Kingdom Come

the long version

In the 21st century, the Metropolis that once hailed Superman as its guardian has fallen into decay. The old superheroes?Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash and others of their generation?have given way to a horde of self-appointed metahumans with a wide variety of deadly powers and, for the most part, the ethics of gangbusters. Now an elderly minister, Norman McCay, who narrates the novel, embarks on a quest to bring help to a Kansas destroyed by an inhuman power, while Batman plays a dea