I was literally just about to post this but I see Bored basically had it covered, with Superman ‘78 wrapping up next issue there’s room for a “meat and potatoes” kind of book and this looks like it will be that as expected. Totally fine, was just hoping Waid getting to write the duo he’s wanted to for ages would be more ambitious.
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Definitely agree its another in the vein of the the Vendetti digital first books and Superman '78. It's more or less the type of throw away meat and potatoes story you expect from these team up books. I was expecting a little more actually from Waid. Wait and see what comes of the rest.
Haha, me too. I don't need every piece of Superman media to be a Morrisonesque statement on the character.
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A classic status quo and Best Robin (without the creepy turtle shorts, boss). Doesn't get much better. And I even get Lois with long hair! I wouldn't even label it in the not-so-distant past. I'd rather just imagine this completely standalone with hopes of no allusions to the crap current continuity. But that's a minor quibble at best.
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Its not like we got only two options here. Pak, Yang or even Williamson weren't really doing any Morrisonesque statements on Superman or Batman, but their Batman/Superman runs looked better than what Waid is talking about here.
Granted, maybe Waid has some long term plan and it will look great in the end. But at the time it doesn't look like it.
Vindication, I guess.
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Now I'm starting to feel like I have a lower standard of comics than everybody else .
Can we really say that at this point just from a short preview?
Granted Pak's and Williamson's was more plot-relevant and Yang was more high-concept in terms of approach, but I don't really see what's so bad in a preview that's just setting the initial stage.
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I feel like the variant covers of Batman and Superman being pals and having fun were good indications of the tone and style of this, or at least what I was expecting. Especially when we saw the classic, bright and shiny, Dan Mora art of Batman and Superman. I think this is going to go for more of a Brave and the Bold style Waid book.
I guess for me good, fun, comics starring characters I love and melding their worlds together in fun ways is all I really want out of a BM/SM book.
(Also Lois with long hair).
the preview is what i expected from a batman/superman/robin comic. batman being the hero and superman being the damsel in distress. I guess it's normal, robin has earned the position of assistant so superman only has the position of damsel left. kryptonite is not only a weakness of superman in the comics, it is also outside of them, with kryptonite anyone can face superman, it is the easy way for the writer, that is why superman is the official dc punching bag. a comic in which batman and superman appear is bad news for superman, but superman fans are still excited.
To be honest tripping over rocks is dumb..I thought that the naruto family was the only ones to do it..But,i've stumbled myself into another franchise with a protagonist that takes it 11..
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