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Superman/Batman Omnibus Vol. 1
by Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuiness
A Omnibus is always a bit tough to rate because they're huge. Meaning sometimes there's goldmines and sometimes there's just duds. BUT it's even harder when the entire omnibus has multiple creators in on it, making it jarring in quality from one to another.
This Omnibus is no different. A good portion of it, more than half, is written by Jeph Loeb. And while I appeciate some of Loeb's stories out there (Nova/Hush) This ranged from decent, sometimes good, to downright HORRIBLE. The last story he pens (outside of his tribute to his son which was wonderful) is really just awful, confusing, and terribly written. If the Omnibus ended there, I don't know if I'd ever buy a volume 2.
Luckily it doesn't, and the remaining stories are far better.
This is mostly starring Bruce and Clark working together to take out baddies. Stories as simple as Bruce and Clark verse Lex and his insane plans. To Superman being brainwashed along with all the aliens on earth fighting against humanity and Batman has to stop his best friend. To Superman and Batman working together to help Kara as she comes to earth for the first time. We have a few different storylines here that range from decent, to pretty damn good, and that really sums up the entire Omnibus.
I don't think it's great. It has moments of greatness. I think it mostly borderlines on good. A 3 out of 5 is my final score. Without the terrible Loeb story it might have been higher but that one, a 6 parter, is just almost unreadable and a 0 out of 5. So it does drag down the quality. However, if you're a fan of both the characters here, this isn't a fun Saturday morning cartoon like collection worth checking out.
This Omnibus is no different. A good portion of it, more than half, is written by Jeph Loeb. And while I appeciate some of Loeb's stories out there (Nova/Hush) This ranged from decent, sometimes good, to downright HORRIBLE. The last story he pens (outside of his tribute to his son which was wonderful) is really just awful, confusing, and terribly written. If the Omnibus ended there, I don't know if I'd ever buy a volume 2.
Luckily it doesn't, and the remaining stories are far better.
This is mostly starring Bruce and Clark working together to take out baddies. Stories as simple as Bruce and Clark verse Lex and his insane plans. To Superman being brainwashed along with all the aliens on earth fighting against humanity and Batman has to stop his best friend. To Superman and Batman working together to help Kara as she comes to earth for the first time. We have a few different storylines here that range from decent, to pretty damn good, and that really sums up the entire Omnibus.
I don't think it's great. It has moments of greatness. I think it mostly borderlines on good. A 3 out of 5 is my final score. Without the terrible Loeb story it might have been higher but that one, a 6 parter, is just almost unreadable and a 0 out of 5. So it does drag down the quality. However, if you're a fan of both the characters here, this isn't a fun Saturday morning cartoon like collection worth checking out.