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I am absolutely loving this title and, frankly, I'm a bit surprised.

I've never been a huge fan of either Superman or Batman -- but the first issue looked interesting, so I thought "what the heck."

Well, as of issue #4, I'm hooked. The art is perfect for the title. And the writing does a pretty good job of capturing the essence of both characters, IMO.

And the fight scenes! The guest appearances! That Luthor kiss with _______! Superman vs. Captain Marvel and Hawkman vs. Batman! Never thought that would be how those match-ups would turn out!

I'm definitely looking forward to issue #5.

Any other fans of this title?

I haven't read #4 yet...

But I absolutely love the first three issues...

One of my holds since it started. I'm with you in that the combination of art and story are well matched and I've liked each issue so far. There is actually supposed to be a change in creative teams coming up with an issue in between (#7 I think) the change being a story about Superboy and Robin instead of Superman and Batman.

Don't know how the change in the creative team is going to affect how I like the title but I'm sticking with it for now.

What is it with DC and kissing lately? Editors in love?

I haven't even heard of this series - I tend to just ignore anything with Superman in it. But It sounds as if it's worth picking up. Is this a limited series?

Its a full fledged series, not a mini. I just checked the releases for TPB's in 2004 and its not listed but its still early in the series yet, with #4 just out. #5 comes on Christmas Eve and the first story arc ends with the following issue in January.

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay: Luthor's injecting himself with Kryptonite.

Lex Luthor is injecting himself with kryptonite.

Just wearing a Kryptonite ring "killed" him before (it took a clone body and demonic deal to get him out of that one) AND HE'S INJECTING himself with the stuff?

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[Oh, and McGuiness should actually have paid attention to what the Claw of Horus looked like before he drew something completely different. And Batman KNOWS that Captain Marvel = Billy Batson]

It has some good moments, but I'm getting a bit tired of the tandem thought narratives that punctuate the differences/ similarities between the two. It's getting trite. It was cool to see Hawkman and Captain Marvel get the best of the "Big 2", but the preceding encounter with Luthor's bunch didn't treat those heroes very well at all except Katana and Power Girl.

i'm enjoying this series so far ....

Matthew.

Michael Turner is doing the next main arc, after the SUPERBOY/ROBIN story, isn't he ???

WONDER WOMAN features in it !!! and Michael say's he can't wait to work with the "DC's" ...... Big Three !!!

Matthew.

Testify, SOM!

I like this series, but there's a dreadful amount of 'clangers' in the script, like those pulled out by SOM above. Loeb's striking directly for iconic depictions of the characters that may or may not gel well with established continuity.

Didn't like last issue much (esp. Luthor's kiss, the kryptonite, Bats' confusion over Cap/Billy), but I'm willing to stick about to see where Loeb's headed.

I'm LOVING this series -I didn't even pick it up until issue #3 and I liked it so much that I went back and got them all. I'm not really a huge fan of Supes or Bats either, and I think its kind of ridiculous how the super-heroes are not standing behind them (with the exception of Power Girl and Katana), but otherwise fun stuff.

I would really like it if they went further than World's Finest and added Wonder Woman to the group -but the thought balloon squares between Bats and Supes already gets a bit confusing.

It might be a neat idea to swap the main characters after every story arc. They could start with Superman and Batman, then have Superman and Wonder Woman for a few issues, then Wonder Woman and Batman, etc. That way, you'd see how each set interacts with each other in their own unique way...

i wished they'd called this series "WORLD's FINEST" insted, then could have done like you just said, Ger !!!

Matthew.

I tried to read the first two issues and didn't like them...

as i was holiday, i've missed this issue [ sold out at my CBS ] so can someone tells me what happens .... [ this was the last part of this current arc, wasn't it ???

hopefully i'll be able to get it in London in a couple of weeks or at the next comicfare .....

Matthew.

Haven't read it yet Matt, but I will! If no one replies by Sunday when I get it, I'll let you know ! I have loved this book so far!

I'm stopping for my books tomorrow (hopefully). I'd be happy to scan you a copy Matthew. Just let me know.

Did I miss this one too?

I've gotta switch to a more reliable store!!

The release date is tomorrow Stu. I had to double check when I saw Matthew's post.

thank's for the reply, Scott !! it does come out today [ doesn't it !!?? ]

i was sure, #6 was supposed to have been released 2 weeks ago [ whilst i was away ] that's why i thought it had sold out ???

oh well, i'm happy that i haven't missed it, and look forward to picking it up on Thursday ....

Matthew.

I got it! And now I'm going to go off and read it!

It was. It shipped late.

got this today !!!!

and it was great finale to the current arc !!!!

i've really enjoyed this first 6 issues and the creative team of Loeb and McGuinness has been great !!!!

can't wait for the upcoming SUPERGIRL arc .....

Matthew.

BATMAN/ SUPERMAN #6: Soo..... Captain Atom gets blown to smithereens again. Nice to see that he at least gets to save the day (a la Ferro Lad, taking Supe's place as pilot of the "SuperBat" robot (there's no explaining it -- you gotta see it)). Odd that the way it was shown, it appears that he blew up on impact but the whole idea was that he was supposed to absorb the Kryptonite radiation, so it's unclear what actually happened there. I wonder if this is a direct lead-in to Kara's appearance. Luthor never did explain why the meteor was "drawn" to Superman.

And Luthor's last line "There will be a reckoning ... A CRISIS." Whoo-boy if that's not a loaded statement... (nice Byrne Wolverine homage btw, with that image)

Do you know what I noticed? When the asteroid gets blown to pieces and lumps are scattered over the planet, there were different colors of krytonite! Green, orange, purple, grey, crystal and red! Now that is a nice touch!