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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unique but strangly comforting, January 25, 2001
The most interesting thing about these stories to me was that unlike the "Marvel verses DC" story where characters were matched up to fight based on the similarity of their strenghts and powers (ie Hulk vs Superman, Sub-mariner vs Aquaman, Batman vs Captain America), characters in this book were matched up based on their personalites. For instances, Wolverine and Batman were combined into a charater called Dark Claw. Despite their differences both Wolverine and Batman are dark characters, loners. Superman and Captain America were combined into Super Soliders. Both of these characters are role models and heros in every sense of the word. The orgin of the Amalgam character is a mixture of the two characters he os she is based on and usually were combined in interesting and unique ways. There were exceptions to this story formula, such as "Bruce Wayne: Agent of SHEILD". This story tells how Bruce Wayne's parents were spys killed by Hydra and Bruce has entered Sheild and used his power and money to turn it into his own private army. The issue opens with Bruce launching an attack on Hydra island in a personal war he has started. We can see a corruption here that has never really been used in the Batman stories, this gives a chance to redo certin characters in a new way, areas that fans won't allow writers to take with tried and true characters. My only complaint would be how many different stoies were combined. There are a few stories in the book everyone will enjoy, a true Marvel and DC fan will enjoy most of them, but only the most diehard fan be familar with all the characters. But this slight flaw is compentsated for by the fact that the stories themselves are interesting without knowing the characters behind them. All and all a great read.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well, it's about time..., October 19, 1998
By A Customer
Around the 1970's and into the early 80's, Both Marvel and DC had published a series of cross-company publications (Superman vs. Spider-Man, Batman vs. The Hulk). Those were kindergarten books compared to the Amalgam Universe. Dark Claw (Wolverine/Batman), Super-Soldier(Capt. America/Superman), and the JLX (JLA/X-Men) are nothing less than inspired. Check out Jim Balent's artwork on the Dark Claw story. It is some of his best.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
I Gained Respect for the Original Characters, May 1, 2009
I liked the idea of throwing these characters in a melting pot and seeing what happens, but the result is to messy to focus upon. I loved the DC versus Marvel comic, but this spin-off or spin-offs was all just too much for me. I managed to enjoy Super Soldier, and bits and pieces of Dark Claw as well as Assasins, but the X-men mash-up was a disaster. There were too many characters and confusing dialogues for me to pick up any interest from. A large team of superheroes is hard to control in terms of character developement, but imagine two groups of superheroes combined. Now that's one big headache.
Reading this I missed our original characters like Batman and Wolverine in their respective forms. Putting them together is like studying two people in one body, when Batman is two people to begin with. If I've confused you then maybe that gives you a taste of the chaos within the panels.
Amazon- C+ Interesting at times, but overall boring.
Assasins- B- A good story, but the action is a little messy. Big Question is a great idea that needed more work.
Doctor Strangefate- N/A I payed for this in DC versus Marvel. Its a good story but I've already read it.
JLX- F Nuff said. Too much going on to enjoy.
Dark Claw- C I would have to read more to enjoy. The first issue did not hook me. The hero is one-dimensional. Batman and Wolverine by themselves are very dynamic.
Super Soldier- B I would read more of this. It was pretty entertaining.
Make your choice carefully. Some people really enjoy these stories. They're great ideas, they just need to introduce all the elements a little slower. Spread the story out I suppose. Don't expect the characters to be a perfect mix.
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