SUPERMAN/BATMAN NEXT TO GET THE ANIMATED TREATMENT

DC has been consistently putting out top-notch direct to DVD animated movies since the release of Justice League: New Frontier and it looks like that trend won't be stopping anytime soon. Following the release of Green Lantern: First Flight in July, DC is gearing up to take on one of my favorite DC stories of all time, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. Originally written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by the amazing Ed McGuinness, the Public Enemies storyline kicked off the highly successful Superman/Batman series (a revamp of the classic World's Finest Comics title which ran from 1941 to 1986 and featured Superman and Batman team-ups). The premise of the storyline was that then president Lex Luthor declared a state of emergency for the planet when a mysterious astroid of Kryptonian origin was discovered rocketing toward the Earth. Never one to miss an opportunity, Luthor immediately places blame solely on Superman claiming that he is responsible and that the only way to stop the impending doom is to stop Superman. President Luthor then puts an exhorbinant bounty on Kal El's head, which brings out all the big gun villians trying to cash in on the job. Through it all, Batman faithfully sticks by his side and risks it all to save his friend and in the story you see just how different and similar the two are at the same time. It's the subtle way that these two seemingly different personalties overlap that's the real appeal to this story. If that aspect gets overlooked for the feature you'll lose the heart of the story and it will just become another all action/no substance movie. Public Enemies is the story I use to introduce new readers to comics. It's entertaining, it's enthralling, and the artwork is just fantastic. There is no release date set yet for Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, but I would recommend to anyone with a love of comics (or even a slight curiousity) to go out and pick up the storyline in TPB today.

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