While individual reasons for casting a young Superman and a middle-aged Batman make perfect sense, the obvious question becomes: how will this impact Clark and Bruce's friendship? Generally ...

“[Batman] already exists in this universe, just like when we come to the Superman movie. We see [that] Superman already exists. He’s already known by the people of Metropolis,” Gunn said.

The story content of this week’s eighth episode ends with the defeat of the final Braniac variant in the multiverse at Taskforce X’s hands… with a little extra help from Superman and Batman ...