#superbat reverse bang

Signups  close December 2nd!

This is an all-worlds, all-continuities reverse bang challenge about Superman and Batman, together or separately. We welcome fanworks set in the DCU, DCAU, DC Extended Universe, Gods and Monsters, Smallville, Nolanverse, AUs of all types, no specific continuity – the sky’s the limit. 

If you’ve been on the fence, or there’s a friend you’ve been meaning to encourage to join in, this is your last chance!

Click here to sign up! Make sure you check out our scheduleandrequirements. Or, if you just want to peruse some great art and fic, check out the masterlists for previous years of the challenge.

Mobile-Friendly Superbat Reverse Bang Sign-Up Post

This is an all-worlds, all-continuities reverse bang challenge about Superman and Batman, together or separately. We welcome fanworks set in the DCU, DCAU, DC Extended Universe, Gods and Monsters, Smallville, Nolanverse, AUs of all types, no specific continuity – the sky’s the limit.

Our previous sign-up post contains links to static Tumblr pages, which don’t work for all mobile users. If you had trouble with that post, the links in this post should work for you!

Click here to sign up! Make sure you check out our scheduleandrequirements. Or, if you just want to peruse some great art and fic, check out the masterlists for previous years of the challenge.

Signups close for everyone on December 1st.

Superbat Reverse Bang 2020 Masterlist

And we’ve officially come to the end of the 2020 Reverse Bang! Most of our teams that went into claims made it across the finish line (with some bumps and a lot of coronavirus along the way)… for which everyone deserves a huge round of applause. Scroll down to see all of the work posted during the 2020 bang.

June

June 5
Hazard
Yamada,Mechformers(maderi)
Bruce/Clark, 10k, Explicit

When a new surprise attack from General Zod’s Kryptonians is won, Clark and Bruce must rush to prevent a codex believed to be aboard the scout ship from falling into the wrong hands. Little do they know that Clark himself is the bearer of the codex and that their presence together in the Genesis Chamber activates a whole new series of events.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 6
Tropical Vacation (Sun, Sand, Sea, and Superman)
Santheum,cattyk8
Bruce/Clark, 12k, Mature

Or, three times Clark made Bruce take a vacation in a tropical paradise, and one time Bruce returned the favor.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 7
The Man From Metropolis
nowrunalong,Meduseld
Bruce/Clark, 20k, Mature

A private eye, a millionaire and a heatwave collide in a big city world of danger, corruption and deceit. If they can stay alive, they just might make a difference.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 8
A Fine Specimen
Santheum,Romiress
Bruce/Clark, 36k, Teen and Up

People are going missing in Gotham, an d that’s absolutely part of Batman’s area of expertise. When it turns out those people are being smuggled through an intergalactic slavery ring and passed off as an alien race known as Kryptonians? That’s less his territory.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 9
Dying Star
inihiu,truc
Bruce/Clark, 5k, General Audiences

Kryptonians age differently than humans.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 11
Let’s go flying
magpiebee,AriesNoHope
Hernan/Kirk, 6k, Explicit

Batman held him years ago, to his surprise Superman hugged him back. Now it is natural and easy for Batman to be lifted up off the ground or just be wrapped by the strong arms. Even when Kirk loses track of time, or when Hernán is absorbed by the real hero idea, they can hold onto each other and all thoughts of science or blood can fade away.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 12
Bleeding Love
SDSlanderson,cattyk8
Hernan/Kirk, 6k, Explicit

After an attack on the Tower of Justice, a depowered Superman searches for Batman, worried the injuries his teammate suffered have left him disoriented and defensive—a disaster waiting to happen if he runs across civilians. Hernan eventually finds Kirk in a bad state, but can he offer the other man the help he needs to survive?

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 13
Put My Money Where Your Mouth Is
inihiu,darter_blue
Bruce/Clark, 8k, Mature

Batman overhears the Justice League gossipping about his Brucie Wayne alter ego and, through a series of escalations (and Clark being accosted by Hal for coming to Bruce’s defense), decides to use his secret identity and a visit to the Watchtower to troll them all. Only it turns out maybe Batman is not the world’s greatest detective, as he realises his feelings for Clark (and Clark’s feelings for Batman) might make things a little more complicated.

Cue Identity porn, team shenanigans and a couple of hopelessly oblivious superheroes and a lot of fluffy crack.

art on tumbr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 14
Under the Cover of Shadow
lovelastart,Atanih88
Bruce/Clark, 8k, Mature

An alternate meeting in an alternate world where Clark discovers the Gotham Bat is not just a myth and gains a little piece of himself back in the process.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 15
Double Date
CrocInCrocs,Romiress
Bruce/Clark, Midnighter/Apollo, Bruce/Clark/Midnighter/Apollo 14k, Explicit

Clark really wants to be public about his relationship with Bruce, or at least Superman’s relationship with Batman. Bruce insists it isn’t possible. If only there were another world’s finest couple to show them how it’s done.

art and fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 16
Probably Should Have Knocked
Selofain,Nixie_DeAngel
Bruce/Clark, 6k, Mature

Gently, Diana places her hand atop his knee and shakes her head. “He’s never seen anything like the device before, Kal. He surmises that some of the tech is either alien in origin or it’s possibly tech from the future. He believes it’s the latter option, rather than the former, as he did confirm the parts Bruce had been studying before, were parts to a temporal time machine.”

“Oh,” Clark breathes out, his whole body slumping as if his strings have been cut.

Or, Barry touches something he shouldn’t, and Clark sees what’s right in front of him.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 17
think I feel too deep (and it hurts so hard)
AriesNoHope,completist
Bruce/Clark, 16k, Explicit

The Flash is dead and the Justice League scrambles to pick up the pieces after him. Except they didn’t, the crippling weight of grief causing them to rush into situations Batman could barely see them getting out of.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 18
One Night Only
Kinko(Cheese_kun),TerresDeBrume
Bruce/Clark, 7k, Explicit

Bruce crashes on an unknown planet as he returns from a League-related mission. Fortunately for him, he manages to survive the accident with nothing more than big bruises to show for it. Even more fortunately, he finds himself rescued by the hottest alien he’s met so far.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 19
the warmest and most ardent of colours
magpiebee,nowrunalong
Bruce/Clark, 5k, General Audiences

Bruce has been to dozens of countries. Hundreds of cities. And now, here, bathed in radiant sunlight hundreds of miles from the ever-present gloom of Gotham, Bruce feels the way Vermeer must have felt when he found that girl with the pearl earring, or when Van Gogh looked in the mirror with those bandages on his head after he’d tried to cut off his own ear. It feels like a compulsion; a need. He has to record the image of this statue-still man sitting on the steps of the Florence Cathedral, because if he does not, no one else will ever see what he does right now in this instant.

Or: the one where Bruce is an artist.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 21
The Long Night
Yamada,Killer_Rabbit_of_Caerbannog
Lord Batman/Lord Superman, 8k, Explicit

He tells himself that Lord Superman loves him, so there’s no harm in having a single night together.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 21
Inside Your Light
mashimero,darter_blue
Bruce/Clark, 33k, Mature

Superman isn’t breathing. There’s no pulse. There’s a hole in his chest that Bruce can see right through, and were Superman human he would be dead. But he’s not human - as Bruce is all too aware. A failing Bruce had tried to kill him for - has perhaps succeeded - is unquestionably responsible for the hero now lying broken before him.

But Superman should be as indestructible as a god, Bruce won’t accept that he’s dead. There’s something they’re missing and Bruce trusts noone but himself to take the body, keep it safe, find the perfect combination of stimuli to bring the man inside it back from his state between life and death.

The more time Bruce spends with the body, with Superman, with Clark, the closer he feels to a man he never let himself know. The more Bruce realises how much he’ll lose if he can’t find the answers to bring Clark back.

Bruce had expected to solve a puzzle, to right a wrong, to save a life. He never expected to find redemption. He never expected to fall in love…

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 22

With Matches
Bones,Dino_Cattivo
Bruce/Clark, 35k, Teen and Up

Clark is investigating a story in Gotham, where he meets the criminal Matches Malone. Despite their differences, Clark finds himself drawn to the other man but things can go terribly wrong when mingling with the criminal underworld.

art on twitter|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 23
You’re Looking At Me (Like You Don’t Know Who I Am)
WorkingChemistry,Meduseld
Bruce/Clark, 11k, Teen and Up

Batman really hates Bruce Wayne. Superman isn’t so sure.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 24
Flutter your wings, Flutter my Heart
androbeaurepaire,butterflyslinky
Bruce/Clark, 7k, Explicit

Sometimes, being a superhero is awesome. Sometimes, it’s just really, really weird. This falls under the really, really weird category.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 25
Last Moscow Sunrise
Jol Balrok,vesper_house
Bruce/Clark, 6k, Explicit

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Batman knows this rule. In order to prepare the plan of Superman’s ultimate destruction, he has to come closer than he could ever imagine.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 27
Our Season Love (Is Forever)
lovelastart,HellsAngel921
Bruce/Clark, 23k, Mature

They meet in Gotham Park in the middle of Autumn. Then fall in love during Winter. Spring is the beginning of a new chapter they’ll open together. And Summer? That’s when they finally find time to rest.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 27
A Name He’ll Earn  
stuvyx,dippkip
Bruce/Clark, 22k, Teen and Up

When the gods of Krypton uncover a plot to lay waste to humanity, a champion is chosen to rally the people and defend the mortal realm. However, the solution sits ill with Kal-El, who feels it would be more helpful to offer direct aid. Disguising himself as a mortal, he descends from Krypton to fight alongside this champion, but finds he must contend with more amorous distractions than he anticipated. This king of Gotham is a legend in the making, indeed.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 29
The Tailor
satan_jr,Mechformers(maderi)
Bruce/Clark, 12k, Explicit

When Clark is assigned to cover the Wayne gala, he find himself in need of a professionally tailored suit. His tailor though is drop dead gorgeous, which brings up a lot of awkward situations during their appointments.

art on twitter|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 29
A Game You Can’t Win
Ms. 3,nightfoliage
Bruce/Clark, 78k, Teen and Up

Injustice is the hottest MMORPGs currently available to play! Set in a world where superpowers exist, players can become civilians, heroes, villains, and anybody in between. The game has everything from a great story, missions, big in-game events, and weekly battle royales to determine the top rankers.

Despite the game’s young age, one player has quickly risen in the ranks. S41838, or as his fans call him: Superman. The famous farm boy utube star from Kansas has made his mark in Injustice. He’s the reason why the last in-game world event triggered! Now he is the talk of the town, in game and out.

Bruce, who funded the game after Jason’s unfortunate accident, is irritated that a man who is just a video game player is such a big topic among the kids. After the nth time they mention his name, Bruce decides to take matters into his own hands and see what all the fuss is about.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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June 30
The Shape of Hope
androbeaurepaire,susiecarter
Bruce/Clark, 39k, Teen and Up

Post-BvS AU: In the aftermath of Superman’s death and Lex Luthor’s imprisonment, the best Bruce can do is belatedly conduct the investigation into Luthor’s “scientific” endeavors that he should have undertaken months ago. He thinks he knows what to expect, going through Luthor’s secret labs one at a time, picking through the logs and research notes Luthor left behind.

He’s wrong.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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July

July 1
wrap yourself around me
thegoodthebadtheart,seaswept
Bruce/Clark, 11k, Teen and Up

It was just Batman’s luck that his run in with a magic-user ends up with him being swapped with Superman for two whole weeks. Post-Justice League with minor adjustments.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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July 3
Across Mountains (And Over Cornfields)
kriitikaloaf, TheSaltiestDog
Bruce/Clark, 38k, Explicit

[DCEU] The theft of Superman’s body leads Bruce to a plot that needs unraveling, and a second chance.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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July 5
The Signal
Santheum,Romiress
Bruce/Clark, 69k, Explicit

The year is 1940, and the world is slowly erupting into all-out war. Safe at Wayne Manor, and unable to affect any larger change, Bruce Wayne is desperate to help in any way he can.

He just doesn’t expect it to involve racing Nazis through the heart of Europe to find the origin of a mysterious signal that could change the course of the war.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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Amnesty

July 7
Fear and Delight
SDSlanderson,darter_blue
Hernan/Kirk, 5k, Explicit

Hernan returns from a bad mission with a heavy weight on his shoulders. And when Kirk expresses concern (Kirk has a habit of watching Hernan too closely, knowing him too well) Hernan realises there might be a way Kirk can help relieve the burden. With the help of kryptonian level restraints and Kirk’s thirst for blood, Batman and Superman find a way to navigate through their unspoken feelings and land on an unexpectedly healing use of deliciously (unfamiliar) painful control.

art on tumblr|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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July 8
(A Superhero’s Amateur Guide to Saving a Life, Falling in Love, and Preserving the Space-Time Continuum Despite) Time Travel
jule,susiecarter
Bruce/Clark, 18k, Teen and Up

There isn’t anything unusual about the day Bruce dies.

Clark wishes there had been. He wishes he’d known it was coming; he wishes he’d been ready and waiting to stop it before it happened at all.

But having the chance to fix it after the fact is the next-best thing. He’ll take it.

art on imgur|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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July 10
Pull, Take, Break
jule,butterflyslinky
Bruce/Clark, 7k, Explicit

The Joker doesn’t like it when Batman plays with other toys.  So he’s going to break one.

art on imgur|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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July 11
you and me ‘round about midnight
flirtygaybrit
Bruce+Clark, art only, General Audiences

Batman solemnly gazes at a new presence in the skies above Gotham, and a super-powered stranger makes himself known in a spectacular way.

art on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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July 13
Fragile
AriesNoHope,ComposerofDiscord
Hernan/Kirk, 18k, Explicit

For a mysterious reason Superman loses his heat vision, x-ray vision and ability to fly. Even his super strength is starting to fade away.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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July 13
from that unknown
nowrunalong,flirtygaybrit
Bruce/Clark, 26k, Teen and Up

For three decades Clark Kent has been haunted by an unsettling spectre with fiery eyes, and at last seeks to understand and confront the genesis of his fear. In the present, Bruce discovers an unfortunate truth, and must come to terms with certain ghosts of his own.

Or: Superman is dead, but not exactly gone.

art on ao3|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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July 14
Dragon Heart
Bones,HellsAngel921
Bruce/Clark, 27k, Teen and Up

Kal wants to make up for his past. Bruce tries to move on with his future. They eventually meet in the middle.

art on twitter|fic on ao3|masterpost on tumblr

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SRB Inktober

DinoCattivo:Planet,Hideout,Gargoyle,Rose,Gilded,Spaceship,Spy

superbatreversebang:

Welcome to round three of the Superbat Reverse Bang!

This is an all-worlds, all-continuities reverse bang challenge about Superman and Batman, together or separately. We welcome fanworks set in the DCU, DCAU, DC Extended Universe, Gods and Monsters, Smallville, Nolanverse, AUs of all types, no specific continuity – the sky’s the limit.

Click here to sign up! Make sure you check out our scheduleandrequirements. Or, if you just want to peruse some great art and fic, check out the masterlists for previous years of the challenge.

Signups close for everyone on December 1st.