Roger C. (Pascotimes) reviewed on 11/26/2007

Helpful Score: 4

I ordered this book because I was intruiged by the "world-without-a-Superman" concept. Many versions of this concept have been done in comic books and graphic novels before, but this one seemed new to me: The alternate Earth created by Jeff Mariotte has no Superman, but it DOES have a Clark Kent! As I said, intruiging, right? On this Earth, three powerful and immortal sorcerors make a move in the 6th century to control the world, but they can't keep a certain spaceship from Krypton touching down in Kansas in the late 70s. So, they have to find another solution -- involving The Demon (Etrigan) and a nine-pointed star. It's a good concept, but the author weakens it with a lot of time travel and the inclusion of several "Western" guest-stars, such as Jonah Hex, Bat Lash, El Diablo and Scalphunter. Ultimately, the book felt like a college student's essay where he is assigned to write about one subject, and ends up using research and work from another class to pad it out. Great concept, weak ending.

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