zeroiv's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
doubleokayy's review against another edition
3.0
Not gonna lie the end really brought this up to a 3 stars
jammasterjamie's review against another edition
5.0
I went in with pretty high expectations and I was not disappointed. I don't want to say any more than that because of spoilers, but this was good fun and satisfying, and heartily redeems the mess that was DK2.
peterthelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Better story than The Dark Knight Strikes Again. Closer in spirit to The Dark Knight Returns, but with more super friends.
anubis9's review against another edition
3.0
A solid entry in the series, but it fails to live up to the bar set by the first, and that ending. UGHH! Seriously? What is this, a Disney princess story!?! Feels like he was just trying to set it up to make 5–10 more.
bookmason's review against another edition
5.0
If only Marvel and DC could get their acts together and always produce volumes of this quality.
Both in art and story brilliant from start to finish
Both in art and story brilliant from start to finish
sodope's review against another edition
4.0
**Warning: this text may contain spoilers** Pfff, parece que Miller se reivindicó después de la porquería que fue el DKII, esta historia sí que es buena y lógica, el problema siguen siendo los trazos que están del asco, pero bueno...
¿De qué va?:Superman mira que la población de la botella de Kandor está sufriendo, así que le pide ayuda a Atom para que les de soporte, sin embargo esto es una trampa para que Quar salga y trate se gobiernar el mundo, será trabajo de Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Batwoman y un joven Batman, el detener esta amenaza.
¿De qué va?:Superman mira que la población de la botella de Kandor está sufriendo, así que le pide ayuda a Atom para que les de soporte, sin embargo esto es una trampa para que Quar salga y trate se gobiernar el mundo, será trabajo de Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Batwoman y un joven Batman, el detener esta amenaza.
hidinginstacks's review against another edition
3.0
To be fair, I probably shouldn’t have read this one first since there are two other installments (I hear amazing things about the first). But this happened to be on the shelf at my library, so I thought...why not?
There’s clearly a lot that’s happened that I don’t understand fully, but what I did catch onto was an alien invasion of Earth. The story was fascinating and though I didn’t get parts of it, I’ll just chalk it up to me being silly and starting with #3 instead of #1.
I loved the cover arts contained within this volume.
I may come back & rate this much higher once I do finally get around to reading the original! It’s really a 3.5 stars for me at the moment.
There’s clearly a lot that’s happened that I don’t understand fully, but what I did catch onto was an alien invasion of Earth. The story was fascinating and though I didn’t get parts of it, I’ll just chalk it up to me being silly and starting with #3 instead of #1.
I loved the cover arts contained within this volume.
I may come back & rate this much higher once I do finally get around to reading the original! It’s really a 3.5 stars for me at the moment.
carroq's review against another edition
2.0
Despite the low score I'm giving this one, I actually enjoyed the story. The setup reminds me of Batman Beyond, in which Bruce Wayne is an old man no longer capable of filling the role of Batman and mentoring the next generation. At some point he needs to pass on the responsibility to someone else instead of trying to do it all on his own.
The villains in this one are a group of Kryptonians that escape from a miniature city in a bottle and decide to take over the world. The motivation is weak, but it allows Miller to explore the idea of what it would mean for Superman's offspring to have to choose between Krypton and Earth. And that's a lot of what the story ends up being with various members of the Justice League mixed in. As big as this book is, I felt like some of the extra storylines needed more to them. There are some big moments that are really cool, but not much happens in this story.
I hated the art in this book. At first it didn't really bother me. It was kind of quirky and I could deal with that. But there are times when the female characters look like men with boobs. And the posture choices in the second half of the book just seemed odd, especially when they were repetitive. I guess it is meant to emulate the style from Miller's previous Dark Knight books, but some of it seemed out of place for the character.
The villains in this one are a group of Kryptonians that escape from a miniature city in a bottle and decide to take over the world. The motivation is weak, but it allows Miller to explore the idea of what it would mean for Superman's offspring to have to choose between Krypton and Earth. And that's a lot of what the story ends up being with various members of the Justice League mixed in. As big as this book is, I felt like some of the extra storylines needed more to them. There are some big moments that are really cool, but not much happens in this story.
I hated the art in this book. At first it didn't really bother me. It was kind of quirky and I could deal with that. But there are times when the female characters look like men with boobs. And the posture choices in the second half of the book just seemed odd, especially when they were repetitive. I guess it is meant to emulate the style from Miller's previous Dark Knight books, but some of it seemed out of place for the character.