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I heard an interview with Frank Miller recently; he also takes credit for turning Superman and Batman from friends into colleague/antagonists; and his Batman: The Dark Knight Returns predates Byrne's Man of Steel. -- ShawnVW


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[edit] No. 24

Anyone know why the release of issue 24 was delayed by nearly 5 months? 23skidoo 17:03, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

No, in fact, i have nearly given up on the series. This With a Vengeance Story arch is one of the by-far STUPIDEST story archs. It makes no sense. its just dumb. Superman/Batman was one of my faovrite comics until this one. I think its time they cancel it or givei t back to the artist of either the 2nd or 3rd story arch and stop it with the shitty drawings.

darkestknight

The reason is because in June of last year, Jeph Loeb's son, Sam, died of cancer after a few years struggling with it. Rather than get someone else in to finish it, DC preferred to let him have his own time even though he signed to Marvel last September.Tony2Times 10:13, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Said son will also be the author of #26, a story he wrote and nearly completed before his death, it has been helped along by 25 major comic book creators.Tony2Times 10:30, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not a forum, not a substitute for buying the comic

The purpose of this talk page is to discuss edits to the article. The article itself is bloated and gives away too much of the storylines in the books. It all needs to be summarized better and trimmed substantially. CovenantD 06:59, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I was just looking for something to do. Do I enjoy summarizing too much? --Chris Griswold 07:12, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Go for it. Be ruthless. CovenantD 07:14, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
I ended up overhauling the entire article. --Chris Griswold 11:53, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
And did a nice job. CovenantD 19:58, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. I really appreciate that. --Chris Griswold 07:50, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

I think the story arc summaries are okay (with the exception of "With A Vengeance", but that's only because that story is so convoluted anyway), but I agree that if the additions to the article continue, then the section on the arcs may have to be spun off into its own article. Nightscream 07:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "With a Vengeance"

I agree that the storyline that wrapped a month ago made absolutely no sense, so I would question whether it's possible for the article to make much sense of it itself.

[edit] DKR

I've tried to work with it, but the bit about Dark Knight Returns still doesn't make sense in the context of the article. It contradicts the first sentence of the paragraph, that the characters are best pals. Additionally, it needs to be cited, and I don't have the information for the DVD mentioned in the edit summary. --Chris Griswold 01:23, 19 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Links

I would like to add http://www.batmanytb.com/comics/titles/supermanbatman/index.php to the links section. If Superman Database can be added, I think BatmanYTB should be too..

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Xphermg (talk • contribs)
  • No. It's a commercial site with ads and its own YTB store. And you're right. The items getting sold on the first page of the Superman Database are reason to treat it the same as the BatmanYTB page. Exclude both. Your persistence in joining Wikipedia just to promote this site (see your contribution history) certainly indicates that you're one of the people making money off the YTB site. More importantly, it just doesn't offer us anything informative that we can't get from a bunch of other sites. Doczilla 06:17, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 04:42, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Bounty

I thought the heroes that attacked Superman in the first storyline were being mentally controlled. If so, it should merit a mention IMHO. Lots42 02:14, 2 September 2007 (UTC)