What do Batman fans think of Earth Two and Worlds' Finest? SPOILERS

[DarkKnghtJared]

Earth 2 was surprisingly good--I guess it kinda cements that Robinson works best when he's more doing his own thing and not mixing it up in the "regular" universe stuff. Really enjoyed Worlds' Finest as well--a really fun intro to the characters and their dynamic.

[RoughNTumble]

earth 2 was great, I liked it a lot

world's finest was just yucky

don't like the new huntress or power girl at all

[batGRRRl4ever]

Define "yucky"

[Personamanx]

I'll admit, I laughed at that. Aren't Bat-suits supposed to be fireproof, bulletproof, etc? I'm not sure a small beach fire is going to do the trick, Hel.

-D

But it's so lovely!!!

[Sunbird]

Earth 2 was... interesting. My biggest complaint is that we are at the end of issue one and it is clear that establishing the cast is going to take a looooong time. God, another origin story. I am really sick to death of them at this point.
And its a shame that the stuff I liked about the JSA has been methodically stripped from it - the older heroes, the young legacy characters, the sense of history. Oh, and where the hell is Ted?

But it wasn't awful. It was pretty and fairly well written, although Superman's train of thought was rather pathetic. "I miss Lois" followed by "Diana is dreamy"? Come on.

Define "yucky"

Unpleasing to one's personal tastes.

[Kurri]

i think i am the only one confused what earth 2 is. you still have bruce wayne and clark right? its just another earth in another time? i dont know. i need to do some research i guess.

[Captain Jim]

Earth 2 was significantly better than World's Finest, but it also killed off all the characters that made it a great comic. Where are they going with it now?

The idea is Earth 2 is the world where they won the Apokolips War but it was at the cost of their three heroes. And now five years later, an even greater evil is destined to arrive on Earth 2 at some unspecified point in the future and a new group of heroes -- without the guidance of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman -- have to form and become the epitome of what a hero is.

Alan Scott will step up and become, in his own way, the Superman of Earth 2 in terms of his power and in terms of the fact that he is going to stand and watch over the planet in Superman's name.

Hawkgirl is going to rise to the occasion. Remembering back to the days that Hawkman and Hawkgirl were in "Detective Comics" and everything else, she is not only a kick ass warrior, she's also the greatest detective of Earth 2.

This new team of heroes is going to fill the gaps of void that is left with the death of the Big 3. They rise to the occasion and they eventually become the Justice Society of America and save the world!

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=38469

i think i am the only one confused what earth 2 is. you still have bruce wayne and clark right? its just another earth in another time?

Yes, it is a parallel earth where things happen slightly different. It's the same time, though
(see Robinson's remarks above).

[Theozilla]

Only read Earth-2. I was really surprised by this issue. Definitely Robinson's strongest work in recent history outside of the current The Shade maxi-series. Scott's art was great as well. Robinson's "poetic" inner-dialgoue worked much better here than it usually does with the mainstream DC Heroes. Overall it was a great world-builing and character-set up issue.

[shingi70]

Picking up both books this weekat fcbd (my first time to a comic shop and first non digital)

But I'm really not ghat intreasted in worlds finest as I'm already reading a lot of books on earth prime. So I'm hoping those two get threw back to their earth quickly.

[FHIZ]

So I'm hoping those two get threw back to their earth quickly.

That would defeat the whole purpose of the book. That'd be like if the Legion members in Legion Lost made it back to the 31st Century. It'd be like "well okay, where's the hook now?"

[Shimarenda]

Just read both this evening.

Earth 2 was epic, with some of the best pencils I've ever seen Nicola Scott draw. I've always liked her art, but this was several notches up. The action scenes were effectively done--Wonder Woman's in particular. It was interesting to see Batman use a gun at one point and to notice that the gods on Earth 2 use the Roman names rather than the Greek in Wonder Woman's title. I teared up a bit when Helena lost her dad.

Worlds' Finest was fun. Levitz did a good job with the banter between the two ladies. And Perez's art was lovely. A lot seemed to happen and be explained in this one, despite the 20-page count.

I liked Worlds' Finest a tiny bit better than Earth 2. Excited for both books though.

[paulski]

Personally, I've been reading more DC titles since the dawn of the DCnU than ever before and have been trying to drop a few. But darned if I'm not going to be picking these up now. As long as the current quality holds, these are keepers IMO.

Great to hear that you enjoyed them both, Jim. I thought they were very good reads - easily the best thing I've seen from either writer in a very long time. And I don't even need to state how gorgeous the artwork was from the respective art teams.

[paulski]

Does anyone else agree that Helena's Robin costume was lovely?

Damn straight. Hopefully it's not the last we ever see of it (not counting the flashback scenes in coming issues of WF, of course).

I thought they were both pretty great, easily my favorite buys today. As others have stated the art in both books was really the strong point but the stories themselves were pretty darn interesting.

Yup. Pretty darn good set-up for the whole E2 franchise. DC have handled it well so far.

I was pretty glad the trinity was offed early in Earth-2, as interesting as it would have been to see other versions of them I was more interested in the idea of the JSA coming back and was initially worried that they'd be overshadowed by the trinity, so with them out of the way that's no longer an issue.

I really loved Earth 2, even though I would have liked to see more of the Trinity.

I'm probably in the same camp. I'm old enough to remember the old All-Star Comics title with the 'Golden Age' versions of the trinity in the JSA, and I always thought it was nifty to see older versions of their E1 counterparts that had families and slightly different lives. So, while I hear what thwhtGuardian is saying, I'm a bit bummed that that potential is already gone in this new book.

[bat39]

Since this is a Batman board, I thought I'd start first by discussing the E2 Batman.

I actually thought DC's secrecy over Batman's identity was quiet absurd in retrospect. They should have just come right out and admitted its 'Bruce Wayne' all along instead of all the 'it's a Wayne under the cowl' stuff. Having said that, we still know next to nothing about this Batman and his backstory...so I hope Robinson sheds some more light on the subject.

With regards to the book as a whole, I feel the E2 versions of the Trinity are pretty close to the classic versions of the character. Apart from the costumes, one doesn't get the feel these are alternate universe versions of the characters (I dare say the E2 Superman was a lot closer to the classic Superman than the E0 Superman is these days). I liked the fact that they were all well-established heroes who've worked together before and are close friends and allies...a real contrast to E0. As for the other characters, well, I liked the introductions of Alan and Jay. I've never really read them as young men before so for me it was a striking contrast to the 'elderly statesmen' portrayal which we've all grown accustomed to.

[Statham]

I hated World's Finest because of everything the Huntress book has dumped on it, and I'm not a huge fan of Maguire or Perez these days - I think they'd have been much better off just putting To on the book still, because his art is sensational.

Earth 2.. Sure, why not? It's refreshing to have a world where the big three aren't going to take up as much focus. Absolutely get rid of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, because there's going to be other versions out there, and the character already has enough books. If Earth 2 and World's Finest are big enough successes, you can also guarantee that DC would do something like an 'Earth 2 Presents: Batman Family' issue or something along those lines that does explore that version of the character and the like.