• Superman and Batman are two of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes of all time! In addition to comic books, Superman has made the transition to radio, television (Smallville), movies (Superman Returns), Broadway, and video games. And Batman’s story continues to be retold and recast with contemporary works, including this summer’s huge release THE DARK KNIGHT RISES and the subsequent DVD release.

• This is the first time that the story of Batman and Superman’s first meeting has been told. It’s also a story that you will only be able to find in books—there will be no graphic adaptations.

• Kevin J. Anderson is a prolific science fiction writer who has an established name in comic-dom and he will continue to exploit all of his contacts to get the mass market plenty of attention.

• This book is licensed by DC Comics, and we have their full promotional support. There are several possible cross-promotional opportunities that we can explore, including utilizing DC Comics’ active website, ads in their comics at a reduced rate, etc. We can bring this title to conventions like Comic-Con in San Diego in late July, and World Con in late August.
 
• It Books will simultaneously publish the trade paperback edition of WAYNE OF GOTHAM (ISBN: 9780062219862) as well as THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON (ISBN: 9780062219855) for the first time in trade paperback.

• This trade paperback edition will replace the previous mass market edition of ENEMIES & ALLIES (ISBN: 9780061662560).

ENEMIES & ALLIES is a unique chronicle of the first meeting between two pop culture icons never before told in novel form.

In ENEMIES & ALLIES, as Sputnik silently circles the skies above the fabled cities of the United States—Metropolis, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Gotham City—danger lurks in the Earth’s darkest corners. Evil genius Lex Luthor, Superman’s arch-enemy, is leveraging international tensions to build a military-industrial empire, competing against his primary business rival Wayne Industries, run by Gotham City’s enigmatic millionaire Bruce Wayne.

Meanwhile in Metropolis, Daily Planet reporters Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen are assigned to look into the crash of a supposed flying saucer. While Lois Lane pursues her own dangerous story, Clark is desperate to know if there may be other lost interplanetary visitors on Earth secretly living among us—like himself.

In a time of fear and mistrust, as America and the USSR race to build bigger nuclear missiles aimed at each other’s greatest cities, two extraordinary heroes—polar opposites in their attitude and actions—will come together to stop the bad guys and save the world.

Superman and Batman are polar opposites in their attitude and actions—Superman is all about rescuing people while Batman gets the bad guys. ENEMIES & ALLIES promises to be a fun and exciting adventure novel and a fresh take on two iconic heroes.