Batman/Superman #1

Batman/Superman #1

Writer: Greg Pak
Artists: Jae Lee (1-18)
Ben Oliver (19-25)

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Review
Mind controlled heroes fighting each other before teaming up. Insert named artist who only does the first 18 pages and has someone else finish them in a style that distinctively different than the main artist.

Dull. Boring. Predictable. Some pretty pictures, but not enough to warrant making this on the pull list.

This is only, what, like the 20th "first meeting" of these two characters?

Aside form Jae Lee's art, there really isn't much of anything that this issue has that makes me want to keep on buying it. You have a guest artist on the first issue to help finish things up is a sign that you shouldn't be on a monthly book. Each page where the heroes appear looks to be a set up for a poster of the character. While not a bad thing, I can't imagine that a whole book of poses like that would sound good to carry a whole book. Then again, it seems to do wonders for Jim Lee.

Actually, one funny thing to note is that this comic included something that I would have left out completely - sound effects. There is enough being told in the art itself, when the heroes aren't posing, that you don't need to cover it up with giant letters for a sound effect.

Greg Pak has never really hit me as a writer. There just hasn't been a story that he has done that has really sold me on a book that he has participated on. It doesn't make him a bad writer, but using stereotypical superheroes fighting each other tropes on the first issue of a team up book is a terrible choice.

Grades
Words: 4/10
Pictures: 7/10
General Feeling After Reading: Bored now.
Buy Next Issue: Negative.