Lots of nice period moments (Clark's conversation with the French immigrant cleaner, for instance, was great).
Lois' use pseudonym is entirely plausible and has some historical precedent (although more among writers of fiction than journalists)*.
Quite liked your take on a slightly less hardcore Batman. Liked the way you slotted him into the historical context too - it actually makes perfect sense that a Bruce Wayne who grew up in the thirties would get his start spying on the Nazi's in WW2. That's exactly the kind of decision he would make in that context.**
Not so sure about the Bruce/Wally pairing. Partly because when I look at Bruce Wayne/Batman I don't see much evidence of besexuality, partly because it felt like you dropped it in at the end without much warning or buildup.
I note also that your Clark Kent sounds an awful lot like your Steve Rogers (OTOH they are similar personalities)
*Look up Alice B. Sheldon, if you haven't already heard of her. Writing under the pseudonym of James Tiptree she was assumed for decades to be a man, partially because her autobiography (which didn't specify gender) stated that she'd been a major in the USAAF and worked for the CIA. So of course Tiptree *had* to be a man :)
**You mentioned Garbo, but another awesome real-life spy was Eddie Chapman, a professional fraudster turned double agent who was initially recruited by the Germans after they found him in prison when the occupied Jersey. Upon being sent back to Britian he immediately turned himself over to the authorities there and went on to successfully feed the Germans so much bad information that they awarded him the Iron Cross! But the best thing about Chapman is his codename: Agent Zigzag.
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Really well written (of course).
Lots of nice period moments (Clark's conversation with the French immigrant cleaner, for instance, was great).
Lois' use pseudonym is entirely plausible and has some historical precedent (although more among writers of fiction than journalists)*.
Quite liked your take on a slightly less hardcore Batman. Liked the way you slotted him into the historical context too - it actually makes perfect sense that a Bruce Wayne who grew up in the thirties would get his start spying on the Nazi's in WW2. That's exactly the kind of decision he would make in that context.**
Not so sure about the Bruce/Wally pairing. Partly because when I look at Bruce Wayne/Batman I don't see much evidence of besexuality, partly because it felt like you dropped it in at the end without much warning or buildup.
I note also that your Clark Kent sounds an awful lot like your Steve Rogers (OTOH they are similar personalities)
*Look up Alice B. Sheldon, if you haven't already heard of her. Writing under the pseudonym of James Tiptree she was assumed for decades to be a man, partially because her autobiography (which didn't specify gender) stated that she'd been a major in the USAAF and worked for the CIA. So of course Tiptree *had* to be a man :)
**You mentioned Garbo, but another awesome real-life spy was Eddie Chapman, a professional fraudster turned double agent who was initially recruited by the Germans after they found him in prison when the occupied Jersey. Upon being sent back to Britian he immediately turned himself over to the authorities there and went on to successfully feed the Germans so much bad information that they awarded him the Iron Cross! But the best thing about Chapman is his codename: Agent Zigzag.