#8 Batman and Superman

#8 Batman and Superman


The year of the villain has brought back one my favourite bad guys, The Batman Who Laughs. An alternate universe version of Batman that's crossed with the chaos of the Joker (For the whole back story read Dark Days: The Casting and The Batman Who Laughs). All this insanity and intelligence is pitted against the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel in this six part story.   

Until fairly recently I've been very anti-Superman, he always seemed too clean, too good to be defeated and just too much of a goody two-shoes. This is one of the stories that has swayed my opinion. Now although he is all those things, The Batman Who Laughs sets to pull apart both of the hero's insecurities and fears. Hero's from the DC universe are infected with a virus which makes them think like the Batman Who Laughs, and like drinking too much at a work's Christmas party, someone is going to tell the boss exactly what they think, just with some added Psychosis. Hero's such as Shazam, Supergirl and Commissioner Gordon start speaking some home truths. This unravels the secrets and lies of DC's biggest hero's and humanises them.

It's all a story of wit's and delving into the psyche that is cleverly written by Joshua Williamson. I would thoroughly recommend this story, it has however added another two sub stories to my 'to read' list, this is only a problem for my bank account, I also don't fully understand where the end of this story is heading but that will also be revealed with more reading, again not a real criticism it's just not a quick stand alone story as I thought it was going to be.

         













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