| Synopsis | - 3.1242024E9
- Black fades to a vision of putty-faced alien scientists looking down upon somebody who now finds that his hands that he sees are not human, but rather mechanical, as he awakens. He arises and finds himself in a strange laboratory, and that his body is now that of a robot controlled by his brain. Confused and totally disoriented, the robotic entity breaks his way out, easily tearing through brick and steel, and finds himself in the heart of a metropolis that seems rather futuristic by his reckoning, a city that in the night is lit with thousands of lights and animated billboards.
In Central City, Jay West thrills at wearing the costume of his uncle Barry Allen, to become that generation's new Flash despite having only a fraction of his predecessors' speed abilities. In Gotham City, Knight-Wing waits outside the penitentiary for the release of Amanda Mason, whom he has fallen in love with during her incarceration. She embraces Clark Wayne and kisses him as they meet for the first time in years outside of prison, with Amanda feeling grateful for Clark testifying on her behalf. As Knight-Wing flies off carrying Amanda in his arms to "an appointment at Metropolis City Hall," the two Bruce Waynes meet Mrs. Wayne in the hospital, who is now old and near the point of death. She is glad that both her former husband and her son are here because there was something secret she wanted to share with both of them.
Back in Metropolis, the robotic entity who now calls himself Metallo was greeted by the blinding lights of police cars surrounding him, to which he responded by blasting them with energy rays powerful enough to destroy half the city. Knight-Wing shows up to confront Metallo, who at first mistakes him for Superman, only to find he's several decades late for any such "reunion" with the Man of Steel. Of course, Metallo isn't without one trick up his sleeve -- he opens up a hatch to reveal Kryptonite that's being used as his power source. But much to Metallo's surprise, it doesn't affect Knight-Wing as quickly as it does Superman, enabling him to knock down the robot. Jay West soon appears to give Knight-Wing a hand by creating a cyclone around the robot, but is quickly knocked down and blasted away. Black-Hawk and Cyborg also show up to deal with the robot, but Metallo responds with an electro-magnetic pulse powerful enough to create a big hole in downtown Metropolis, not to mention black out power through the entire city. While Jay manages to carry the dismembered torso of Cyborg away, Green Lantern shows up to slice away the robot's limbs and to encase its head and torso section in a green energy bubble, stopping his threat. The heroes find the alien scientist laboratory that Metallo came from and discovered that the brain inside the robot was actually Lex Luthor's, which was thought to be destroyed years ago -- allowing the Ultra-Humanite's brain to be transplanted into Luthor's body -- but was kept in stasis and worked on in the hopes of removing his antisocial tendencies.
At Metropolis City Hall, with his friends as his witnesses , Clark Wayne happily marries Amanda Mason before an appointed judge and kisses his bride.
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