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larry_yonce's review against another edition
2.0
Incredibly, Superman and Batman never shared adventures together until the 1950s and this omnibus collects their early team-ups (along with Batman's sidekick Robin). This is when they also learn each other's secret identities. Unfortunately, the writing is just o.k....ditto the artwork. Has historical interest, but not very engaging. In fact, it was a bit of a struggle to complete the whole thing.
captwinghead's review
3.0
3.5 stars
This is all the campy goodness I’ve been wanting from Batman/Superman comics! It’s essentially Dick going on adventures with Superman and Batman and coming up with some really silly solutions to problems. There’s a much lighter Batman here that I love! It’s nice to see the focus on his detective skills and no engineered angst just for drama. Superman is just lovely as well.
I will say, it’s a bummer they didn’t give Lois more to do short of just mooning after Superman. There’s an issue where she gets to be editor of the Gotham Gazette for a few days but, even then, the focus was on her cleaning. It was a bummer.
So, this is a tentative recommend. I had a blast while reading it and it’s nice to read comics from when things were simple and cheerful and not just superheroes fighting each other.
This is all the campy goodness I’ve been wanting from Batman/Superman comics! It’s essentially Dick going on adventures with Superman and Batman and coming up with some really silly solutions to problems. There’s a much lighter Batman here that I love! It’s nice to see the focus on his detective skills and no engineered angst just for drama. Superman is just lovely as well.
I will say, it’s a bummer they didn’t give Lois more to do short of just mooning after Superman. There’s an issue where she gets to be editor of the Gotham Gazette for a few days but, even then, the focus was on her cleaning. It was a bummer.
So, this is a tentative recommend. I had a blast while reading it and it’s nice to read comics from when things were simple and cheerful and not just superheroes fighting each other.
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