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Planet Of The Capes

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There's a very interesting story here in spite of the obvious character imitations. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, it's a very thin book with little time to develop characters and settings, and while the general plot regarding super heroes coming to a more realistic world and having conflicting opinions on what to do about it is intriguing and could have made a very good mini-series. There area a few good lines, too, such as the inevitable tagline, "Nobody learns anything. Everybody dies." With limited build-up, though, even that line falls flat, as does the rest of the book.

The story begins (as too many comics do these days) with thinly veiled versions of iconic heroes running around a world like our own. They're moderately interesting however just as we get to know them an accident transports them to another Earth without superheroes.

The thinly-veiled Superman character goes nuts, kills the others and dies at the hands of the Batman clone.

The end.

The back cover promises "Nobody learns anything. Everybody dies." Well at least they're honest.

Skip it.