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I thought that this book was one hootin' hollerin' good time!!! It made me jump, it made me cry, but most of all it made me pee. I can't tell you how many times I've looked at a story like this and said "Boy, I'd like a snowcone right about now." but when I read this fine piece of reading material I found myself squeeling in extacy. I like the pretty colors and the way my eyes cross when I try to read the small text....
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Being a long time fan of DC comics, the Big, Red S, and the Batman (I'm into my sixth! decade, now), I found this piece to be a nostalgic tour-de-force! It was great to see Superman and The Bat-man in the days of the vigilantes and I reveled in the way that they aged "normally" through the ensuing decades. The story did have the feel of being a little cut-up as we dropped in for a single episode every ten years, but something had to be sacrificed to cover the panorama of the Heroes' lives as they stretched out over nearly a millenium. By reading other reviews, after my purchase by the way, I get the idea that there may be a follow-on (may already be a follow-on). This book recommends itself so well, that I will try to latch onto any sequels!
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This was really interesting and it is great to see what would happen if they grew old! It's a very clever graphic novel which starts in 1938 when they are both there normal age but as time goes by they get children and their families grow old around them. Superman looks like he does in the Seigel/Shuster comics but gradually changes to the Superman we know. His daughter is a brown haired supergirl with half his powers and Lex Luthor isn't the same Lex Luthor that Superboy knows!
This explains why Lex doesn't realise that Superman is Clark. Lex worked for this criminal boss but there was an accident where Luthor lost his brain but the boss lost the use of his body. They had an operation to swop and the boss became Lex.
Another cool thing is that as everyone grows around Superman, he has to wear face make up because he doesn't grow old! When he is Superman he just wipes it all off!
Batman grows old though so Dick Grayson becomes Batman and Bruce's son becomes Robin.
It's a really interesting Elseworlds comic book that I think all Superman and Batman fans should have a look at!
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In 20 years of comics reading, I have yet to encounter a more pathetic story. Byrne's previously respected talent was deep-sixed by this atrocity.
In many ways, this book reminds me of Titanic, Armageddon or Pearl Harbor. Draw in the crowds with an action-packed trailer and big names, and then gas them with sappy, drawn-out love stories and crossover explanations that a four year-old could have given more depth.
I truly feel that an important chunk of my life was soiled by reading this poo, and only hope this review helps redeem me by forewarning a possible hapless victim.
(I wish negative stars were possible, as 1 star doesn't begin to represent my feelings about this book.)
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John Byrne set out with the idea of showing how comicbook characters (Superman, Batman, and their respective casts) might have developed if the characters were allowed to age real time. It starts with the two heroes meeting in 1939, and it presents additional chapters set at the 10 year intervals. Each chapter is written and drawn in the style of the comics of that decade - thus the styles vary from chapter to chapter. John does an excellent job capturing each era. In reading this book, one might feel that a lot of story happens "off panel" - since each chapter only shows one point in a year and happens 10 years after the previous chapter. This was part of John's intention as well. The whole idea was to tell a story while outlining events. The hope is for more of the stories and other years to be filled in with follow on projects. And it appears that DC has green-lighted for John to do Generations II which should hit stores in 2001.
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