Where has Superman been in the Arkhamverse? 

In the Harley Quinn DLC in Arkham City there's a sign of Project Cadmus, the creators of Superboy. Which means that somehow they obtained Superman DNA.

I love the idea that throughout the entire of Arkham Knight Superman has just been asleep. Like he wakes up in the morning and finds out one of his best friends was unmasked and died while he was enjoying forty winks.

I assume superman is just hovering over Gotham just waiting for Bruce to reluctantly whisper "Clark.." as a last resort so he can swoop in at breakneck speeds

It’s actually kinda funny because as a former Robin, Arkham knight obviously knew and met the justice league, so him using bombs to discourage “outside intervention” was basically a direct jab at the rest of the league

The Arkhamverse is my favorite DC universe. I hope they expand it more. But first I thought it was a mistake putting alien and mystic characters in that universe, however I‘m looking forward to the new game

"Superman is off world" is probably the excuse cuz the writers know if he was there Jason would've been saved day 1, the AK fear toxin would've been literally blown away and all Arkham criminals would be back in cells before they knew what happened

Its honestly a shame that the Superman game was canceled

If their relationship is anything like the comics than Superman wholeheartedly believed Batman would win

I wanna know what the hell the whole JL were doing this whole time

I’m 100% just gonna believe he’s just been chilling in Metropolis waiting for Bruce to call him for help. He probably completely believes that Bruce will win and is just letting him do it himself out of respect

I pray that one day we get a Superman game where we slowly get stronger and get new powers as time goes on.

I would love to see a Superman game set in the Arkhamverse

I always thought it would have been so great if Superman had a brief cameo in Arkham knight asking if he could help out somehow

Also do y’all remember when scarecrow said in Arkham Knight Batman can’t get any outside help from his friends or Gotham will blow up.

Superman doesn't just patrol Metropolis either, other than the deep oceans, Kahndaq, Themyscira, Gotham and a couple of other territories he patrols the entire globe. Sometimes even off of Earth. So it's just likely Clark was too busy doing whatever somewhere else and knew the Bat family can usually handle things. Plus the Arkhamverses Batman seems a bit more in line with Frank Millers Dark Knight, just more stubborn to work alone. He wouldn't want help with Superman because he knows Clark can just save the day without much of an issue. If he isn't able to, I agree with your statement earlier in the video, an out of control Superman is the last thing Gotham needs flying about. Bruce probably had a conversation about it with Clark and told him that unless he specifically asks Clark for help, just don't bother trying to save him. It could be a scenario where Clark would arrive too late and fall right into a trap, without Batman there to stop him if anything happened to Superman.

I think the thought process the creators of these games have is insane. The amount of lore (that your videos awesomely point out) is so persistent and amazing. I can’t wait to what we get out of this next game!

I think he didn't help in Arkham Knight because of the bombs, or trust that batman could handle it. But I L O V E the idea that he was just asleep lmfao

Can’t believe we got a suicide squad game before a Superman game

Q: Where was Superman during the events of Arkham? A: In Metropolis. Why would he be anywhere else? Superman rarely comes to Gotham or any other city unless one of his villains goes there like Lex Luthor. Why would he go to Arkham when he knows one of the most capable heroes and his family have it under control. Batman even hinted that he doesn't like him coming to *his* city unannounced. Superman mostly fights in Metropolis or for a world ending threat like Darkseid neither of which are in Gotham.

The Real Reason Why no one Showed during Arkham knight is because Scarecrow already said on the comms that if someone entered Gotham, he would blow the whole city.

I can totally see Rocksteady make Batman playable in Suicide Squad. That would be so perfect. You get to play as Conroy's Bats one last time and you have to hunt down these characters that you have been playing as this whole time, thus keeping accurate to Batman's skills.

Because, and this is the case in the comics too, the justice league understands that Batman is effective and can deal with whatever’s happening on his own

I wish bruce just says "ive got it handled" randomly at one point in the game and everyone looks at him crazy

in my mind i think batman always comes before superman by anywhere between 2 and 6 years so in the time before superman is established as a hero and still scares the world, i'd love to see a companion game of batman vs superman

I really do think that bruce just didnt wanted to ask for help from his friends to help him solve HIS problems. Which in this case, from superman neither, just like in the comics.

I might be wrong but if I remember right scarecrow broadcasted at the beginning of the game saying and interference from outside Gotham would lead him to exploding the bombs that he had planted meaning if Superman tried to intervene Gotham would blow up

The Arkham games show how much Batman prefers to work alone... Almost every time Robin or Nightwing suggest they help Batman turns them down even though the night would be made much easier with it.

The bomb’s payload is exposed. I can use the power winch to trigger a controlled explosion.

So, an idea I had was that maybe the Injustice games partially take place in the same universe. In the first Injustice game, there's a good universe where Superman never turns evil. What if that's the Arkham-verse? The events could take place shortly before the first Arkham game.

Batman knew and was in the Justice League the whole time throughout most the Arkham games? Deadshot was an impostor the whole time? King Shark is miraculously alive again? Bruce is just seemingly back as his normal Batman self after all that build up and mystery in Arkham Knight? These retcons really worry me for Suicide Squad: KTJ's story and it doesn't help that the gameplay looks like a big step down from the Arkham games...🤧

Well the suicide squad revealed that Bruce joined the league a few years after Arkham knight events

Batman is territorial and Superman knows Bats can handle anything Gotham throws at him. If that's not enough for you then we can just say Superman was offworld at the time. - That's where the Avengers were during Insomniac Spider-Man.

So Batman gets four games which makes since because it’s his universe The suicide squad get a game in that universe But nobody else gets a game The literally made multiple references to Superman and flash in arkham knight Give Superman a game

Hey bro your the best RU-vidr this is the earliest I've ever been

The thing I loved about Batman Arkham Knight I loved about it. It was so many Easter eggs in the game just had to pay attention!

dont forget that supes and bats are both pretty territorial with metropolis and gotham. it takes some end of the earth level threat for either to get involved and even then they wait till the last second to ask for help

Lex Luthor was NOT competant as president. he was able to con the people in the short term, but the deals he made nearly put the entire country in the crapper and would have destroyed the planet if he hadn't been deposed. to quote the animated movie: "Lex Luthor enjoys a 60% approval rating. Coincidentally, in a seperate poll, 60% of the populace has shown an prefrence for being f***ed with a red hot poker."

Understanding this world overall, especially from what I've seen of the SUICIDE SUICIDE trailer, this universe seems "dirty" and somewhat dark even in metropolis everything's so cluttered I do feel like the league does exist but other members like zatanna, Constantine,or even Ted cord aren't members persay rather just other heroes that might be allies or just other heroes doing there own thing I honestly wanna see green arrow or the teen titans in this world I just imagine Stephen Amell's Arrow in this world lol.

Like someone else said. The theory of superman just being asleep is amazing.

Great video. I forget that if it was in City or Knight, but some of the Goons will mention, "That freak from Metropolis." Clearly hinting at Superman and that some of the goons seem to be afraid to say his name. I wouldn't be too surprised if Batman has told the Leauge to stay away from Gotham and that he doesn't need help (even though he has a whole family). Let's not forget that Bruce didn't talk to anyone after Jokers and Talias's death, according to Oracle. So it's possible that he cut contact with the league before Knight. That's my explanation, at least.

You can't argue that Superman slept during the Arkham Knight's night, scarecrow anounced his threat 1 day prior to the main events

When i was struggling in Batman Arkham Knight and City i was like where is Superman and Supergirl when you need them the most

Maybe Bruce and the justice league had a falling out. Maybe they already went through the story line of Batman having protocols to beat the justice league and they kicked him out after one of the villains got hold of it. I forgot how the story line went but that’s the only explanation I can think of as to why no one helped Bruce

Crime never sleeps, but Superman does

"GET OUT OF MY CITY"

I wonder, since booster gold exists in this universe, does the Legion of Superheroes exist, and if so, have the meant and recruited a young superman to the future like in the comics

Ask WB ....who at the time could care less about superman..those mere Easter eggs mean nothing...he wasn't a priority..allegedly Rocksteady wanted to make a superman game but WB said no

Superman deals with otherworldly threats. My guess is that the rest of the JL were in space somewhere dealing with it while Diana was back in Themiscyra dealing with her own thing and Batman is doing Batman things.

From what i remember in the comics, batman gets pretty pissy when Clark interferes with stuff happening in gotham even if its q wellness check for his buddy so maybe out of respect he trusts bruce knows what he is doing.. for better or worse

Also during arkham knight Jason said himself if anyone else came to gotham to stop their plans they would activate the bombs blowing up gotham so if any outside help came gotham would be explode.

He isn't exactly missing. He's mentioned multiple times throughout the series.

Arkham Origins sequel where Batman and Superman encounter for the first time!!!!

I have a feeling that Superman probably already fought Doomsday and was killed because in one of the DLCs in Arkham Knight a thug asks if Batman is really dead even saying “if I had a dollar for every time one of those freaks came back from the dead” hinting that some heroes have died and came back

I imagine Superman laying down some pipe on Lois and passing out early watching Halloween movies then waking up to find out the events of Arkham Knight happened.

Clark went to bed early each of the four nights

The people who made the Batman, Arkham games, should really take a shot at making a superman game, even if it doesn’t take place in the Arkhamverse.

One of my favorite things about the Arkhamverse is the fact that they acknowledge other DC properties and that Batman isn’t the only superhero in the world. But he’s the only one the games focus on because these are BATMAN games, not Justice League games. They don’t force in cameos from Superman or the Flash, they just have subtle dialogue that’s very easy to miss. Like in Arkham Knight you can hear a Militia thug say “I’d rather invade Gotham than Keystone, at least I can see Batman coming” which is a reference to the Flash. Or when a survivor at the GCPD says “So Batman is Bruce Wayne? That’s unbelievable! Next you’re gonna tell me that Superman is a janitor, no, even better, that he’s a reporter at the Daily Planet or something!”. They literally just name dropped Superman. These small lines of dialogue confirmed to us, that other DC characters exist in the archon universe. But they’re not important to the story, so why focus on them? The focus is solely on Batman and his story, but stuff is going on outside of Gotham. It’s just not important.

I think its time Superman gotten his own video game made by Rocksteady.

Great video bro 👍

4:46 thats Smallvile show easter egg that's iterally Smallvile from the show, i love it.

God I hate my brain. Everytime where I see question related to Arkhamverse, my mind draws a picture where in the end author ask "Is he stupid?" or "Are they stupid?".

This game has been out for 8 years and I still never knew about that first name drop

I want a SuperMan game and a Flash Game in the Rocksteady Universe

i like to believe he's at his job sipping coffee

Great video ! I still hope one day we get an Arkham esque Superman game in the same universe

the reason why superman didn't help in arkham knight because after disarming the first bomb the arkham knight says he will blow gatham to hell if anyone outside of gotham tries to help batman

People are always saying it's so incredible that Arkham Batman can 100% his games his a single night, but if that's the case one has to wonder how impressive Arkham Flash would be. Putting Barry/Wally in City or Knight, considering all the close calls Bats has with his villains, he'd probably be done in maybe an hour at most.

Toyman is mentioned in the Harley Quinn's Revenge DLC, so I think that he's been around for some time as a supervillain😋

“What would be better is if that freak from Metropolis flew in here”

i really can't fathom why they thought a suicide squad game was he next step and not an actual justice league game

Or Superman was like "Yeah he's got this".

Wasn’t there also a dialogue in AK where some thug said “the only thing missing now is that freak from metropolis”

honestly kinda surprised Superman didn't try to come to Gotham to help with Scarecrow. or at least try to contact Batman about it and Batman had to tell him to stay away due to the militias hellbent intent on keeping anyone from the outside from helping

There should be a super man Arkham game

Since every Arkham game plot happens in one single night (a different night for each one), that newspaper notifying about the meteor shower over Smallville is enough justification for me. Superman was in space dealing with that danger. He can't just punch the meteors because that would cause debris and generate an even bigger threat, he would need to carefully push them away from Earth.

They really should make games on heroes in the arkham verse set during or between the games explains why they don't get involved also

Maybe Superman was busy with problems in Metropolis when Arkham Knight was happening.

If they make a Superman Arkham style of game bro that would be insane

I am kinda mad but thankful they u Arkham knight Batman in the upcoming game but man the next Arkham game concept art of old man Batman looked cool

I only have 20 minutes of RU-vid heft for today so this BETTER be good

everyone talk about superman, but they forgot about the Flash, Green Lantern, Wonder woman and Martian Manhunter are in it as well. imagine if the Martian help by mind swiping scarecrow out? or the flash just check the entire Gotham for Scarecrow in 2 seconds? realistically Arkham could have been out of trouble in a few minutes if Batman allow anyone else to help.

He chilling un Bruce sends that 911 text

Hopefully we can get some Superman games

Video is really good keep it up 🔥

There was a piece of Dialoge in the game where a thug said: Last thing we need is that freak flying over from metropolis

Batman and the wordds" Get out of my city" are like Butter on toast, EVERYONE know about it.

Superman has always been written to have been active a year or so before Batman to reflect their comic debuts, Superman in 1938 and Batman 1939. In Batman Year One they make a small reference to Superman.

There is a reference to Superman in Arkham Origins

🤯 GREAT video!!

Superman probably was in hiding or patrolling the planet

First reaction reading the title: mannnn not doing shit!

Why didn’t Batman notify his friend? Is he confused?

In arkham knight when you explode one of the bombs, the arkham knight says if anyone comes in gotham city he will explode the other bombs thats why superman doesnt help in arkham knight

Bruce to Clark: “if I call you, it’s really bad”

Great video, but I wanna poke a little fun. 4:50 Cripinite, Kryptonite that is all

In the first game they say the bombs go off in Gotham if anyone interferes, assume same threat incity and the gas in the last one

We need a Superman game

"We know Superman isn't dead in this universe" You know he revived, right?

Super was locked in injustice 2

There needs to be a Superman game