Earth-85

Lex Luthor goes too far. He recruits as many villains as he can and marches into Metropolis to challenge the Justice League to one final battle where he plans on killing the Man of Steel. Superman stands with his allies and they meet Luthor and his army in battle. A little amount of heroes or villains lose their lives, but many citizens are killed in the battle and the damage to Metropolis will take years to fix. In the end, Superman murders Lex Luthor. Horrified, Batman convinces Superman to turn himself in, which he does and is sentenced to five years in prison.

With Superman away, things begin to change. People began to lose faith in heroes. Many heroes even gave up. Batman still leads the Justice League, who help in the rebuilding of Metropolis, but the villains are still lurking about in the shadows, scheming. For some time the world seems truly safe, but eventually a small group of villains form the "New Legion of Doom" (Deathstroke, Killer Frost, Solomon Grundy, Gorilla Grodd, Doctor Light, and Black Adam) but are quickly dispatched by the Justice League (who now only consists of Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Shazam, Cyborg, and Hawkgirl).

When Superman is released from prison the world begins to hope again. But Batman has noticed that Superman changed. Although it took time, Superman had completely remodeled the world the way he believed it should be. He inspired many heroes to put on their costumes once more and rejoin the Justice League, but now they were oppressing the world. Batman quit the Justice League, detesting Superman, appalled at what he had become. Eventually, Superman teams up with Vandal Savage and recruits many other former villains to join the Justice League. Disgusted, Batman begins forming his own team of heroes to combat Superman and his army while still protecting the Earth.

Superman's Regime

 * Superman
 * Wonder Woman
 * Flash
 * Green Lantern
 * Aquaman
 * Hawkgirl
 * Shazam
 * Cyborg

Batman's Outsiders

 * Batman
 * Green Arrow