Vol. 02, Issue 01 | January 2007

[tmelange]

WORLD'S FINEST ROUND-UP | January 07

[Volume 02, Issue 01]

Welcome to this edition of the World's Finest Round-Up, a pairing-specific summary of the prior month's events for fans who like their information bundled by One True Pairing. This issue of the World's Finest Round-Up recaps fandom activity concerning the Superman/Batman pairing that took place on LiveJournal and elsewhere during the month of January 2007. This month's editor is tmelange.

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[This Month in Fiction]

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• Music of the Spheres: Syncopation, Chapter Five, Chapter Six by jen_in_japan | Slash, R, Batman Begins/Superman Returns | Continuation of the Music of the Spheres universe. Harvey Dent begins his tenure as Gotham D.A. and deals with meeting both his old friend, Bruce Wayne, and his fellow crusader, Batman.
• Strategic Retreat by sasha_anu | Slash, PG-13, DCU | A drabble. Prompt: Clark MPREG and Bruce in hospital/room, labor and comedy ensues.
• The Games We Play by sasha_anu | Slash, R, DCU, Threesome | A Kal/Bruce/Diana drabble.
• What Those Eyes May See, Sounds of Security and Softest Thing by merfilly | Slash, PG, DCU | Three drabbles that continue the Fantasies Become... storyline, which includes Desert Burning, Lips, and In These Hands.
• Twilight Spill by pervyficgirl | Slash, PG-13, DCU | Some years in the future, Clark is quite accustomed to parties at Wayne Manor. Bruce's scars changes the routine a bit, but not by much.
• No Matter How Dark The Night by pervyficgirl | Slash, R, Smallville AU | Bruce checks in on Clark the morning after Clark's first trick. Set in an alternate Smallville universe, in which Clark ran away to Gotham during his summer of Red Kryptonite. Prequel to Ungrateful Wretches and Snappish Pimps.
• A Moderate Thaw by merfilly | Slash, PG, DCU | A drabblet. He had become cold, a man whose heart was neither open nor available for negotiation. For the worlds_finest challenge #8 - heart of ice.
• Hand in Hand by trascendenza | Slash, PG, DCU | It was the nearest thing to impossible he’d ever encountered. For the worlds_finest challenge #8 - heart of ice.
• Time And Place, Chapter Two, Chapter Three and Chapter Four by bradygirl_12 | Slash, PG, DCU | Down through the years, across time and space, Clark and Bruce's love endures.
• Darn Virginity by wachey | Slash, NC-17, Toonverse | What Batman and Superman first argued about. Set in the same universe as Stupid Dog, Per Chance to Dream, and This is How I Feel.
• Complimentary by jen_in_japan | Slash, PG-13, DCU | Superman and Batman are stranded on a planet with a red sun and Batman must care for an injured and poisoned Superman.
• The Age Of Heroes, Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four by bradygirl_12 | Slash, PG-13, DCU | Superman/Batman/Robin. What happens to heroes, like the Old Gods and Goddesses, when they begin to fade away?
• Improbable by joannindiw | Slash, R, DCU | Clark/Kyle with a jealous Bruce...
• Just Delightful by trascendenza | Slash, R, DCU | Someone snooping around the Wayne Manor gets an interesting view.
• Let It Be Known by trascendenza | Slash, NC-17, DCU | Bruce and Clark have sex for the first time.
• Wherever Truth Lies by trascendenza | Slash, R, DCU | Bruce/Kal + sex pollen. Sequel to Special Delivery.
• More by jen_in_japan | Slash, NC-17, DCU | Bruce Wayne is kidnapped by Poison Ivy. Superman comes to the rescue.
• Caged by evol_jellybaby | Slash, R, DCU | A drabble exploring a dark situation.
• Puppy Love, or, the Dog Prince by jen_in_japan | Slash, PG-13, DCU | Mr. Mxyzptlk decides Superman needs a break...so he turns him into a dog, with the stipulation that Clark is stuck like that until his beloved recognizes him and calls him by his birth name.
• Anniversary by cavaleira | Slash, PG, DCU | Bruce has been M.I.A. for days. Can Clark find out what going on?
• The Stupidity of Men by sasha_anu | Slash, PG-13, JLU/X-Men Crossover | A drabble crossover Bruce/Clark and Scott/Logan story with Bruce and Logan not happy and not afraid to show it about how well Clark and Scott go together.
• Can't Fly by rai_daydreamer | Slash, PG, DCU | Superman loses his ability to fly temporarily.
• Beautiful Diamond, Part One and Part Two by bradygirl_12 | Slash, PG, DCU | Batman must follow his heart to save Superman.
• House Sitting by witchwillow | Pre-Slash, G, DCU | Batman is leaving Superman in charge of his city...
• Babyfic! by svmadelyn | Pre-Slash, PG, DCU | Clark finds a mysteriously abondoned baby and goes to his friend Bruce for help.

Works-In-Progress

• 36 Views of Mt. Fuji by jen_in_japan | Slash, PG, DCU | This series is meant to be a fairly light-hearted look at the year starting after the Superman/Batman Annual #1, where Clark and Bruce meet on a cruise. It covers four separate trips to Japan and the experiences the two of them have there.
• Sacrifices by sasha_anu | Pre-Slash, PG, DCU | Based off the events from The Tower of Babel. Batman gives up his mission, his life, and his memories to move on somewhere else.
• Industrious Friendships, Part 1 of 8 by thearchpoet | Pre-Slash, R, Toonverse | When Clark Kent meets Bruce Wayne at Lex Luthor's 35th birthday party he expects he'll never be troubled by the man again. Unfortunately, corporate espionage and fate conspire to keep their paths (and those of their alter egos) crossing at most unusual times.

[This Month in Art]

• rai_daydreamer posted two small S/B artworks and an illustration of jen_in_japan's story Puppy Love, or, the Dog Prince called Puppy!Clark. (PG-13) She also posted an illustration of damo_in_japan's story The Mask Behind the Man. (PG)
• yazzle posted four pieces of S/B artwork, two in her journal and two linked to where they were used as part of jen_in_japan's Earth & Sky e-book project. (PG)
• code_renegade posted a piece of S/B artwork called The God and the Monster. (G)

[This Month in Scans]

• evangelene posted an hysterical World's Finest essay review called Crazy in Love: The Saga of the Super-Sons to her comics blog Living Between Wednesdays.
• vigilante_wake posted scans from the web comic Butterfly by Dean Trippe to worlds_finest.
• cmer posted scans from Superman: Emperor Joker to worlds_finest, a must-read for all fans of Superman/Batman.
• cmer posted S/B-related scans from OMAC #7 and some S/B-related scans from JLA Classified #31 to worlds_finest.

[This Month in Icons]

• This month's icon album can be found HERE, and features icons made by cmer. Please READ the note at the bottom of the table that explains how to give proper CREDIT for the use of icons.

[This Month in Fanvids]

• damo_in_japan posted a S/B fan video called Minanokimochi.
• damo_in_japan posted a S/B fan video The Rescue.
• damo_in_japan posted a Superman Returns/Batman Begins fan video called Breathe and two others called Such Great Heights and You're a Friend of Mine.

[This Month's General Fandom News & Activity]

• tmelange continues to develop the Superman/Batman Slash Fanfiction Archive.
• sasha_anu posted an e-book of jen_in_japan's Earth & Sky series, complete with original artwork.

Did the World's Finest Round-Up miss anything? Questions? Suggestions? Corrections? Additions? Links? Leave a comment or send an email to tmelange(at)gmail dot com. We want this to be as complete a summary of S/B fandom activity as possible. We welcome your input.