Superman & Batman Magazine #2 - DC

DC Week, Part 4

I talked about the first issue of this magazine a week or two ago, and enjoyed it so much I got more of 'em. I just read the second issue, and I'm happy to report it's just as fun as the first.

The cover is a classic Joker Creating Mayhem in Gotham scenario (even if the Clown Prince of Crime is a teensy bit off-model), and on the insides we get a wider array of DCU characters.

After the Daily Planet feature(which breathessly covers the new Batman ride at Great Adventure), the Flash stars in "Monkey Trials!" where he faces off against Gorilla Grodd(of course), by Brian Augustyn, Mike Parobeck, and Rick Burchett. A very fun story, only a mere six pages!

This issue's pin-up is of the Atom, who doesn't usually get much play outside the regular comics(and even then, not so much), and this is a great piece, again by Parobeck and Burchett:

Hmm, maybe DC should hire Richard Matheson to write the current Atom comic!

Next is a short excerpt from Louise Simonson's prose novel Superman: Doomsday and Beyond(concerning the four new Supermen), and then is Batman starring in "A Night At The Opera!" by Kelley Puckett, Parobeck, and Burchett, a classic set-up for a Joker story if there ever was one.

This issue's Hero File concerns lead-story star The Flash, and then it ends with "Superman On The Screen", covering all of the Man of Steel's celluloid adventures, from the Max Fleischer cartoons all the way to the (then)current Lois & Clark TV series.

Again, a very fun issue and solid publication, perfect for younger readers just getting introduced to the world of superhero comics.