Superman/Batman # 30 Review
This Review was submitted by Knightwingbk:
Writer: Mark Verheiden
Artists: Ethan Van Sciver & Marlo Alquiza
Damn. About time! Where last issue (2 or 3 months ago) left off, Kilowog had his foot on top of Superman's head ready to kill him. This issue begins with that battle as Superman takes Kilowog to the moon to battle. Meanwhile, Batman teams up with Lex Luthor and Plastic Man to retrieve and object from the Fortress of Solitude.
If this issue weren't so late or behind I might have enjoyed it more. Verheiden still has not revealed all of the players in this mystery where all of the aliens on earth are acting funny. The shape shifter from #28 is still here although it seems almost unimportant now. I'm interested enough to see what Verheiden has planned, but the schedule is hindering that interest a lot.
However, my interest is not hindered by Ethan Van Sciver's art. He's not mailing it in here, he's taking his time and it is every bit as good as his Rebirth stuff. I just wish he worked quicker. Unlike last issue, he's not inking himself anymore. I don't see a drastic difference, although I know that Ethan said at the signing I met him at that he likes to ink his own work. It looks great here; perhaps he should work more often with Marlo Alquiza. I wonder if Van Sciver will stay on this book much longer, since he has the Sinestro Annual he's working on. It's almost a toss-up, lose Van Sciver and get this book back on a regular schedule, or keep the irregularities and the great Van Sciver art. I don't know which one to choose, but we'll find out which one DC did when it ships us the next issue, whenever that is.... C-
