Some thoughts about Batman/Superman: World's Finest #1

Whatever happened to the World's Finest?

Bruce and Clark have fought together over the years and one of their most dangerous adventures were when their enemies joined together to cause harm to them, especially to Clark who will suddenly suffer one of his biggest changes.

Well, I've been waiting for this.

The lack of let's say, quality writers in DC has been prominent for a while now (I would say that Future State is where things started to go really wrong) and fortunately what we have here is an author with an interesting track record. I have a... weird history with Mark Waid, I consider him a kinda hit and miss writer with many legendary runs over the years (Most of them curiously at Marvel) and some things that were underwhelming as a whole (Curiously, most of them at DC, his Legion of Super-Heroes comes to mind) but even I have to admit that when Waid nails it, he nails it so I was definitily intrigued by the idea of him handling a character he has been eager to write about for years now, Superman.

And he does it, satisfyingly enough I would say, nothing particularly impressive but satisfying overall.

The plot opens years in the past way back when Dick Grayson was Robin and the World's Finest had to face a still villainous Poison Ivy and a deranged Metallo. This sets-up the premise of Superman being controlled by Red Kryptonite which is mostly an excuse to create a set of action scenes along with a few segments of character work. In that regard it gets the job done, Waid has a way of creating classic comic book stories with Silver Age traits that feel pretty familiar and charming in a certain manner, there's even another story set in the past in this story set in the past which reinforces that Silver Age bizarre tone and hey, speaking of bizarre, the Doom Patrol appears here too, you might get that Sci-Fi feel as well.

Characterization is... fine, is the typical portrayal that you would espect from the protagonists and while there's nothing off about it, there's nothing that will blow your mind, the best part I would say comes from the more personal interactions between Bruce and Clark that demonstrate their friendship which again, feel fairly safe. In fact, this series seems very newcomer-friendly due that it represents classic portrayals of the characters that most people know which is good I guess for a brand new series that wants to attract a bigger audience.

I suppose the cliffhanger works nicely, let's see if things get weirder next time.

Dan Mora's artwork is amazing with a very vibrant look that depicts every scene with a lot of energy, particularly the fight segments, along with clear storytelling that follows the script perfectly.

Solid beginning overall. Let's see if Waid has a bigger plan for this book.