Death Week: Superman At Earth's End

[comicoz]

I can never resist referencing this comic when it comes time to talk about truly horrible comics. It really is an award winner for bad comics. The story has a Superman who deals with a cyborg life form and is not as super anymore. He also is bulked out in a way only the 90's can. And has a beard Santa would love.




This book must be read to be truly appreciated. I consider this one of my favorite bad comics and have it lovingly put away. The recent Barack the Barbarian book snuggles up next to it and the two of them argue every night about which is worse. Elseworlds were made for wierd stories and this one takes the cake. In fact it takes the cake, the plates, the balloons, and probably the pinata too.

Anyway...

So Superman has busted into the bunker where he just killed a vampire/hulked out Batman clone with Bruce's memories. Said clone was made by the twin clones of Hitler. Really. After that fight, he decides to take out the Hitler Twins with this enormous gun he got from the Batcave earlier. He suffers the expected fatal wounds and has a touching death scene with his bestest friend. Enjoy.

7 pages from a 50 page book.

Comments

[fungo_squiggly]

This story is a perennial favorite of mine. It's worth a laugh every time it shows up on scans_daily.

Truly, hilariously bad.

[comicoz]

I know. I couldn't resist, as I just love sharing this god-awful comic whenever possible. When I saw death week, I thought I would finally post something. I figured I needed a good wierd death.

[crinos]

I know, its just so insane. Its like someone took a bet to write the most absurd Superman story ever conceived; the only criteria is that it starred superman, and anything else as alright.

If that is the case, this guy definitely won.

[nezchan]

They buried Batman with a picture of Batman painted on the lid? That's absolutely surreal.

[mercia]

What you don't notice is that it's actually a musical coffin. Every time it's open, it says "I'm Batman."

[sir_mikael]

Ooh, I have to get me one of those. Especially since, you know, graverobbers are a supersticious and cowardly lot.

[comicoz]

It would be better if it played the 1960's theme every time.

[joasakura]

"POW!" "BIFF!"

[nezchan]

I'm hoping they did that with his tombstone in the official DCU. Put a motion sensor on it and a random timer so that it'll just suddenly blurt out "I'M BATMAN" now and then when there's someone around.

[da_reap]

I dunno... I almost think it'd be funnier if it occasionally did it when there's NO-ONE around as well.

Honestly, an empty room with a tombstone saying 'I'm Batman.' There's just LAYERS to that image.

[proteus_lives]

He burned with his boyfriend.

Such awesome crack.

[rdfox]

HE IS A MAN! *PUNCH!*

[foxhack]

Dammit, beaten to it.

[shale]

Bloodless shrapnel wounds? It IS the future!

[ninjapeps]

not just that. he doesn't even appear to be in any pain.

[cmdr_zoom]

what

[http://www.google.com/profiles/Luis.eScO.2]

What The F*** is This? Really?

[lilacsigil]

That is possibly the Most 90s Gun of All.

And is that Batman lid on the Batman coffin some kind of Ancient Egypt tribute? Will archaeologists dig him up in a few thousand years and study his death mask? Is he mummified in there?

[joasakura]

:Cable makes grabby hands towards it:

[da_reap]

Which is why I'm so glad this got posted; I've been meaning to grab a scan or two of 'The Liefeldinator' for awhile now.

(My own personal name for it, feel free to gang if you like)

[christianconnor]

This is not what I was expecting from Death Week.

I remember when Linkara reviewed it. His voices define the whole story - making it kinda epic.

[mola_ram]

ANTI-LIFE JUSTIFIES MY HATRED ;)

[dizmo]

That.... just....

... What?

XD

[awful_underscore]

"Now I'm no different from the ordinary soldiers of WWII. To demonstrate how similar we are, let me pick up this gun made of fourteen other guns and shoot it at double Hitlers one-handed. NEVER FORGET."

Also, that is the tackiest coffin ever. It seems like the sort of thing that you should only be able to purchase with Camel Bucks.

[crinos]

How do you think Batman died?

[thandrak]

Choked on a string of pearls.

[filkertom]

I cannot help but love the line that starts this fight: "YOU -- Hitler!"

[crinos]

"And YOU!... Other Hitler."

[joasakura]

one little, two little, three little hitlers..

[http://www.google.com/profiles/NielJacoby]

One Hitler,
Two Hitler,
Red Hitler,
Blue Hitler.

[joasakura]

"The torrent of nazi lead penetrates even his vital organs!"

wow.

just.. wow.

Warren Ellis is that you?

[afghanant.wordpress.com]

Why does this remind me of Warren Ellis?

[comicoz]

Hilarious 25 min review of the comic here: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/at4w/3252-superman-at-earths-end

[http://www.google.com/profiles/NielJacoby]

I love that review.

[greenmask]

The first speech bubble is funniest enough alone.

YOU-- HITLER!

Of course.

[http://www.google.com/profiles/NielJacoby]

OF COURSE! Don't you know anything about science?

(Of course, Superman don't understands hard sciences, he only knows how to fly.)

[divi_d]

In all fairness, I doubt these Hitler clones know anything about *hard* science, either.