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Batman/Superman: World's Finest
Batman/Superman: World's Finest, Vol. 2: Strange Visitor
The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel might have been victorious in their battle against the dreaded Devil Nezha, but there’s one thing they forgot in all the madness…
Dick! First, Robin the Boy Wonder is lost in time and to find him, Batman and Superman will need to get creative!
Then learn the untold story of Superman’s short-lived sidekick is at last revealed, but what secret connection to one of DC’s most timeless tales does this story foreshadow?
Follow along as Superman and Batman struggle to mentor the new Boy Thunder in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest Vol. 2, collecting Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #6-10.
Dick! First, Robin the Boy Wonder is lost in time and to find him, Batman and Superman will need to get creative!
Then learn the untold story of Superman’s short-lived sidekick is at last revealed, but what secret connection to one of DC’s most timeless tales does this story foreshadow?
Follow along as Superman and Batman struggle to mentor the new Boy Thunder in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest Vol. 2, collecting Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #6-10.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published July 30, 2024
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Mark Waid
3,181 books1,270 followersMark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America.
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August 10, 2024
Still enjoyable comfort food.
The first issue picks up immediately after volume one with Batman & Superman finding Robin in the time stream, then helping him sort out some murders at a circus in the past.
The rest of the issues are devoted to a young boy who comes to our earth from an alternate reality earth that blew up, much like Krypton, and ends up getting superpowers, much like Clark did.
Something is off with him. <--so says Batman
Is he evil or does he just suffer from survivor's guilt?
There's a nice twist at the end!
If you're looking for a comic with a lot of heart, this could be your jam.
Recommended.
The first issue picks up immediately after volume one with Batman & Superman finding Robin in the time stream, then helping him sort out some murders at a circus in the past.
The rest of the issues are devoted to a young boy who comes to our earth from an alternate reality earth that blew up, much like Krypton, and ends up getting superpowers, much like Clark did.
Something is off with him. <--so says Batman
Is he evil or does he just suffer from survivor's guilt?
There's a nice twist at the end!
If you're looking for a comic with a lot of heart, this could be your jam.
Recommended.
December 17, 2024
8.0/10
A boy from a parallel universe shows up. When the team approaches him, they find out that tragedy have found his home planet. So who better than Superman to become his mentor and take him as sidekick?
But being a young, new superhero is not easy. Will Boy Thunder become a new face of hope for the people? Or...
I am enjoying the series very much so far and i am looking forward to see what awaits our heroes.
A boy from a parallel universe shows up. When the team approaches him, they find out that tragedy have found his home planet. So who better than Superman to become his mentor and take him as sidekick?
But being a young, new superhero is not easy. Will Boy Thunder become a new face of hope for the people? Or...
I am enjoying the series very much so far and i am looking forward to see what awaits our heroes.
August 28, 2025
Really good volume!
October 6, 2024
I am absolutely loving this book! Due to the flashback nature of the book (it’s set in an unspecified time, a few years ago) this feels like ‘my’ Batman, Robin and Superman from when I was a kid, not the darker, grimmer and grittier versions of recent years.
The only thing I wasn’t keen on in this volume was the Joker referencing his murder of the Jason Todd Robin (he got better) years before it happened. I realise this was more of a wink to audience than anything else but it didn’t work for me.
4.41 stars, rounded down.
The only thing I wasn’t keen on in this volume was the Joker referencing his murder of the Jason Todd Robin (he got better) years before it happened. I realise this was more of a wink to audience than anything else but it didn’t work for me.
4.41 stars, rounded down.
March 21, 2024
This was a fun, adventure filled volume centered around sidekicks and teenage heroes.
October 27, 2025
I think I was a little hard on this book to begin with. I went into this book looking forward to the Robin lost in time arc. This was solved pretty quickly in a single issue, I was expecting this to be a whe arc. The second story was good, but it battled my expectations.
Robin is back, but there is a new strange visitor from another earth. Taken under the "wing" of both Robin and Superman, he has to become a superhero, right?
It is a good story and very good artwork, as well as a speak peak or things to come. This was a smaller volume of the World's Finest, but overall, good and finishes with a huge variant covers gallery.
Robin is back, but there is a new strange visitor from another earth. Taken under the "wing" of both Robin and Superman, he has to become a superhero, right?
It is a good story and very good artwork, as well as a speak peak or things to come. This was a smaller volume of the World's Finest, but overall, good and finishes with a huge variant covers gallery.
December 5, 2023
I almost quit this book during a clunky first issue but I'm glad I carried on, I'm interested to see what comes of "Boy Thunder" next.
You beat just the ONE teen sidekick to death with a crowbar and all of a sudden it's all you're known for.
You beat just the ONE teen sidekick to death with a crowbar and all of a sudden it's all you're known for.
April 2, 2024
Can someone just kill that stupid clown already?
September 26, 2023
Mark Waid and Dan Mora are a dream team on this book. Everything pops, from the colors to the dialogue. Volume 2 is as enjoyable as the first and maintains the unique style of the first. Worlds Finest alongside current Nightwing are some of the most fun and great looking DC books I have read in a good long while.
August 3, 2023
It has that classic feel to it as this GN really only has one job: be entertaining. There’s no deep message or subtext, what you see on the tin is what you get. Refreshing amongst a sea of complicated, intertwined worlds and arcs, it continues to be an accessible and fun ride.
December 14, 2023
By far the best mainstream superhero comic out there. Waid has always been a top tier writer, and in this book he combines the nostalgia many of us older readers have with modern narrative styles. Solid winner.
I'm VERY intrigued at the Kingdom Come references. Shit's gonna get wild!
I'm VERY intrigued at the Kingdom Come references. Shit's gonna get wild!
April 27, 2024
Fun stuff. Like watching my vainly attempt to juggle.
April 19, 2025
This is fun… huge group teaming up
May 31, 2024
as quatros estrelas é mais pela arte do dan mora e os personagens (TITANS!!amei ver eles), mas quanto a história.... sei lá, enredos em hq são tão insanos que fica difícil fazer uma crítica objetiva
October 25, 2025
Después de cerrar el cliffhanger del anterior tomo en una aventurilla mínima, Waid centra el tiro de este segundo tramo en proporcionarle un side-kick a Superman. Para ello embarca a los protagonistas en un enfrentamiento con La Llave y el Joker en el que incorporan a un personaje superpoderoso que termina conectado con Kingdom Come. El giro se siente relevante y viene acompañado por el espectacular dibujo de Mora tanto al dibujar a los protagonistas como a los cameos (en este caso los jóvenes Titanes).
February 6, 2024
With the number of Batman and Superman comics that DC has been publishing, Batman/Superman: World’s Finest is the most fun comic that brings out the best of the publisher’s two most iconic superheroes. Not having to worry about the continuity of any current title featuring Batman and Superman, writer Mark Waid and artist Dan Mora put a modern spin on their Silver Age adventures where they are Super Friends and take full advantage of the back catalogue of DC’s history, with some surprises along the way.
Picking up where the initial arc capped off – following the battle with the Devil Nezha – we see Robin back in time, specifically Corto Maltese in 1892. Finding himself in a circus where two murders have occurred, Robin goes into detective mode, whilst his friends back in the present day are trying to track down where the Boy Wonder has gone. Serving as a nice epilogue to the previous arc, it is a wonderful character-focused issue where Dick Grayson is remembering what his life was before the superhero life, and he has able to move from his tragedy through the friends he made along the way.
With Travis Moore stepping into art duties just for this issue, he draws his characters with very expressive faces and that includes the animals within the circle. However, the most spectacular sequence that best showcases Moore’s art (no, it’s not Superman’s nipples on display), is a two-pager where Batman and Robin doing a trapeze act for the audience. Once again, Waid never feels cynical towards these larger-than-life characters and just embrace the fun side.
There is a scene in the seminal Grant Morrison/Frank Quitely comic All-Star Superman, in which Lois asked Superman if he ever considered a sidekick, and his response that no one would keep up with him. And thus, the next big arc of this title is about the sidekick that Supes had. Introduced through an homage to the origin sequence from All-Star, David Sikela is from a parallel Earth which got blown up and whose ship is sent to Prime-Earth where he is discovered by Superman, Batman and Robin. With light-based powers under Earth's sun, David tries to be a hero coded as the Boy Thunder, whilst the dastardly pairing of the Key and the Joker have plans for Gotham.
While the mystery of the Boy Thunder drives this narrative, there are many human moments along the way, showing what a tragic character David is and how many of the costumed heroes are there to help him out, even including Batman who helps him with how to manage his powers. As with the previous volume, Waid isn’t interested in domesticising the superheroes, in terms of showing their personal lives, and find the human interactions within the costumed adventuring, whether it is the youthful nature of the Teen Titans, or a brief partnership between Supes and the Flash super-speeding through the ocean. Waid is never cynical, but the arc does get dark, from the rage that drives the Boy Thunder, to the antics from the two villains that does include torture.
One of the best artists working today, Dan Mora brings such a slick, modern aesthetic to the Silver Age-styled storytelling of this comic, which revels in showing the iconic and the obscured from DC’s history, such as the Batcopter from the 1966 Batman film. Balancing the outlandish set-pieces and the small human interactions, Mora also balances the tenderness of the heroes and the devilish expressions of the villains, with his Joker being a highlight. We even get a brief appearance of Ratcatcher in a horror-like sequence with his army of rats.
After a great first arc, Mark Waid and Dan Mora up their game with the Boy Thunder arc, which has fun action, touching interactions among the heroes, and a compelling mystery that is going to grow as World’s Finest continues its amazing run.
Picking up where the initial arc capped off – following the battle with the Devil Nezha – we see Robin back in time, specifically Corto Maltese in 1892. Finding himself in a circus where two murders have occurred, Robin goes into detective mode, whilst his friends back in the present day are trying to track down where the Boy Wonder has gone. Serving as a nice epilogue to the previous arc, it is a wonderful character-focused issue where Dick Grayson is remembering what his life was before the superhero life, and he has able to move from his tragedy through the friends he made along the way.
With Travis Moore stepping into art duties just for this issue, he draws his characters with very expressive faces and that includes the animals within the circle. However, the most spectacular sequence that best showcases Moore’s art (no, it’s not Superman’s nipples on display), is a two-pager where Batman and Robin doing a trapeze act for the audience. Once again, Waid never feels cynical towards these larger-than-life characters and just embrace the fun side.
There is a scene in the seminal Grant Morrison/Frank Quitely comic All-Star Superman, in which Lois asked Superman if he ever considered a sidekick, and his response that no one would keep up with him. And thus, the next big arc of this title is about the sidekick that Supes had. Introduced through an homage to the origin sequence from All-Star, David Sikela is from a parallel Earth which got blown up and whose ship is sent to Prime-Earth where he is discovered by Superman, Batman and Robin. With light-based powers under Earth's sun, David tries to be a hero coded as the Boy Thunder, whilst the dastardly pairing of the Key and the Joker have plans for Gotham.
While the mystery of the Boy Thunder drives this narrative, there are many human moments along the way, showing what a tragic character David is and how many of the costumed heroes are there to help him out, even including Batman who helps him with how to manage his powers. As with the previous volume, Waid isn’t interested in domesticising the superheroes, in terms of showing their personal lives, and find the human interactions within the costumed adventuring, whether it is the youthful nature of the Teen Titans, or a brief partnership between Supes and the Flash super-speeding through the ocean. Waid is never cynical, but the arc does get dark, from the rage that drives the Boy Thunder, to the antics from the two villains that does include torture.
One of the best artists working today, Dan Mora brings such a slick, modern aesthetic to the Silver Age-styled storytelling of this comic, which revels in showing the iconic and the obscured from DC’s history, such as the Batcopter from the 1966 Batman film. Balancing the outlandish set-pieces and the small human interactions, Mora also balances the tenderness of the heroes and the devilish expressions of the villains, with his Joker being a highlight. We even get a brief appearance of Ratcatcher in a horror-like sequence with his army of rats.
After a great first arc, Mark Waid and Dan Mora up their game with the Boy Thunder arc, which has fun action, touching interactions among the heroes, and a compelling mystery that is going to grow as World’s Finest continues its amazing run.
August 21, 2024
Giving Superman a sidekick was an interesting idea, especially when that sidekick is lowkey full of anger and mental issues. I think Robin (Dick Grayson) really shines in this arc and there were moments where he straight up made me cackle.
September 25, 2024
This series feels like a love letter to the golden and silver age of DC comics, while still giving something new to the readers. Dan Mora's art is phenomenal, and Mark Waid does his best to deliver an intriguing story.
January 6, 2025
- More of superbat being married, 10/10
- Dick Grayson in the circus, 12/10
- OG TEEN TITANS MY BELOVEDS
- I knew David couldn't stick around, but that ending was SAD
- The Joker is so annoying, GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BITCH
- Joker hitting David with the crowbar, WAR FLASHBACKS
- Dick Grayson in the circus, 12/10
- OG TEEN TITANS MY BELOVEDS
- I knew David couldn't stick around, but that ending was SAD
- The Joker is so annoying, GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BITCH
- Joker hitting David with the crowbar, WAR FLASHBACKS
March 31, 2025
This reads FAST. It's a great idea that these stories are set in the past so they can do whatever they want, but then you know things will get back to normal eventually. In this one Supes gets a sidekick with some anger control issues so... stuff happens. The ending is awesome.
November 30, 2023
3.5 stars
The development of David story was good, but it didn't connect with me. Overall, this is a great series. I'm excited for the third arc.
The development of David story was good, but it didn't connect with me. Overall, this is a great series. I'm excited for the third arc.
May 20, 2024
4.5 Stars
June 17, 2024
Well that was disappointing. While not perfect the last volume was entertaining. While this volume was just a rehash of Superman's origin. But what if Superman was bad and accidentally killed his parents? Then had PTSD and wanted to go all Punisher on the bad guys. I mean Mr Waid had all of time & space to do a search for Robin but that story was wrapped up so quick that it felt abandoned.
November 8, 2024
I don't know why exactly, but the whole "Boy Thunder" storyline just didn't work for me.
October 8, 2025
Some good old fashioned superhero stuff. The story is fine, but the selling point of the series is still Dan Mora. Even his rushed work is more dynamic and more clear than 90% of mainstream comics.
August 15, 2025
Like any all-time great Superman story (or Batman and Robin story for that matter), this series is such a breath of cool fresh air! A timeless evergreen, immensely enjoyable, cozy heartwarming feel-good read. I had a stupid smile a mile wide all the while I was reading, and even afterward.
Forget about adapting Bruce and Damian as Batman and Robin in the upcoming DCU film The Brave and the Bold, I want the Clark and Bruce and Dick dream-team of a World's Finest movie, adapting Mark Waid-Dan Mora's absolute brilliance of this modern DC-classic! Its practically tailor-made for the newer, brighter, more colorful DCU, one can dare to dream.
Forget about adapting Bruce and Damian as Batman and Robin in the upcoming DCU film The Brave and the Bold, I want the Clark and Bruce and Dick dream-team of a World's Finest movie, adapting Mark Waid-Dan Mora's absolute brilliance of this modern DC-classic! Its practically tailor-made for the newer, brighter, more colorful DCU, one can dare to dream.
August 3, 2025
If I had a nickel for every time joker brutally tortured an emotional kinda violent teenager with a crowbar I’d have two nickels but it’s weird that it happens twice.
December 15, 2023
Other than the quick beginning which seemed a little like a copout, this Volume was really good. Definitely an intro arc to a new character who will be important. Also, despite it being Vol 2 of a title, it would be an excellent jumping on point to the comic.
Highlights:
- We left off with Dick Grayson being lost in time, but quickly placed him as a member of a circus in the early 1900s, an ideal place for him to be, and his rescue was explained away quickly by "notes through time" and the time travel keyword "tachyons".
- Back in the present, a rift opens across the sky and a ship comes out of it. A survivor from a parallel Earth, David Sikela, seems to have abilities, so Superman starts to train him. Dubbed Boy Thunder, he starts working with the Teen Titans.
- An obscure DC villain known as The Key, who can open dimensional doors as well as create them, teams up with the Joker in a plot on Gotham, flooding the streets. Many heroes working together are able to stop it and reverse it, but David has been captured.
- The heroes search for David and they find him. Between survivors guilt and lack on control over his powers, Boy Thunder almost kills The Joker, showing a glimpse of Magog. (Will he become him?)
- Needing to calm David done and get him psychological help, Superman takes David to the Fortress of Solitude to temporarily take away his powers. Before he can, Key uses doors to attack the Fortress in an effort to get David's ship, hoping to open portals to the multiverse.
- After stopping Key's attack, David's ship gets reactivated and he leaves to go off to a different parallel Earth. There he meets Gog, again hinting at his future.
I'm actually really enjoying this title this time. I'm sure the amazing stories of Mark Waid definitely have something to do with it. You owe it to yourself to pick up this title. Recommend.
Highlights:
- We left off with Dick Grayson being lost in time, but quickly placed him as a member of a circus in the early 1900s, an ideal place for him to be, and his rescue was explained away quickly by "notes through time" and the time travel keyword "tachyons".
- Back in the present, a rift opens across the sky and a ship comes out of it. A survivor from a parallel Earth, David Sikela, seems to have abilities, so Superman starts to train him. Dubbed Boy Thunder, he starts working with the Teen Titans.
- An obscure DC villain known as The Key, who can open dimensional doors as well as create them, teams up with the Joker in a plot on Gotham, flooding the streets. Many heroes working together are able to stop it and reverse it, but David has been captured.
- The heroes search for David and they find him. Between survivors guilt and lack on control over his powers, Boy Thunder almost kills The Joker, showing a glimpse of Magog. (Will he become him?)
- Needing to calm David done and get him psychological help, Superman takes David to the Fortress of Solitude to temporarily take away his powers. Before he can, Key uses doors to attack the Fortress in an effort to get David's ship, hoping to open portals to the multiverse.
- After stopping Key's attack, David's ship gets reactivated and he leaves to go off to a different parallel Earth. There he meets Gog, again hinting at his future.
I'm actually really enjoying this title this time. I'm sure the amazing stories of Mark Waid definitely have something to do with it. You owe it to yourself to pick up this title. Recommend.
March 17, 2025
“David. I know what you think of yourself, and you’re wrong. I know you don’t believe that you’re better than him. That you’re better than this. But trust me. Your are.”
“WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU?!”
“Because Superman never lies.”
Once more, Mark Waid and company just throw the absolute hell down. Following up the opening singular problem with YET ANOTHER singularly superheroic problem that Superman and Batman (and Robin and Supergirl; once he gets back from being lost in the time stream, don’t ask, just read) can handle.
And even better it’s not really a problem they can punch! Though there is absolutely plenty of that. I think really the only big ding I have against this is I don’t really care about Boy Thunder (until the Massive JSA Dork Like Me Tease at the end) so I’m always like, trying to push him out of the way while Superman hunts down fingerprints from The Key with his super vision and Batman punches out Zebra Man.
COMICS! I fucking love them. And this one in particular is really, really growing on me.
“WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU?!”
“Because Superman never lies.”
Once more, Mark Waid and company just throw the absolute hell down. Following up the opening singular problem with YET ANOTHER singularly superheroic problem that Superman and Batman (and Robin and Supergirl; once he gets back from being lost in the time stream, don’t ask, just read) can handle.
And even better it’s not really a problem they can punch! Though there is absolutely plenty of that. I think really the only big ding I have against this is I don’t really care about Boy Thunder (until the Massive JSA Dork Like Me Tease at the end) so I’m always like, trying to push him out of the way while Superman hunts down fingerprints from The Key with his super vision and Batman punches out Zebra Man.
COMICS! I fucking love them. And this one in particular is really, really growing on me.
November 13, 2024
This volume was excellent! It’s leagues ahead of Vol. 1. When I read the first volume, I was slightly disappointed—not because it was bad, but because it wasn’t what I anticipated. This is the experience I was hoping for. The writing is exciting, badass, and full of heart—a great palate cleanser that actually makes you feel something. I hope the rest of the volumes maintain this level. As for the art, Dan Mora is a force of nature.
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