Taking advantage of the distraction, Kal-El frees his father, only to be faced with the faux Luthor and his zombie-mob. Suddenly, Bizarro is beside him, ready to help defend Pa, as the seemingly unstoppable Doomsday double launches itself at them…. Lunacy and Deus ex Machina moments abound as the conclusion commences with a satellite full of Bizarro Justice Leaguers landing on the dire killer resulting in an all-out brawl.
A glorious fun-filled, action-packed tribute to the anodyne insanity of the Silver Age, Escape from Bizarro World is a delightful Halloween commemoration of simpler times which you can then sample first-hand as the rest of this splendid compilation available in hardback, trade paperback and eBook editions provides a trio of vintage yarns starring the Imperfect Icon. Here the fractured facsimile and his wife Bizarro-Lois produced a perfect human baby. The fast-growing, bonny-looking tyke had a full set of super-powers but was naturally shunned by the populace of the world of freaks he was born on.
Whereas the original copied super-powers for his own gain, the new nasty steals them with the intention of donating them to somebody without extra abilities. Finding no one qualifying on Htrae, Bizarro Amazo heads for Earth, forcing Superman to ally with his own befuddled duplicate to curtail complete chaos…. The final rerun comes from The Man of Steel 5, cover-dated December When DC Comics rationalised and reconstructed their continuity with Crisis on Infinite Earths , they used the event to regenerate their key properties.
He then shaped the planetoid into the form of a cube and dubbed it Bizarro World. The ultraviolet radiation from Bizarro World's blue sun altered Bizarro's powers, granting him the ability to replicate lifeforms similar to himself from his own biological matter. Bizarro continued to emulate Superman by disguising himself as Clark Kent and working as a reporter at the Dayli Planit. Some three months later however, the citizens of Bizarro World learned of Bizarro Clark's true identity and rebelled against him. He broke into the Kent home, abducted Jonathan and brought him back to the Bizarro World where he encased him inside of a crystal chamber at the Fourtriss uv Bizarro.
Superman soon learned of the kidnapping and traced Bizarro's path back to Bizarro World. When he arrived, he found his father and discovered that Bizarro was now planning on destroying the world he had created. The other denizens of Bizarro World learned of this and openly rebelled against him.
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On this cubic world, populated by Bizarro versions of the Justice League of America, Lois Lane and more, Superman must stop Bizarro's tormented, Frankenstein-like rampage long enough to get away -- but will Bizarro versions of Doomsday and other evildoers prove to be too much for Superman? This volume also includes several classic tales of Bizarro that served as inspiration for modern stories of that doomed world. Hardcover , Graphic Novel , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Superman , please sign up. Lists with This Book.
Apr 25, Donovan rated it it was ok Shelves: Three issues of nonsense so irrelevant, inconsistent, and pointless that they fail to be even remotely silly or entertaining. Followed by three issues of padding—other Bizarro tales not written by Johns. View all 8 comments. Apr 15, Artemy rated it it was ok Shelves: This story is almost exactly the same as the one about Bizarro from All-Star Superman. I liked Morrison's take better, as Johns's stuff felt overlong and a bit too shallow, not to mention that Supes himself here was kind of an ass — definitely not a highlight of his Action Comics run, even despite Eric Powell's brilliant artwork.
If you want better Bizarro stories, check out All-Star and overlooked but excellent Bizarro. It really baffles me that the collected version of this volume only has This story is almost exactly the same as the one about Bizarro from All-Star Superman. It really baffles me that the collected version of this volume only has three issues of Johns's comics and is padded by three more issues from 60's's, while Action comics and by Johns were never reprinted ANYWHERE.
Why not put them here, DC? Jul 31, John Yelverton rated it really liked it. All Bizarro stories are silly, the only thing that saves them is if you smiled and enjoyed the silliness that you read. You most definitely do in this book. Mar 25, Paul rated it really liked it. This is a wonderful book with more than just the most current story, Escape From Bizarre World. The thing that stands out most, for me, is how out of place the reintroduction of Bizarro seems now.
It has all the elements of forced overthinking of characters. The shame filled need to make them more logical so that they are relevant for reintroduction to a new audience stands out like hot pink leg warmers in today's This is a wonderful book with more than just the most current story, Escape From Bizarre World.
The shame filled need to make them more logical so that they are relevant for reintroduction to a new audience stands out like hot pink leg warmers in today's athletic clubs. This book did leave me wondering why this character has been ostracized from adaptation on the big screen. Seeing Bizarro on the movie screen would be a nice alternative to continually seeing Superman deal with Lex Luthor or General Zod. Bizarro will never be my favourite scenario for comics. I'm a big fan of the book, but even that couldn't bring Bizarro to life for me.
It felt like the same thing was happening as I read the main story from this collection. I just couldn' Bizarro will never be my favourite scenario for comics. I just couldn't warm to the story for the first couple of issues. But, by the third, Geoff Johns et al were really grabbing my attention. Things transformed from stupid to awesome right around the time the Fat Flash turned up, and I finally started to enjoy the Bizarro universe.
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I guess I hadn't read any stories that made it seem fun until that point. I loved how Pa Kent brought out the best in Superman. While the story starts as a daft comic about opposite-world, there are some great moments of tenderness between father and son. You begin to realise that a lot of Superman's humanity is down to his human parents. The childhood scenes sprinkled throughout are very well done; touching, believable, sweet and funny.
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Things get more epic towards the end of the tale, and watching Superman play the villain because on Bizarro world that's what he has to do to be the good guy works really well. The rest of the book is padded out with older reprints, a kind of whirlwind tour of "Bizarro Through the Years. It's a typical piece of 60s comic book fluff with a weirdly unsentimental tone. The Mark of Bizarro is an 80s tale.
There's no backwards dialogue, no square planet, just a tragic figure in a tragic tale that really grips.
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Bizarro as monster works remarkably well, with echoes of Frankenstein and King Kong in the redemptive final showdown. After reading this collection, I wouldn't go so far as to call myself converted to Bizarro's charms, but I certainly enjoyed them. I'm convinced that, in the right circumstances, there are more great stories to be told in this odd corner of the DCU. Aug 01, Sarah rated it really liked it.
After coming across Bizarro and the Bizarro World in a different Superman graphic novel I recently read, I couldn't resist picking this one up when it came through at the library. I've become rather fascinated by this character. Geoff Johns--in one of his introductions to the older comics compiled after "Escape from Bizarro World"--described Bizarro as comic relief, an antihero, and a tragic figure.
There is no way I could explain him any better. Depending on the story, he can slip into any one After coming across Bizarro and the Bizarro World in a different Superman graphic novel I recently read, I couldn't resist picking this one up when it came through at the library.
Depending on the story, he can slip into any one of those roles. How cool is that one character can fill so many archetypes? My favorite story was definitely the title comic, written by Johns. Not only did he do an excellent job telling a Bizarro story--with just the right amount of comic opposite-ness and relatable outsider-ness--but he also brilliantly captured the relationship between Clark and Jonathan Kent.
Those flashbacks were easily my favorite moments. I've written in other reviews about how I love familial themes, and this story definitely had those, but not at the expense of solid action and good old-fashioned comic book storytelling. The older comics afterward were also a nice touch.
I enjoyed seeing Bizarro's roots, as well as the different ways he had been used in stories before. Me am not impressed with Bizzaro! Jan 28, Sam Quixote rated it it was ok. Bizarro is this odd Frankenstein-type clone of Superman who says and means the opposite of everything he says so instead of "Hello" he says "Goodbye" and when he sets out to "destroy the world" he really means to "Save it" and so on.
It can get a bit annoying. I've never really seen Bizarro as such a great character but Geoff Johns joins Richard Donner to script an ok 75 page story where Bizarro kidnaps Jonathan Kent and takes him to Bizarro world and its up to Superman to save him. The excellent Bizarro is this odd Frankenstein-type clone of Superman who says and means the opposite of everything he says so instead of "Hello" he says "Goodbye" and when he sets out to "destroy the world" he really means to "Save it" and so on.
The excellent Eric Powell draws it and it's his brilliant art that makes the story distinctive. If you're a reader of his "Goon" series and if not, why not?
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Frankly, I'm not one of BIzarro's fans, the character and everything about him always seemed like a drunken joke and a one note character that's gone on way longer than it should have. But then Bizarro fans might like this or to use Bizarro speak, they am hate it so much. Also included are several past issues from the 70s and 80s where Bizarro popped up in Superman's world.
Jan 15, David Allison rated it liked it. Johns, as is so often the case, plays the repentant tyrant god who somehow wants to both trash all the toys and leave them in mint condition in the box. Donner, Powell and your old pal Bizarro conspire to help him work out these conflicting impulses in a way that is more charming than you might expect here. If you could use Bizarro speak to suggest mixed emotions here I would do it, but suspect that the creators of this comic got there first.
Sep 13, Nick rated it liked it. Geoff Johns and Richard Donner do an incredible job here. At moments it feels to progress slowly, but the ending few pages makes it well worth it. Mar 28, Michael rated it did not like it Shelves: Christ, I hate Bizarro. A few very nice scenes with Clark and his pa, and Powell's art is terrific there's a great background gag of a Bizarro about to hang itself toward the end of the arc , but I freaking hate Bizarro and Bizarro-speak.
The story was thin and incredibly hard to plow through given how annoying the dialogue is.
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The back-up stories were massive, massive chores to get through. Mar 05, Gerky rated it it was ok. I will never, ever understand the appeal of Bizarro or find him a compelling creature. The second star is purely for the Man of Steel bonus issue in the book which is far better than I'd expect from non-All Star, non-Joe Kelly, non-Kurt Busiek Superman and Byrne being allowed complete control of a book. And also far, far better than anything else in this collection.
Get a Man of Steel collection and avoid this. Starting with a fresh new story about Bizarro, Superman, and Jonathan Kent helping to 'fix' Bizarro World, this book is a fun look at the square planet and its inhabitants. The second half of the book collects classic stories, from a bizarro Superbaby being raised on Earth in the same orphanage Supergirl works at to a Frankenstein version from the 90s during a period when Lucy Lane apparently went blind. That issue in particular was very well drawn, avoiding Bizarro's face and blocking beautiful Starting with a fresh new story about Bizarro, Superman, and Jonathan Kent helping to 'fix' Bizarro World, this book is a fun look at the square planet and its inhabitants.
That issue in particular was very well drawn, avoiding Bizarro's face and blocking beautifully to create suspense. I would highly recommend this comic to anyone who enjoys Superman. Mar 17, Wing Kee rated it liked it.