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In Public Enemies, a huge remnant of Superman's home planet, Krypton, menaces Earth. Lex Luthor, U.S. president in current Superman stories, accuses the Man of Steel of complicity in the threat and commissions a squadron of superheroes to bring him in. Writer Loeb, known for thoughtful takes on the early days of superhero icons, crafts a generally typical, if uncommonly elaborate, story, replete with the high-powered brawling characteristic of the genre. The most distinctive touch is Loeb's use of captions conveying the thoughts of the heroes as they battle, contrasting Batman's dark vengefulness and Superman's straight-arrow decency. Ed McGuinness' artwork--vaguely manga-inspired but much more detailed--is well-suited to the tale's kinetics but doesn't do much for quiet moments, which are few and far between, anyway. Gordon Flagg
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Vol. 1 FROM THE PUBLISHER
A tale of loyalty and unlikely friendship featuring two of the most
recognizable and popular super-heroes on the planet, SUPERMAN/BATMAN:
PUBLIC ENEMIES pairs the Man of Steel with the Dark Knight. The iconic
super-heroes unite when longtime Superman enemy Lex Luthor, now
president of the United States, accuses Superman of a horrible act
against mankind, and assembles a top-secret team of powerhouse heroes to
bring Superman in - dead or alive. But after the Dark Knight Detective
proves Luthor's accusations to be baseless, the "World's Finest" duo
prepares to topple the corrupt president's reign once and for all.
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