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A review by mackle13
Superman/Batman, Vol. 3: Absolute Power by Jeph Loeb
2.0
2 1/2
I thought the story had a lot more promise than what it actually ended up being. I didn't like some of the premises/psychological implications of certain aspects of the story - i.e. And there's a reason why I don't like time-travel in stories.
It was well drawn, and had some decent moments of pathos and whatnot, but, mostly, it seemd like an excuse to throw in a bunch of DC characters - allies, enemies and other - into a story with the two heavy hitters.
I haven't read the others in the series, being under the impression that they work as standalones. This one did have a self-contained story-arc, but, perhaps if I'd read the others, this one would make more sense? (Based on some of the reviews on amazon, though, this isn't necessarily the case.)
Anyway - decent story, but I expected much more from it.
I thought the story had a lot more promise than what it actually ended up being. I didn't like some of the premises/psychological implications of certain aspects of the story - i.e.
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that certain people are either inherently good or bad, and that, even under radically different set of circumstances, their underlying core will remain. I suppose you could say that this isn't necessarily there in the story - that it's more about how the original timeline bled through into the changed timeline, but that comes with it's own host of problems.It was well drawn, and had some decent moments of pathos and whatnot, but, mostly, it seemd like an excuse to throw in a bunch of DC characters - allies, enemies and other - into a story with the two heavy hitters.
I haven't read the others in the series, being under the impression that they work as standalones. This one did have a self-contained story-arc, but, perhaps if I'd read the others, this one would make more sense? (Based on some of the reviews on amazon, though, this isn't necessarily the case.)
Anyway - decent story, but I expected much more from it.