Oh, good point. So Batman's Earth now has two versions of Lois now.
And yeah, I like that Lois will have a bit more focus here than in other books, but still, I was expecting Spider Lady (and unknown wizard) to be its own character.
Oh, good point. So Batman's Earth now has two versions of Lois now.
And yeah, I like that Lois will have a bit more focus here than in other books, but still, I was expecting Spider Lady (and unknown wizard) to be its own character.
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Neat issue! It combined a very classic Golden Age retro-futuristic aesthetic with a dual narrative AND two Elseworld takes on the characters that actually contained some serious surprises! Not to mention a mystery between the two worlds that actually had me intrigued. And all this in the space of a single issue!
Martha as a philantrophist and inventor who's secretely involved in something shady. Alfred as Martha's secret lover AND a version of Bane. A version of Kal-El who died of krytonite poisoning before arriving on earth, with his corpse in the possession of Hugo Strange(?). Lois Lane as the Spider Lady. Yeah, these were some twists I definitely didn't see coming! The "Lois as Spider Lady" thing was literally a reveal hidden in plain sight (taking advantage of how most comic-book characters, particularly females, tend to not be very distinct from each other...especially in old-timey art )
And I loved the whole gag about Robin's Trig homework
So, I'm guessing that the Joker, Penguin and the third guy (named 'Jones') have their counterparts from Superman's world also locked up in Arkham...and they are the 'twins' being experimented on? And that Martha's omni-battery, based on Lex's designs, are derived from the remains of Batman-world's Kal-El? Also, I wonder who is the warden (Hugo Strange?)'s benefactor on Batman's world? Another Luthor? The same guy with the Arctic Fortress?
So many mysteries!
The masked guy on Batman's world with the green necklace is probably
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that world's Lex Luthor. He looks based on the Atom Man from the Atom Man vs Superman serial, in which he was revealed to be Luthor at the end too.
Now that I think about it, it's bizarre how many times Luthor acted as a masked criminal in the original stories. The Atom man, the Wizard, the Light (in the comic books). I mean, it's not that he needed a secret identity as a cover... Even in his first appearance he was a mysterious guy, whose appearance was unknown to everyone, with his own private Zeppelin and an entire city in the clouds (why haven't they ever revamped THAT?)
Educational town, Rolemodel city and Moralofthestory land are the places where good comics go to die.
DC writers and editors looked up and shouted "Save us!"
And Alan Moore looked down and whispered "No."
I'm kinda surprised Snyder didn't want Superman to watch Lois and Bruce conceive their love child. All the while singing the "Na na na na na na Batman!" theme song - Robotman, 03/06/2021
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This was so good. Very clever not only using the film visual as a layout device, but also it ends up a plot device as well! And I loved all the twists and turns.
Next time someone asks me why I want to go backwards with certain things in the lore (no marriages, no kids, Dick Grayson Robin, etc) I'll just point to this book. Will make my life easier, haha. Its so old its new again to me. Obviously the intentionally cheesy dialogue aside, but it works here because of the intent.
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"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
Educational town, Rolemodel city and Moralofthestory land are the places where good comics go to die.
DC writers and editors looked up and shouted "Save us!"
And Alan Moore looked down and whispered "No."
I'm kinda surprised Snyder didn't want Superman to watch Lois and Bruce conceive their love child. All the while singing the "Na na na na na na Batman!" theme song - Robotman, 03/06/2021
There won't because.They want Superman to be stuck in a world where batman is.Worse superman has to be an american and talk about america itself.Yet,they won't allow superman to talk about america.The character is stuck notallowed to be a allegorical or "real" .He can't be from the continent of laputa with a city called metropolis that is on the back of a giant serpent.His stories can't be on fictional world distinct or similar to us but different with it's own rules.On top of that,They allow batman to do every outlandish fantasy or scifi-ish thing possible.Honestly,Superman has no role anymore.
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"People’s Dreams... Have No Ends"
Educational town, Rolemodel city and Moralofthestory land are the places where good comics go to die.
DC writers and editors looked up and shouted "Save us!"
And Alan Moore looked down and whispered "No."
I'm kinda surprised Snyder didn't want Superman to watch Lois and Bruce conceive their love child. All the while singing the "Na na na na na na Batman!" theme song - Robotman, 03/06/2021
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Concept art from Reis
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Interesting, you'd think there would be multiple minis with Superman fighting King Kong, Godzilla, Transformers and other big things, but I'm either blanking on them at the moment or there aren't many "Superman punches big thing" stories around?