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The Dark Horse Comics/DC: Superman
The Dark Horse Comics/DC: Superman by Chuck Dixon (2016-08-16)
416 pages, Paperback
First published August 16, 2016
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Chuck Dixon
3,426 books1,029 followersCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, perhaps best-known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
His earliest comics work was writing Evangeline first for Comico Comics in 1984 (then later for First Comics, who published the on-going series), on which he worked with his then-wife, the artist Judith Hunt. His big break came one year later, when editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' The Savage Sword of Conan.
In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing Airboy with artist Tim Truman. Continuing to write for both Marvel and (mainly) Eclipse on these titles, as well as launching Strike! with artist Tom Lyle in August 1987 and Valkyrie with artist Paul Gulacy in October 1987, he began work on Carl Potts' Alien Legion series for Marvel's Epic Comics imprint, under editor Archie Goodwin. He also produced a three-issue adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit for Eclipse with artist David Wenzel between 1989 and 1990, and began writing Marc Spector: Moon Knight in June 1989.
His Punisher OGN Kingdom Gone (August, 1990) led to him working on the monthly The Punisher War Journal (and later, more monthly and occasional Punisher titles), and also brought him to the attention of DC Comics editor Denny O'Neil, who asked him to produce a Robin mini-series. The mini proved popular enough to spawn two sequels - The Joker's Wild (1991) and Cry of the Huntress (1992) - which led to both an ongoing monthly series (which Dixon wrote for 100 issues before leaving to work with CrossGen Comics), and to Dixon working on Detective Comics from #644-738 through the major Batman stories KnightFall & KnightsEnd (for which he helped create the key character of Bane), DC One Million , Contagion , Legacy , Cataclysm and No Man's Land . Much of his run was illustrated by Graham Nolan.
He was DC's most prolific Batman-writer in the mid-1990s (rivalled perhaps in history by Bill Finger and Dennis O'Neil) - in addition to writing Detective Comics he pioneered the individual series for Robin , Nightwing (which he wrote for 70 issues, and returned to briefly with 2005's #101) and Batgirl , as well as creating the team and book Birds of Prey .
While writing multiple Punisher and Batman comics (and October 1994's Punisher/Batman crossover), he also found time to launch Team 7 for Jim Lee's WildStorm/Image and Prophet for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios. He also wrote many issues of Catwoman and Green Arrow , regularly having about seven titles out each and every month between the years 1993 and 1998.
In March, 2002, Dixon turned his attention to CrossGen's output, salthough he co-wrote with Scott Beatty the origin of Barbara Gordon's Batgirl in 2003's Batgirl: Year One. For CrossGen he took over some of the comics of the out-going Mark Waid, taking over Sigil from #21, and Crux with #13. He launched Way of the Rat in June 2002, Brath (March '03), The Silken Ghost (June '03) and the pirate comic El Cazador (Oct '03), as well as editing Robert Rodi's non-Sigilverse The Crossovers. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04). Dixon's Way of the Rat #24, Brath #14 and El Cazador #6 were among the last comics released from the then-bankrupt publisher.
On June 10, 2008, Dixon announced on his forum that he was no longer "employed by DC Comics in any capacity."
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November 7, 2020
The book contains 4 crossovers between Superman and Dark Horse comics.
Superman vs. Aliens - 5 stars
Kevin Nowlan's inking makes this book. It gives Jurgens' pencils a dark, moody look that looks made for the Aliens world. Superman discovers a distress signal in Kryptonian in deep space. Superman goes there and finds a mostly empty city which the Aliens have decimated.
Superman vs. Aliens II - God War - 3.5 stars
Jon Bogdanove takes over the art and Nowlan's inks don't work as well here. Superman is visiting the New Gods when they are attacked by Aliens sent by Darkseid. The New Gods are a difficult concept to do right and Jurgens' story is just OK.
Superman / Madman Hullabaloo - 4 stars
Mike Allred provides one of his trademark, wacky Madman stories with his typical, fantastic artwork.
Superman / Tarzan Sons of the Jungle - 0 stars
Awful, boring story with some of the worst art I've seen published by a major publisher.
Received an advance copy from Dark Horse and Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
Superman vs. Aliens - 5 stars
Kevin Nowlan's inking makes this book. It gives Jurgens' pencils a dark, moody look that looks made for the Aliens world. Superman discovers a distress signal in Kryptonian in deep space. Superman goes there and finds a mostly empty city which the Aliens have decimated.
Superman vs. Aliens II - God War - 3.5 stars
Jon Bogdanove takes over the art and Nowlan's inks don't work as well here. Superman is visiting the New Gods when they are attacked by Aliens sent by Darkseid. The New Gods are a difficult concept to do right and Jurgens' story is just OK.
Superman / Madman Hullabaloo - 4 stars
Mike Allred provides one of his trademark, wacky Madman stories with his typical, fantastic artwork.
Superman / Tarzan Sons of the Jungle - 0 stars
Awful, boring story with some of the worst art I've seen published by a major publisher.
Received an advance copy from Dark Horse and Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
September 1, 2016
I received this from Edelweiss and Dark Horse Comics in exchange for an honest review.
2.75 stars (rounded up). This is the average of the ratings for the four stories included in this volume. This is the first of several volumes collecting the Dark Horse/DC mash-ups from the mid-90s to the early 2000s.
Story #1 - Superman vs Alien (1995). 4 stars. Good twist on the story of Argo, the city from Krypton, as well as Kara (“Supergirl”). This one read like one of the old Elseworlds volumes from the 1990s. The aliens were properly vicious and it was good to see Superman actually have to rely on something other than his super-strength (he was losing his powers, being so far away from our sun). This seems like it was wide open for a sequel…
Story #2 - Superman vs Alien II: God War (2002). 1 star. I hate the New Gods. There, I said it. Out of all of Jack Kirby's creations, the New Gods are the worst, by far. The characters have virtually no depth other than “Fight! Fight! Fight!”, especially Orion. Superman was a supporting character in this one, too: the primary storyline was Apokalyps trying to take over New Genesis (again) with another of his “intrigues”. Aliens are part of the story, of course, but it really has nothing to do with the aliens at all. Or Superman, for that matter. There's nothing going for this one; even the artwork sucks.
Story #3 - The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo (1997). 2 stars. Corny, very corny. Like Tom Hanks' "Big" corny. Switched personalities, switched universes, merged costumes, and one "bad" guy behind it all. This felt like a throwback to the light-hearted Superman stories of the 1960s, the Silver Age, in which nothing really bad happened to anyone, even when a building collapses on a crowd of people.
Story #4 – Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle (2001/02). 4 stars. Another “Elseworlds”-type story, this time with the Kryptonian spaceship crash-landing in Africa and the great apes finding and raising Kal-El, as well as finding and raising toddler John Greystoke, who eventually becomes Tarzan. I enjoyed this one, and the artwork was pretty cool, too.
Even though I enjoyed the first and last stories, I’m not sure this is one I would actually purchase. The good and the bad are about equal in this volume, leaving me feeling sort of underwhelmed.
2.75 stars (rounded up). This is the average of the ratings for the four stories included in this volume. This is the first of several volumes collecting the Dark Horse/DC mash-ups from the mid-90s to the early 2000s.
Story #1 - Superman vs Alien (1995). 4 stars. Good twist on the story of Argo, the city from Krypton, as well as Kara (“Supergirl”). This one read like one of the old Elseworlds volumes from the 1990s. The aliens were properly vicious and it was good to see Superman actually have to rely on something other than his super-strength (he was losing his powers, being so far away from our sun). This seems like it was wide open for a sequel…
Story #2 - Superman vs Alien II: God War (2002). 1 star. I hate the New Gods. There, I said it. Out of all of Jack Kirby's creations, the New Gods are the worst, by far. The characters have virtually no depth other than “Fight! Fight! Fight!”, especially Orion. Superman was a supporting character in this one, too: the primary storyline was Apokalyps trying to take over New Genesis (again) with another of his “intrigues”. Aliens are part of the story, of course, but it really has nothing to do with the aliens at all. Or Superman, for that matter. There's nothing going for this one; even the artwork sucks.
Story #3 - The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo (1997). 2 stars. Corny, very corny. Like Tom Hanks' "Big" corny. Switched personalities, switched universes, merged costumes, and one "bad" guy behind it all. This felt like a throwback to the light-hearted Superman stories of the 1960s, the Silver Age, in which nothing really bad happened to anyone, even when a building collapses on a crowd of people.
Story #4 – Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle (2001/02). 4 stars. Another “Elseworlds”-type story, this time with the Kryptonian spaceship crash-landing in Africa and the great apes finding and raising Kal-El, as well as finding and raising toddler John Greystoke, who eventually becomes Tarzan. I enjoyed this one, and the artwork was pretty cool, too.
Even though I enjoyed the first and last stories, I’m not sure this is one I would actually purchase. The good and the bad are about equal in this volume, leaving me feeling sort of underwhelmed.
March 11, 2020
So like all I will also go the story-wise though over the rating be 3.25 to 3.5 for this collection of Superman story published by Dark Horse Comics with DC Comics.
1. I would agree with all the reviewers this first story is the finest with wonderful art and tout story.\
2. The second foray with the Aliens just wasn't that interesting this was set with New Genesis with New Gods but mostly was meh
3. This was just some stupid things all around
4. And this one was with a bad story, bad writing, and bad graphics.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
1. I would agree with all the reviewers this first story is the finest with wonderful art and tout story.\
2. The second foray with the Aliens just wasn't that interesting this was set with New Genesis with New Gods but mostly was meh
3. This was just some stupid things all around
4. And this one was with a bad story, bad writing, and bad graphics.
I have always loved comics, and I hope that I will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics or Diamond Comics or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on the international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I can. I Love comics to bit, may comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading.
September 8, 2019
This is a collection of four Superman crossover stories jointly produced by DC and Dark Horse. The first, longest one is a very good Aliens story well written and drawn by Dan Jurgens and Kevin Nowlan. The Aliens return in the second story, set on the world of The New Gods, and is okay if you like The New Gods, I guess... I was never a fan, though it's pretty well written by Chuck Dixon and ably illustrated by Jon Bogdanove. The final two stories are not at all worthwhile, in my opinion; a very silly thing by Mike Allred that might have been amusing at four or five pages but was painful at over ninety, and a very poorly rendered what-if? tale of Kal-El and Lord Greystoke trading places. I recommend reading the first part and then moving on.
August 16, 2016
An omnibus collection of Dark Horse titles featuring Superman. Two of the four stories were terrible while the other two were a lot of fun. A mixed-bag which ends on a pleasant note saving the best for last.
1. Superman vs. Aliens by Dan Jergens (1995) - Ha, this was really good. Pretty much the plot you'd expect with Supe battling the Aliens but he goes to a city in space that has a Kryptonian heritage and is infested with the Aliens. There he meets Kara and we have a new beginning story for her (Supergirl) there. The art was laughable though because it was sooo nineties. Women in power suits, shoulder pads, man haircuts and Superman had a hairy chest! Plus his hair cut was almost a mullet! LOL! Fun story, though. (4/5)
2. Superman vs. Aliens II: God War by Chuck Dixon (2002) - This one is pretty lame simply because it is boring. Darkseid finds a crashed ship of Aliens and he breeds them to take over New Genesis. I've never read a New Genesis story before so all the gods were new to me. Superman is visiting and he helps them fight off the Aliens. There isn't much action surprisingly, they spend more time chasing than fighting. The art, however, is way better than the first story. This one ends with the possibility open for Darkseid to return with the Alien menace. (2/5)
3. The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo by Mike Allred (1997) - Oh man, this was the cheesiest thing I've read in ages! I have never heard of Madman before but Superman does a dimensional body switch with him and they end up in each other's worlds with their bodies and powers semi-switched. Madman lives in an alternate farcical sixties world. Anyway, they spend their time trying to sort things out and find that Mr Mxyzpklk is at the centre of it all. Not even funny cheese. Yick (1/5)
4. Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle by Chuck Dixon (2002) - Well, I was going to call this a pastiche but the publisher's note at the end says not to think of it as a pastiche but as a "what if" story. It's both. Imagine Kal-El's ship crashed in the middle of darkest Africa and he was raised by apes. Then we have this story here of a Tarzan-Superman who eventually meets up with John Clayton, Lois Lane and Jane Porter after they crash in an airship. It's totally out of canon but incredibly fun. I also loved the art by Meglia and Stewart. It's angular, cartoonish and wild. (5/5)
1. Superman vs. Aliens by Dan Jergens (1995) - Ha, this was really good. Pretty much the plot you'd expect with Supe battling the Aliens but he goes to a city in space that has a Kryptonian heritage and is infested with the Aliens. There he meets Kara and we have a new beginning story for her (Supergirl) there. The art was laughable though because it was sooo nineties. Women in power suits, shoulder pads, man haircuts and Superman had a hairy chest! Plus his hair cut was almost a mullet! LOL! Fun story, though. (4/5)
2. Superman vs. Aliens II: God War by Chuck Dixon (2002) - This one is pretty lame simply because it is boring. Darkseid finds a crashed ship of Aliens and he breeds them to take over New Genesis. I've never read a New Genesis story before so all the gods were new to me. Superman is visiting and he helps them fight off the Aliens. There isn't much action surprisingly, they spend more time chasing than fighting. The art, however, is way better than the first story. This one ends with the possibility open for Darkseid to return with the Alien menace. (2/5)
3. The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo by Mike Allred (1997) - Oh man, this was the cheesiest thing I've read in ages! I have never heard of Madman before but Superman does a dimensional body switch with him and they end up in each other's worlds with their bodies and powers semi-switched. Madman lives in an alternate farcical sixties world. Anyway, they spend their time trying to sort things out and find that Mr Mxyzpklk is at the centre of it all. Not even funny cheese. Yick (1/5)
4. Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle by Chuck Dixon (2002) - Well, I was going to call this a pastiche but the publisher's note at the end says not to think of it as a pastiche but as a "what if" story. It's both. Imagine Kal-El's ship crashed in the middle of darkest Africa and he was raised by apes. Then we have this story here of a Tarzan-Superman who eventually meets up with John Clayton, Lois Lane and Jane Porter after they crash in an airship. It's totally out of canon but incredibly fun. I also loved the art by Meglia and Stewart. It's angular, cartoonish and wild. (5/5)
July 27, 2019
To start, the original Superman/Aliens is a classic, beautifully drawn, taut with drama and suspense, pushing Superman and Lois to their limits. I know I'm not alone in wishing we'd seen Kara again.
Superman/Aliens 2 looks good - Bog and Nowlan work surprisingly well together, but the story barely tries. The ending - Darkseid just planting a seed of doubt in Orion - works, but getting there... oh boy. Superman faces no stakes, and his run with Orion is just "big generic monsters." Meanwhile, Barda and company run and do nothing.
The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo gets points for looking nice and being eccentric enough to mess with crossover conventions. And for asking Superman if he believes in God. It's forgettable, but still charming.
Superman/Tarzan doesn't look nice, though Meglia employs some interesting storytelling tricks, and reads half-ass. Avoid it.
Superman/Aliens 2 looks good - Bog and Nowlan work surprisingly well together, but the story barely tries. The ending - Darkseid just planting a seed of doubt in Orion - works, but getting there... oh boy. Superman faces no stakes, and his run with Orion is just "big generic monsters." Meanwhile, Barda and company run and do nothing.
The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo gets points for looking nice and being eccentric enough to mess with crossover conventions. And for asking Superman if he believes in God. It's forgettable, but still charming.
Superman/Tarzan doesn't look nice, though Meglia employs some interesting storytelling tricks, and reads half-ass. Avoid it.
November 18, 2016
3 * is for the collection but each story gets its own rating.
1. This is a great 4* premise of Superman running out of power and having to deal with the Aliens.
2. This is a Superman/New Gods story that happens to have the Aliens in it. 3 *
3. This felt like a classic DC Comics Presents story with Madman. Loved it at 4*
4. I love Tarzan who was an inspiration to Siegel when he was creating the big S so that sounds like a great idea. It is but it doesn't work and that might be the art in this story which detracts so bad I give it 1*
1. This is a great 4* premise of Superman running out of power and having to deal with the Aliens.
2. This is a Superman/New Gods story that happens to have the Aliens in it. 3 *
3. This felt like a classic DC Comics Presents story with Madman. Loved it at 4*
4. I love Tarzan who was an inspiration to Siegel when he was creating the big S so that sounds like a great idea. It is but it doesn't work and that might be the art in this story which detracts so bad I give it 1*
August 14, 2016
This collection of Superman crossover stories is worth reading just for Superman/Aliens II, which is one of the best homage/imitations of Jack Kirby's Fourth World stories that I've ever seen, although the presence of the Aliens (and even Superman, really) in the story is pretty incidental. The other tales range from merely competent to largely incomprehensible.
August 16, 2016
Some great crossovers
The class of this book are the two superman/aliens crossovers. The aliens of the movie franchise are the only thing that really gets the big S angry. The second xover, involving the new gods and Darkseid, ready needs a sequel. The other two stories are fun, superman meets madman, and superman Tarzan are decent, but the aliens rule this book.
The class of this book are the two superman/aliens crossovers. The aliens of the movie franchise are the only thing that really gets the big S angry. The second xover, involving the new gods and Darkseid, ready needs a sequel. The other two stories are fun, superman meets madman, and superman Tarzan are decent, but the aliens rule this book.
May 24, 2017
great read
October 12, 2017
The stories with Superman and Aliens were great. The Superman/Tarzan seemed more like an Elseworlds comic. The Superman/Madman story made me feel a little bit dumber for reading it.
September 14, 2022
This is a collection of 4 separate books that I enjoyed at various levels. Here’s how I’d rate them:
1. Superman vs Aliens: 5/5. Loved it! A lot more clever than I thought it would be and a great blend of a Superman and Alien story. I was fascinated by Argo City and Kara in this one and it was genius to have LexCorp be like Weyland Industries. I loved all the artwork too, it really popped. I would re read this.
2. Superman vs Aliens II: God War: 3/5. Good artwork and it’s fun to see Darkseid use the xenomorphs as weapons but it didn’t feel like it took full advantage of the premise. Slightly disappointing.
3. The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo: 4/5. I have never read Madman before so this was my introduction to him and this was a fun crossover! Reminded me of the Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour in a lot of ways and I liked how they went to both universes. LOVE this artwork too, Mike Alfred is really talented, and Madman seems to occupy a very goofy and entertaining world!
4. Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle: 2.5/5: The artwork was very weird but the premise was entertaining enough. It’s not fleshed out well though and Tarzan’s character arc is very lazy and weird. There were some good ideas here though!
1. Superman vs Aliens: 5/5. Loved it! A lot more clever than I thought it would be and a great blend of a Superman and Alien story. I was fascinated by Argo City and Kara in this one and it was genius to have LexCorp be like Weyland Industries. I loved all the artwork too, it really popped. I would re read this.
2. Superman vs Aliens II: God War: 3/5. Good artwork and it’s fun to see Darkseid use the xenomorphs as weapons but it didn’t feel like it took full advantage of the premise. Slightly disappointing.
3. The Superman/Madman Hullabaloo: 4/5. I have never read Madman before so this was my introduction to him and this was a fun crossover! Reminded me of the Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour in a lot of ways and I liked how they went to both universes. LOVE this artwork too, Mike Alfred is really talented, and Madman seems to occupy a very goofy and entertaining world!
4. Superman/Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle: 2.5/5: The artwork was very weird but the premise was entertaining enough. It’s not fleshed out well though and Tarzan’s character arc is very lazy and weird. There were some good ideas here though!
September 20, 2020
Superman vs Aliens 3.5 stars
Superman vs Aliens 2: Godwar 4 stars
Superman/Madman Hullabaloo 3.5 stars
Superman/Tarzan Sons of the Jungle 2 Stars
Despite the fact that the scores don't average out to it I'm giving this collection 4 stars. It's a very nice volume with great paper quality that looks gorgeous, the stories collected a very good outside of Tarzan, but that works as a curiosity (it could have been so much better) and rounds out the book nicely.
If you are a fan of Superman crossovers and Aliens, definitely pick this up.
Superman vs Aliens 2: Godwar 4 stars
Superman/Madman Hullabaloo 3.5 stars
Superman/Tarzan Sons of the Jungle 2 Stars
Despite the fact that the scores don't average out to it I'm giving this collection 4 stars. It's a very nice volume with great paper quality that looks gorgeous, the stories collected a very good outside of Tarzan, but that works as a curiosity (it could have been so much better) and rounds out the book nicely.
If you are a fan of Superman crossovers and Aliens, definitely pick this up.
July 26, 2020
The best was the Supergirl/ Alien story, the rest were quite mediocre. Also another Tarzan story that I didn’t care for.
August 23, 2021
5 stars for the first Superman vs Aliens story, 4 stars for the second, 5 stars for the Madman/Superman Hullabaloo, 1 for Superman/Tarzan (oof, that was bad).
May 12, 2025
Definitely loved the Aliens and Tarzan crossovers. Great read and love to see different companies take on my favorite hero. I’m on the search for more!
January 15, 2017
Four stories, two of them good, one of them unresolved and the last terrible. not a good mix when cherry-picking a collection.
April 3, 2017
You wouldn't think these characters work so well together, but they do. Two chilling tales in which Superman meets the Xenomorphs (including one involving my favorite, Darkseid) are followed by a mod pop romp with Madman and Mxyzptlk. The last story in this collections finds Superman's rocket landing in the jungle, where *he* becomes Tarzan! Great fun to be had in this volume.
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