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It seems natural that Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor should come into conflict: each is an international businessman who works in technical industries, each of them with a secret agenda, only one does so for good... and the other for evil. Andy Diggle, Whilce Portacio, and Richard Friend pit the two against each other in this tale of their first meeting, but it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be. I don't think the book adequately digs into the philosophical distinctions between the two men that show more ought to exist despite their seeming similarities. Each man wants to save the world, each man has raised himself to be a form of human perfection, and yet despite Bruce Wayne's wallowing in the darkness and Lex Luthor's seeming magnanimousness, Bruce is fundamentally optimistic, and Lex fundamentally cynical. I don't see that really depicted here, and it seems like Batman's early days ought to be especially fertile ground for this, as Bruce Wayne builds himself into the man he wants to be. There is some of it-- the end of the story sees Bruce (re?)establish the Wayne Foundation-- but most of the book is somewhat generic superheroics, let down by Whilce Portacio's confusing, jumpy storytelling.

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If you're not familiar with WildCATS (I'm not) then this series won't make much sense to you. These six issues don't spend any real time filling the reader in, and the writing is awkward from more than just a plot standpoint. That being said, Travis Charest's art is gorgeous...or at least the people he draws are. That's not enough.

I was playing a D&D game over the internet a long long time a go… and some how me and my team decided to separate and look for the orcs raiding party that were terrorizing a village… long story short I see the hunting party returning… and there I am holding nothing but my kite shield and my puny short sword… I’m faced with 3 choices… I make a run for it and risk getting my back fill with arrows (not an option Feanor never runs!!!), fight against them and get my ass rape by a show more bunch of orcs or… I try to hide! I choose the last one but you see there was no where to hide… so I’m thinking maybe if I do something funny the DM will play funny too and let me get away with it… so I put my kite shield in front of me and started reciting this mighty words: I’m a mushroom, I’m a mushroom, nothing to worry about just a mushroom… to my surprise the DM (who was an asshole) didn’t tough of it funny… so I did got rape by a bunch of orcs. But why are you telling us this stupid nerdy story Alfonso? You may ask yourself… well today while I was reading this comic Mr. Greg comes to me and says: you know that chick that you like from the first floor? And I’m like yes, what about her? And he like: well she roaming around this floor right now! Quick what would The Penetrator do! and I’m freaking out inside my head 1, I want to say something like: The Penetrator aint here tonight, book Ni$$@# (that’s suppose to be funny cuz is a reference to The exorcist and that The Klassic Komic Klub book that he gave me) but I know that if I try that joke while freaking out I’m going to fuck it up and miss pronounce everything… and 2, OMG SHE HERE!!! Quick Alfonso what would YOU do? well I grabbed the comic covered my face and started saying (inside my head): I’m a mushroom, I’m a mushroom, nothing to worry about just a mushroom. Lucky me it worked this time, I don’t know if she walked next to me or not! Or I know is that if she did I was too busy being a mushroom to see her! No I’m done with my stupid story… but I feel like I’m forgetting something here… ahhh yes the book! Silly me! Yeah, is pretty much crap.. I thought it was going to be about batman kicking Luthor’s ass in the game of economics and shit… and it wasn’t… so I’ma give it a 3 even tho is a 2 it has batman on it so fuck it a 3! show less

love the luthor/wayne rivalry!