Customer Reviews
Crisis on infinite timelines - By: H, 12 Jan 2007 
If you love the various versions of the DC Universe, you'll love this as the Legion of Super Villans from the 31st Century pervert time & turn Kal-El & Bruce Wayne into their obedient 'children'
lots of different paths - a must for Legion lovers plus Kamandi & a host of others such as the Alam Moore (Earth 1) & Kingdom Come versions of Superman.
The story is well written & well drawn with two niggles. 1 Superman looks awful & 2 would he reallly have acquiesced to three villans' teachings & done some of the things he did? But that aside Loeb's script is great.
Chop-socky brilliance, but what actually happens? - By: Pento Paper, 22 Nov 2004 I love this book, don't get me wrong. I love the art, adore the superior way in which Superman & Batman think about EVERYTHING differently, but what has always bugged me about Jeph Loeb is his inability to tell an awesome story. He has the dialogue spot-on, but I'm always curious about his endings. You'll see what I mean.
However, with that out of the way, this is a great exploration of characters who may not possibly be able to support their own title, like Katana & Captain Atom. As I said, the Bats/Supes is worth the price is worth it alone. The thoughts of both characters, is for me, what comics are about. Batman is such a rich character. Superman, although he is struggling & needs a reinvention, how do you do that? Its impossible to reinvent Superman. Let him be, & give him some decent villains instead!
But anyhow, buy this book, I love it. Its a lot of fun. Try getting the monthly Batman/Superman comic too.
Good but not great - By: Mr. I. C. Briggs, 07 Nov 2004 "Batman & Superman - Public enemies" is a good addition to the DC universe but the book is not without its problems but lets deal with the positive first.
Public enemies teams both Superman & Batman together for a story which perfectly captures the dynamic between the two characters. Some of the narrative comments made by Batman & Superman are excellent. The best thing about this book is the way that both Superman & Batman sound, the dialogue between them is so natural & the mutual respect & friction between them is spot on. The story itself centres around a Kryptonite meteor heading for earth & Lex Luthor blaming Supes for this & declaring both him & Bats "Public Enemies". From this point you will find a very action packed story with Supes & Bats fleeing capture. The action scenes are fantastic & a high point of the stories mid section.
But sadly there are a few minor things that pull the book down form being five stars. Although superbly written by Jeph Loeb I did find the art of Ed McGuiness quite underwhelming. Despite being very nicely coloured the actual characters alll looked to similar & Superman for some reason sports a huge jaw at points.
Secondly, the first five parts of the story appear to have a sense of urgency & keep building toward what you hope will be a satisfying climax, unfortunately in the final chapter everything gets wrapped up in quite a silly way & after seeing Bats & Supes taken on by the JLA & others in earlier parts the ending seems to be a bit too easily solved.
But, this book is a worthy addition to any Superman or Batman collection but for the casual reader there are a lot better titles. e.g "Batman- Hush" or "Superman for alll seasons."
BELIEVE IT - By: , 08 Sep 2004 
As an avid Batman comics reader I read this title when sold as the separate issues, & could certainly not wait for the next continuing issue. I do not agree with the review offered previously. For a long time Batman & Superman were alllies, very good friends even. Right up to the 70s & early 80s. However during the Dark Knight Returns period, Superman was cast as an adversary of Batman's. Although I am the no. 1 Batman fan, & agree heartfelt with Bruce that Clark can be sloppy & undisciplined, nonetheless I did not always like seeing how every artist & writer since had continued with the adversarial feelings. THEN along comes this book, & while thankfully not being as cheesily chummy as the older stories were, it certainly shows how these 'World's Finest' heroes should feel & view each other. There will even be moments that will grip you emotionallly, unintentionallly or not. If you have never read it, then read it, you do not know what you are missing. As I said, it has been far too long for these two to get along. Thank DC that some astute writer finallly put it right. Certainly as good as the relationship between the two on the 'Justice League' cartoon series.
