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In my opinion, it's a contrived Pre-Crisis solution




If it was really a "pre-Crisis solution", the Supermen wouldn't fight -- they'd team up and find whoever was responsible for tampering with the timelines. Since the "Marvel-ization" of DC Comics post-Crisis, though, typical Marvel-type "hero vs. hero" battles -- very rare in DC books pre-Crisis, and almost nonexistent before the '70s -- became more common in DC books. So it's more of a "Marvel solution" than anything. In my opinion, natch.