So we've seen Superman and Batman reach some level of understanding to give the mini-series closure, right?

But there's an epilogue, in the form of the editorial Perry is off to write.  And it's kind of an odd ending for the mini-series in my mind, but I can't quite parse it out.  So...I hand it over to you to tell me the meaning of it!


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Sadly, the World's Worst Christmas Present issue never really gets addressed (we need fixit fic, stat!).  However, when Gotham and Metropolis are threatened, they come together and function well as a team:


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Ready for a litmus test?

When I've talked about the scans below with people, it's almost always a 50-50 response who they empathize more with and who they end up kind of growly at.  So I think it's a pretty well-balanced scene, but...oh boy, do Clark and Bruce really manage to mess Christmas up between the two of them.  Consider it a team effort.

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So the main conceit of this mini-series is that Clark has to work in Gotham while Bruce works in Metropolis, which I have to say is a pretty awesome idea.

Bruce works especially well in Metropolis, I think, playing off Lois and Jimmy very nicely.  He also wears some earth-shatteringly amazing clothing.


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Another day, another charity function (Earth-1 must have a bazillion charity functions!) for the Midway orphanage.


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I dreamed last night that I was on a cruise ship and Superman and Batman were there too--in costume--investigating a crime. They were walking around together talking about the crime scene and--for some reason--Superman was carrying a white puppy and Batman a black kitten. I sneaked around trying to follow them and hoped they wouldn't notice me ( Read more... )

A few people have noted that the cruise in Music of the Spheres is an homage to "World's Finest #1," in which Clark and Bruce go on a cruise together in (only somewhat) less slashy circumstances. Now that the cruise is over, I thought I would share ( Read more... )