DCU Comic Book Reviews

SUPERMAN/BATMAN #11

The Supergirl From Krypton, Part Four:  Prisoner

August 2004

Written by Jeph Loeb

Pencils by Michael Turner

Inks by Michael Turner

Cover by Michael Turner

Synopsis

Darkseid has kidnapped Kara Zor-el and taken her to Apokolips.  Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman decide to get her back and enlist the help of Big Barda.  On Apokolips, Batman and Superman split up to find Kara while Wonder Woman and Big Barda fight the Female Furies, who manage to capture Barda and demand Diana’s surrender.  Meanwhile, Batman finds the Helispores, a bomb that could blow a hole down to the planet’s core.  He also encounters a demon dog that tries to eat him.  Elsewhere, Superman finds Darkseid and a radically transformed Kara.  He tells her it is time to go home, but she does not want to leave.

Review by Binkley (e-mail)

I have a mixed reaction to this issue.  On the one hand it was a big spectacular action-filled acomic book with great heroes, vile villains, and some cool moments.  Plus, there were three (count ‘em) cliffhangers to be resolved in the next issue or two.  How can one not like what is going on?  The problem I have is that all of this action is based on a situation, what is best for Kara, that does not require so much action.  The heroes stand around and argue with each other when in reality they should be sitting down and discussing it like normal, rationale human beings would do.  Much of that, of course, has nothing to do with this particular issue and more to do with the overall story, but it does spill over here with Superman’s tantrum about whose fault it is that he has lost Kara.  I suppose if it were an object they had lost and were attempting to find, then I think I might be more into it.  But Kara is a person and I dislike the way the trinity argue over her and determine what she should do as if she were an object. 

Why is it all of the women Michal Turner draws are exactly the same?  The only difference between Barda and Diana is the height.  Personally, when I think of Big Barda I think big, not in height, but just big all around.  Turner draws her like a stick figure. 

When she first answers the door, Barda asks if they left the batmobile or the invisible plane in the driveway.  First of all, how would she know about the plane since it is invisible?  Second of all, why would she ask about the batmobile with Superman and Wonder Woman standing in front of her?  Besides the fact they both can fly and don’t need a car, Batman is not even there, yet.  The next page he appears, in which she is startled and demands to know when he arrived.  Okay, so this is a little nitpick, but I thought I’d just point it out.

 

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