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oh no its another fight with Deathstoke.....AGAIN!!!

I liked this because it introduced me to a bunch of heroes and villains I didn't know anything about, I kind of like the sci-fi/cosmic thing too. The little boy totally in love with Starfire was pretty funny, but not as funny as Forerunner deciding the hunky warrior guy was now her sex slave and his trying to resist her. I liked how Forerunner's story ended, the final line was great.½

When SpongeBob sends sends away for a free toy, he vows to wait by the mailbox till it comes......Fun story

The Jokerz are organizing. If you read the previous volumes of the Batman Beyond title you could see it coming. And this is where the Jokerz problem comes to a head. Bruce Wayne is again in control of is company, Wayne, Inc. and he brings back a couple of well-known names. Bruce also has a secret that he's hiding from everyone and because of it Terry has to go into quite an intense city-wide battle without Bruce in his ear.

There's also a new Vigilante in town who has named himself, well, Vigilante. And Max is still trying to get the lowdown on the organization called Undercloud. And she's gotten in quite a bit over her head.

There's also quite the cliffhanger at the end of this volume. What will happen to Bruce?

Overall this was my favorite Batman Beyond TPB Volume yet. It was intense and thrilling and the plot was tight. I couldn't stop reading.

An interesting TPB. Lotsa bright green bad guys. There's a guy with a hand (and body) that can control and change, well, everything from people to metal, etc. There's also a crazy half skeleton guy who wants to steal the Wayne Company. And a weird inky woman. Her story was an interesting change of point of view. Oh, and there's a seriously funky JLA too.

The art wasn't bad, though I've never really loved the art of the animated Batman Beyond series.

Not a bad comic, and even a Barbara, and Nightwing (sorta) sighting.

This is a book about the Justice League who are a group of super heroes who fight crime. This would be a good book for 6-8 year old children, this book would be good for a English lesson where the children could write their own ending to the story. they could write how they think the story should end, or what the next chapter of the story should be about.

The story of the Batman Beyond Batman and an old foe coming back into the picture. Of course, it was much more complicated than that.

I thought that the plot was actually pretty good for a comic plot. I didn't see the twist coming, and that doesn't happen when it comes to comic books.

Unfortunately I didn't love the art quite as much. I generally like a more traditional look, and this was much more modern and angular, though I did like most of the coloring. A fine trade paperback collection.

Adam Beechen concludes this six issue mini-series with a bit of a whimper. The Cadmus creation clone of Dick Grayson is an imminent danger to Gotham City as he has explosives set to decimate the city. Dick Grayson (original) and a very battered Terry McGinnis set out to stop his diabolical plans with an unexpected futuristic catwoman helper.

The Good Stuff
Adam Beechen understands Bruce Wayne's psychological motivations very well and is a positive attribute of the story. Bruce is an emotional cripple and is partly to blame for the havoc that is about to be unleashed on Gotham City. The Dick Grayson clone is a reflection of the unfulfilled and unexpressed musings of the original Dick Grayson and Beechen understands this symbiotic relationship. There is plenty of action and suspense, which is a bonus for the issue.

The Bad Stuff
Ryan Benjamin's art falls short. His art is not consistent and his facial expressions fail to capture the emotion needed to properly illustrate the story. Overall, his art throughout the mini-series has been flat and emotionless.

If you're thinking about picking up the single issues of this mini-series, I highly recommend reconsidering. Just wait for the trade.½

I've apparently missed a book or two; it appears that Cassandra's recent betrayal of Batman and company was done under the influence of mind-control drugs. All better now, she sets out to even the score with David Cain, the master assassin who adopted her and trained her from infancy as a killer. At the end, she confronts Cain and Batman, Robin and Nightwing watch as she struggles with her desire to kill this evil thing who made her what she is, and the primary ethic of the Batman family: We do not kill. I liked the intermittent interplay with a potential romance, Sal. I hope he doesn't turn out to be a secret bad guy or something; she could use a break.½

Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com

Have you ever wanted to have an adventure in space? Have you ever dreamed of being a prince on another planet and having to fight evil aliens? Well, Teddy did--and he got his wish in this wonderful adventure story.

Teddy has only science summer school waiting for him after the last bell of the semester. He spends most of his time pondering about what it would be like to fight aliens and to travel in outer space. When he gets home there is an alien in his room. They decide to trade places...and Teddy ends up with the vacation of a life time. The alien is a prince from the planet Manoosh, and Teddy finds more than he expected there. Love and adventure await him.

The author and illustrator are both comic book writers, and there are a lots of wonderful illustrations in this book. It is a short story, but there is a lot of drama and comedy involved. It was a good twist on the classic story of the PRINCE AND THE PAUPER written by Mark Twain. If you like this story then check out that one; you may like it.

I would have liked to have heard more about the alien's adventures here on Earth--but maybe next time! So if being here on this planet is not very interesting, check out this adventure and go to the planet Manoosh!

Robin is targeted by a new group of super-villains who figure they can weaken Batman by getting rid of his protege. Robin, however, more than lives up to his new adoptive father's faith in him. The most intriguing bits here are the gradual humanizing influence of Tim on the Batman (and Bruce Wayne), and Tim's joining his school's tennis team.½

After enjoying Jim Starlin's Mystery in Space series, I've kept my ear to the ground for more DC Comics space opera, and the first book in that vein to come out since then is this, a collection of an eight-issue miniseries of the same (awesome) title. It was all right. Not as good as Mystery in Space; the story was a pretty bog-standard zombie/plague one. The arcs for the main characters (Adam Strange, Animal Man, and Starfire) weren't the best. For example, Adam Strange is called to task for abandoning the people of Rann for year when he swore to protect them, and so he is replaced. There's good potential there-- obviously it wasn't Adam's fault he left Rann, but you can't blame them for wanting a new protector. (Though waiting for him to come back before they do this is highly bizarre!) But his replacement is an arrogant jerk who ends up going evil and being killed (even though they cure all of the other characters who go evil), which totally robs the plotline of any dramatic potential it might have had-- wouldn't it have been more interesting to see him working with/against a well-meaning, competent replacement? (Adam still has a cool costume, though.) The other characters suffer from similar problems. The artwork (which switches pencillers halfway through) is nothing exceptional. A disappointingly average effort in the end.

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Some fairly routine Robin adventures, given some spice by his developing relationship with a pretty intriguing classmate, and some slight humanizing of Bruce Wayne's attitude toward Tim since adopting him. Cassandra, the former Batgirl, makes an appearance at the end of the book that is a fairly disturbing indicator that there is nothing faked about her recent turn to the dark side. Pity, she was one of my favorite current heroes. But at least Tim Drake continues to impress in every way in both his identities.½

A rather distressing storyline (SPOILER ALERT), in which Robin is framed for the murder of Batgirl, and turns down Batman's offer of help to track down the killer himself. The victim, by the way, is not Batgirl. He does discover, however, that Batgirl has gone rogue, returning to her trained assassin roots. Convoluted plot, unimpressive art, and a crossover to the dark side by one of my favorite DC characters. I only hope that Cassie's conversion is in some way a trick, or that she was somehow brainwashed. I reallie liked this Batgirl, and this sudden change leaves me mystified. There must have been some book I missed that set all this up. The one plus is that Tim Drake, the current Robin and my other favorite DC character, has become more and more formidable and interesting of late, even giving Batgirl a decent battle.½