Batman/Superman Volume 1: Who Are The
Secret Six? by Joshua Williamson and illustrator David
Marquez is a book that collects the first six issues of this new series. This
team up book features Batman and Superman against The Batman Who Laughs. In his
latest evil plot, The
Batman Who Laughs has infected six of the world’s most powerful
heroes and turned them evil against their will. Some of those good folks turned
evil include people closest to Superman and Batman. It is up to Batman and
Superman to uncover the identities of these heroes and stop them.
This book features epic fights and great artwork.
The main selling point is that the book focuses on the differences and
similarities between these two heroes. The story is one that shifts back and
forth between the perspective of each superhero and that reveals that each has
keen insight into the other.
This book furthers multiple preexisting storylines
and features cameos by numerous heroes. Batman/Superman Volume 1: Who Are
The Secret Six? references events happening in other books and takes
place over an unspecified length of time that could be days or even months.
That aspect seems to be deliberately vague. The Infected Six are an interesting
selection of heroes turned villains some of which who have legitimate reasons
to be mad at Batman and Superman. Each one on his or her own would be a threat
to the Batman/Superman team and the fact that they work together here as a unit
raise the threat level considerably.
Batman/Superman Volume 1: Who Are The
Secret Six? is only for the mature reader since
there are multiple murders and some of those corpses are graphically visible to
the characters in the book as well as the read. The read is not a standalone
since a lot of the various storylines are ongoing in other books. Instead, what
is carried on here is to set up a conflict between the Batman/Superman team and
two characters that will be carried over into the second volume. As a result,
much of what goes on here is relevant in other series, but will have little
impact in the second volume of this series.
This a good book for people who are okay with the
listed qualifiers above and are looking for a book about Batman and Superman
working together. Those readers who also like a lot of action and deep dives
into the minds of the primary characters will enjoy Batman/Superman
Volume 1: Who Are The Secret Six?
Batman/Superman
Volume 1: Who Are The Secret Six?
Joshua Williams
https://www.dccomics.com/talent/joshua-williamson
Illustrator
David Marquez
DC Comics
https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/batmansuperman-vol-1-who-are-the-secret-six
April 2020
ISBN#
978-1-4012-9945-3
Hardback (also
available in digital and paperback formats)
160 Pages
Material came by way of the Central or Downtown Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.
Scott A. Tipple ©2020
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