DC Comics
Superman/Batman # 23
By Koppy McFad
January 7, 2006 - 02:42
DC Comics
Writer(s): Jeph Loeb
Penciller(s): Ed McGuinness
Inker(s): Dexter Vines
Cover Artist(s): Ed McGuinness, Dexter Vines
This is issue is suppose to be part of a wider story about Superman and Batman fighting against lookalikes of the Avengers-- a pretty interesting premise in itself. But instead, we get Superman, Batman, Bizarro and Batzarro (?) jumping from one dimension/timeline/alternate reality to another. Even the encounters with the Red Son-Superman, the Batman Beyond-Batman, the new Supergirl, the New Gods and other familiar faces, are just plain distracting. They aren't fun anymore, especially since we just saw something like this in the last story-arc. The surprise twist in the last page just makes the reader feel that everything that has gone before is just one big fake-out which should never have been taken seriously in the first place. Fortunately, the art is dynamic and eye-catching, almost making up for a story that goes all over the place but ends up losing its way.
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