Showing posts with label batman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label batman. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Superman and Batman issue #61


The second and last "mash-up" installment was once again filled with cheesy characters, although I rather liked Jimmy Two-Face (sounds like a 50's gangster.) Not all the super villain names were as cool as Jimmy Two-Face, Brainycat and Penguello for example however (as I pointed out when I talked about issue 60) while cheesy combining villains makes them more deadly. Combining the physical prowess of Catwoman with the intellect of Braniac makes her almost unstoppable however we never got to see much of a fight because the villains beat the heroes so quickly. We did however get an explanation of why they are all mashed up. It was a dream. Now I can hear all you people out there moaning at the cliché of they can just wake up and it was just a dream but I think the writers pulled it off. I also rather liked the how they ended it by pulling the only magic users of the Titans and the JLA (Raven and Zatana ) out of the dream so they could stop Doctor Destiny. To be honest I have always found the Superman and Batman title to be more of a fun comic and as such I have always enjoyed the reality warping kind of thing (my favorite series being when villains from the 31st century raised Superman and Batman to be rulers of earth.) This two part series is a great example of the fun reality warp kind of thing and everyone who has read the comic knows at times you laughed at the cheese and at others admired the pure genius of the cheese. Yes it was cheesy but you know you loved it!

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Superman and Batman issue 60#


Every month I am going to try and write a quick review of the latest "superman and batman" comic. Issue 60# was entitled "Mash-up part 1" and the basic plot is for some reason every member of the JLA has somehow been combined with a member of the Teen Titans (apart from Batman an superman.) Admittedly it is a bit cheesy what with combinations like nightwing and green lantern. However some combinations while still some what cheesy actually make very powerful villains for example when Doomsday (the destroyer of superman) is combined with Deathstroke (a tactical genius and assassin) to make Doomstroke you have the raw strength of Doomsday mixed with skill of Deathstroke. I'm not going to ruin the ending or you but the combination of villains on the last page will either make you cringe from cheesiness or scream in anticipation of the next issue. Like i said this is only going to be a short review due to lack of material. So this is all till next month.

Memorable lines or quotes

Batman:Don't trust me? Trust him. He never lies