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This article or section is about the Knightmare future. This is a potential future that may not necessarily follow the primary timeline. |
The Regime is an organization founded and led by a corrupted Superman, comprised of elite soldiers dedicated to maintaining his totalitarian rule on Earth.
Despite this seemingly being a warning to Batman concerning a terrible future phenomenon, the events of the Knightmare may never come to pass as Superman and Batman teamed up to defeat Doomsday, meaning Superman could very well never turn evil under the control of the Anti-Life Equation and the Knightmare may never come to pass. But due to his resurrection, the probability of its occurrence arose once again.
History[]
Founding[]
At some point in a dark future, Darkseid murdered Lois Lane, which Batman was unable to prevent. Unhinged with grief, Superman was left susceptible to the influence of the Anti-Life Equation. Darkseid manipulated Superman into believing that Batman's inability to prevent this made them mortal enemies, and he became a malevolent tyrant ruling the planet. He presumably recruited the regime stormtroopers to aid him in his totalitarian reign of Earth, mercilessly killing anybody who opposed him. Batman promptly founded the Insurgency in order to combat this new threat, thus beginning the Knightmare.
War with the Insurgency[]
Evil Superman arrives.
After years of fighting, an war-weary Batman, now living in a bunker, heard news of his insurgents finding a Kryptonite rock, the only remaining hope of defeating Superman. He ordered it to be brought to him immediately, but they were met with regime stormtroopers disguised as insurgents. It remains unclear as to whether they intercepted the convoy or if it was a hoax all along. Regardless, when Batman asked to see the Kryptonite, they opened their box to reveal only green light bulbs. They apologized to him and held Batman at gunpoint before following through with their commands as the regime's undercover soldiers revealed themselves to Batman and the insurgents.
Superman approaches a helpless and restrained Batman.
They executed them as Batman watched helplessly. Angered, he began a killing spree and gunned down multiple stormtroopers, while helping some of his surviving insurgents escape the area. Although he managed to take down most of the regime soldiers, while Parademons invaded the area and abducted many of his allies, Batman was eventually overwhelmed by the remaining soldiers there, who could barely restrain him. He snapped one of their necks, but then was brutally (but barely) beaten by the other stormtroopers. Seeing the damage that Batman was inflicting on the stormtroopers and their inability to restrain him, a Parademon knocked Batman unconscious from behind.
With Batman restrained, the regime quickly informed Superman himself, who immediately flew as fast as he could until he landed in the bunker Batman was held in, just as he regained consciousness. Superman's regime soldiers reverently knelt before their leader as he approached Batman, swiftly murdering the other insurgents with his heat vision. Superman then unmasked the visibly horrified vigilante. He expressed his anger at Bruce for letting "her" die, as she was "[his] world." Superman gave Batman one final sinister sneer, and ruthlessly killed him by ripping Batman's heart from his chest, thereby ending the war with the Insurgency and enabling Darkseid to emerge victorious at last.
Known members[]
(founder and leader)
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Trivia[]
- The regime is based on the regime from the Injustice videogame series that was also led by Superman. However, the difference is that the regime in the Injustice video game series was a mixture of the Justice League heroes such as Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern (known as Yellow Lantern at that point), while the DCEU's regime was more Apokoliptian.
