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!

Superman: World of New Krypton #4 reviewed

I'm a bit behind In the World of New Krypton) title as i have yet to pick up the first issue or the third for that matter however i do have two and obviously four. I am officially blown away by this title. I love the idea of Superman being just a military man and not a Superhero, I love watching his determination not to kill a living creature even when ordered to do so but all of this was trivial compared to the Green lanterns showing up on New Krypton. You can see from the beginning that Hal Jordan disapproves of New Krypton and even more so of General Zod but this gets worse throughout the book until it gets to a point where its obvious he really doesn't like New Krypton. When Hal says "nice home you've got here, Kal." you can see that he is almost disgusted with General Zod and with New Kryptons lack of co-operation with the Green lantern Corps. At the end of issue four Superman gets arrested for treason, now its my hope that he will escape and hide on Earth as Clark Kent but I'm not sure because as I said i am a bit behind in the Various Superman titles. Overall I'm loving the New Krypton title and yes I do miss the cape and the Clark Kent persona but Hopefully we will see all that again soon as I do not think I would like New Krypton to go on forever as I would miss the Red and Blue.

Superman issue #688 reviewed

Now let me make one thing clear "Superman" is my favorite superhero but the problem with the Superman title at the moment is it is lacking in superman. Thats an understatement Superman is simply not in the Superman title at the moment. This dear readers infuriates me, now i can see the appeal of the Mon-el and The guardian. I understand the that the fact that Mon-el is dying and that adds to his character, I even kind of like The guardian however Mon-el is not Superman. IF this was the Mon-el comic I would thoroughly enjoy it but it is not. I pay two pounds every fortnight for a Superman comic not for a Mon-el comic. Aside from the fat that superman is not in the Superman title, I'm actually quite enjoying this story. The fact that Mon-el is dying adds greatly to his character as does his loyalty towards Superman. I also rather like the Mon-el/guardian friendship (Its rather similar to the Batman/Superman friendship.) The Science police are rather uninteresting to me, maybe its my lack of knowledge about them, maybe there just uninteresting but to be honest i don't see what they offer the story. I maintain however that while the story is good the need to give Mon-el his own title and bring Superman back into play!

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