A review by captwinghead
Superman: Emperor Joker by Jeph Loeb
2.0
So, I’m still not sure what exactly I read or what happened here.
The Joker creates a world of his own and tortures the entire JL within it. The story revolves around Clark - which is a first for me. A Joker story where Clark’s the protagonist, not Batsy. Superman is the only person aware of what the world used to be and I’m not entirely sure why that is? It may have been explained amidst the 5,000 puns and double entendres. I didn’t know whether to roll my eyes or be impressed. It read like someone just recorded their thoughts after drinking 6 Red Bull’s.
Anyway, what actually worked for me was the Clark and Bruce of it all. I don’t think I’ve ever read a story where Bruce suffered quite like this. He was in really bad shape living out a version of Prometheus’ story. It was actually a bit hard to read. In the end, Clark just can’t watch him suffer anymore.
So, that really worked for me. It was really intriguing.
Unfortunately, the rest of this comic was completely batshit insane.
The Joker creates a world of his own and tortures the entire JL within it. The story revolves around Clark - which is a first for me. A Joker story where Clark’s the protagonist, not Batsy. Superman is the only person aware of what the world used to be and I’m not entirely sure why that is? It may have been explained amidst the 5,000 puns and double entendres. I didn’t know whether to roll my eyes or be impressed. It read like someone just recorded their thoughts after drinking 6 Red Bull’s.
Anyway, what actually worked for me was the Clark and Bruce of it all. I don’t think I’ve ever read a story where Bruce suffered quite like this. He was in really bad shape living out a version of Prometheus’ story. It was actually a bit hard to read. In the end, Clark just can’t watch him suffer anymore.
So, that really worked for me. It was really intriguing.
Unfortunately, the rest of this comic was completely batshit insane.