Scans: Smallville Season 11
Smallville Season 11: Written by BRYAN Q. MILLER, Pencils by CHRIS CROSS and KEVIN WEST)
I've posted scans of the first part of the "Detective" arc in Smallville Season 11, which ends with Clark and Bruce deciding to work together. The second half of the story features a lot of bromance and hurt/comfort and a heart-to-heart talk in Crime Alley, and it's wonderful!
I'll skip right to the h/c, in which Batman, after discovering Joe Chill murdered, finds out Superman has been shot with Kryptonite bullets:
Ugh, UGH. That panel where the police are barking at him and he's totally ignoring them and cradling Superman in his arms and talking reassuring nonsense to him, that's the good stuff.
Batman takes off on a high-speed chase through the streets with a groggy and poisoned Superman, who decides this is a good time to reveal his identity:
Nightwing gets in touch with Lois, who tells them they need to get the bullets out of him. Time for a little emergency surgery:
Then he uses the sunlight emitter in his suit (which he used previously to weaken Superman with red sunlight) to bathe Clark in yellow sunlight that will heal him. It's a beautiful moment where he uses what had once been a weapon against an opponent to heal a friend:
With Clark healed, he takes him back to the Manor and they have a nice conversation:
Eventually they (spoiler!) defeat the bad guys and Lois gets a great scoop and all is well. And then Superman shows up in Crime Alley for another heart-to-heart conversation:
Bruce in sunglasses, a trench coat, and jeans--I approve.
It's a really nice scene--I like Clark's faith in Bruce's strength, even when Bruce isn't sure what he would have done, and Bruce's sideways acknowledgement that Clark has come to understand him well.
I've posted scans of the first part of the "Detective" arc in Smallville Season 11, which ends with Clark and Bruce deciding to work together. The second half of the story features a lot of bromance and hurt/comfort and a heart-to-heart talk in Crime Alley, and it's wonderful!
I'll skip right to the h/c, in which Batman, after discovering Joe Chill murdered, finds out Superman has been shot with Kryptonite bullets:
Ugh, UGH. That panel where the police are barking at him and he's totally ignoring them and cradling Superman in his arms and talking reassuring nonsense to him, that's the good stuff.
Batman takes off on a high-speed chase through the streets with a groggy and poisoned Superman, who decides this is a good time to reveal his identity:
Nightwing gets in touch with Lois, who tells them they need to get the bullets out of him. Time for a little emergency surgery:
Then he uses the sunlight emitter in his suit (which he used previously to weaken Superman with red sunlight) to bathe Clark in yellow sunlight that will heal him. It's a beautiful moment where he uses what had once been a weapon against an opponent to heal a friend:
With Clark healed, he takes him back to the Manor and they have a nice conversation:
Eventually they (spoiler!) defeat the bad guys and Lois gets a great scoop and all is well. And then Superman shows up in Crime Alley for another heart-to-heart conversation:
Bruce in sunglasses, a trench coat, and jeans--I approve.
It's a really nice scene--I like Clark's faith in Bruce's strength, even when Bruce isn't sure what he would have done, and Bruce's sideways acknowledgement that Clark has come to understand him well.