Anti-Superman

'''Anti-Superman.''' A criminal identity briefly assumed by [[Daily Planet]] editor [[Perry White]] in August 1966. While visiting [[Superman]]'s [[Fortress of Solitude]], both he and Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon were accidentally exposed to an alien gas known as [[Formula X-22]]. The gas radically altered the personalitles of both men, giving them highly criminal tendencies. Deciding to use their intimate knowledge of Superman's and [[Batman]]'s secrets, White and Gordon planned to humiliate and dispose of both heroes. White used a secret rejuvination serum to restore both himself and Gordon to a younger state for several hours, and then used one of the Fortress' many technologically advanced devices to give himself super-powers identical the Man of Steel's for 48 hours at a time. While Gordon assumed the guise of [[Anti-Batman]], White fashioned a darker coloured variant of Superman's uniform (complete with a lead-lined mask to prevent Superman from discovering his real identity with his X-ray vision) and called himself Anti-Superman. After stealing many secrets from both the Fortress and the Batcave, Anti-Superman and Anti-Batman launched their planned campaign to dispose of Superman, Batman and [[Robin]]. Anti-Superman clashed twice with the Metropolis Marvel, the second time using a chunk of gold [[kryptonite]] (to which Anti-Superman was, naturally, invulnerable) to keep the Action Ace on the defensive. In addition, Anti-Superman and his partner-in-crime raided the State Police Building midway between [[Metropolis]] and Gotham City, stealing various mementos from Superman's battles with his greatest foes (including the [[Prankster]], the [[Toyman]] and [[Lex Luthor]]), and giving them to the imprisoned criminals themselves. After Batman deduced the true identities of both villains and discovered their Gotham City headquarters, Superman arrived and exposed Anti-Superman and Anti-Batman to an antidote that counteracted Formula X-22's effects, restoring White and Gordon to their normal personalities. Sometime later, the youth serum wore off and returned both men to their normal ages. (WF No. 159, August 1966: "The Cape and Cowl Crooks!")