Smallville Season 11 #18

[superfangirl1]

Comments

[freezer]

It's an evil Doctor Who?

[silverhammerman]

God, look at the contrast between those two costumes. The Smallville comics are the one place where they're managed to make Superman sans trunks actually look good, as opposed to fundamentally off-putting, but their Batman is a hot mess. Even beyond the kinda-silly-but-perhaps-practical facepaint, look at all those lines and shit. Even his gauntlets/gloves are overdone.
Also, Joe Chill looks weirdly happy in the flashback. I hope that isn't supposed to just after he's killed the Waynes, because that would take him from being a tired old crook to amoral bastard.
I rag on it, but from what I've seen here the Smallville comics are good, credit where credit's due.

[eamelion]

It's *amazing* how much the Supes costume needs that yellow on his belt. There are a lot of differences between this and the New52 one, but that's the most important one.

The logo needs something else to balance it. Come on, Jim Lee. It's so obvious.

[beoweasel]

You know, for once I'd like to see a Joe Chill as a repentant figure, not one that's killed lots of people, or was a crime boss, or anything like that, but just a dude who wants to make amends for past sins, with the murder of the Waynes being something that's haunted him ever since.

[mullon]

I don't know what's better, Superman pimp slapping Batman or the weird clown pimp with the glowing ammo.

[dr_archeville]

Loomis?

Oswald Hubert Loomis, aka The Prankster?

[gamerguy]

The only way you could make a worse Batman costume would be to put him in fishnets. That might even be an improvement.

Still not buying the 'no trunks' commandment.

[big_daddy_d]

The Batsuit grew on me. Kinda like it for the Smallville continuity. Although I didn't know he painted his face. Thought it was a nice effect from the suit and it in turn made his voice a bit more..gruff.

[karunya]

Does anyone else think that Joe Chill, in the second panel on the top page, looks like Jonathan Harris playing Dr. Smith in Lost in Space?

[jcbaggee]

So the guy at the end is totally going to become The Joker, isn't he?

[kraesil]

...Man.

I'll start paying more attention when all this dead parent nonsense is over.