englentine's The Dark Knight Strikes Again #2 - DK2 review

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    There just are not enough words to describe how bad

     Batman, his minions , and the new Justice League decide to make their move against the "government" which we find out is being run by Lex Luthor and Brainiac.  Hurt and confused Superman goes off to find Wonder Woman and whines, then the two of them make love. Also their daughter makes her debut as Supergirl, and she decides to join the fight .     
     
    COVER 
    Okay, we have Superman and Wonder Woman upside down with their hair wild, with a cylindrical object, or some sort of ray shoots past them? I don't know, it could be either one. So the image Frank Miller chose to represent the book, was the two heroes getting busy wrapped in Supermans cape, but only in the corner with no real defining object on the cover. 
    INTERIORS 
    Comically wide eyed characters open panel borders, over sized heads and feet. There is no rhyme or reason to the art in this issue, and the pages are wasted on splash page art that would feel at home at Image circa 1993 
    STORY 
    for as bad as the art is, the writing is worse. Do you remember those cool talking head moments in the original series, that gave the exposition. Well here, it is  waaay over used.  It is also so over used that it borders the ridiculous. Then it crosses the border and kills the patrol, so you wish it would become bad enough to only be ridiculous, because it would no longer be dangerous to your health bad. Seriously there is a scene where Superman and Wonder Woman are doing it and they fall towards the earth like an eagle. Stupid stupid stupid.

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