronts Batman at a junkyard outside of Gotham where the latter surprises the Man of Steel. Batman, in turn, is already prepared for facing Superman - as being Bruce Wayne, he was present in hosting Faraday's operation at Paradise Island beforehand - in which he hires Catwoman in stealing Kryptonite from Lex Luthor. However, Diana refuses to take part in hunting down an honorable man and sees nothing good coming out of this. In the wake of the incident of Hourman's capture which cost the lives of several policemen and a photographer, King Faraday, on orders from President Eisenhower, debrief Superman and Wonder Woman in seeing the apprehension of the Batman, who is branded as an outlaw by the American government after non-federal sponsored heroes are made illegal in order to quell the growth of vigilantism, and to avoid the public's notice. Rip Hunter introduces the readers to the 'The New Frontier Animated Special' and the untold stories from the last heroic age.

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