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For part 1 of a 4 part series, not much happens in this issue. Perhaps it will be worth reading in a trade. There's 16 pages of main story here with a 4 page back-up. This issue can be summarized as "Supper Duck fights a bad guy". There's a cliff hanger at the end but it's a trope that will be familiar to any supper hero fan. On a positive note, the art is great and they nail the Disney aesthetic they're going for. I knew nothing about Super Duck prior to this comic. I picked it up based on the premise and the mature rating had me thinking the plot could go to a dark and serious place. The mature content amounts to jokes that would go right over a kid's head (imagine the jokes a financial analysts would make at a party) or visuals that could have been removed from the book entirely and have no impact on the plot. I'm hesitant to judge the whole series on 1 issue but this is what they chose to come out swinging with and it did little to draw me in. Combine that with the fact that this is 25% of the whole story and it did little to entice me to pick up issue 2.

This is an else worlds story that reminds me of the Ultimate Marvel universe. I like what they did with characters like the Penguin and Bullock. There not the same as there main-stream counter parts but there's something familiar about them and John's interpretation of them seems fitting. The knock I would give on this book is that I wish the plot had a little more "umph" to it. What we get is good but it almost feels too short. It makes me wish that this was a monthly so we could keep exploring Earth One with Johns and Frank. If I remember right, one of the goals of the Ultimate Marvel line was to re-imagined their most popular characters without all the baggage of main continuity and I think that's what's accomplished here. Sometimes you want to read a fun Batman story without being bogged down by continuity or earth-shattering events.

I read the trade paperback for The Wrong Earth and immediately sought this book out. This series takes place before the events of Wrong Earth which was a initially disappointing but it's great to read more about these characters regardless. The comic follows the adventures of Dragonfly (on Earth-Omega) and Dragonflyman (on Earth-Alpha) as they attempt to stop their own earth's version of a villain called "Devil Man". The plot of the two heroes parallel each other and it's interesting to see how they end up in similar circumstances despite their stark differences. I enjoyed seeing how the fun and ridiculous world of Dragonflyman contrasted with the dark and grim world of Dragonfly and I can't wait to see what happens next. If you enjoyed The Wrong Earth, definitely pick this one up.

This book continues to be an entertaining read. The plot continues to unfold and more light is shed on Dagaonfly/Dragonflyman's relationship with Stinger, is something we only get hints of in Wrong Earth. It's interesting to see how Peyer and Krause continue to weave these concurrent plots in a way that compliments each other and yet feel distinct on their own. The artwork continues to be great and I can't wait for the next issue.

The plot loses a little of it's momentum this issue as we get a flash back that introduces "Lady Dragonflyman". There are not a lot of story developments but this is still a fun read. It'll probably feel more whole when it's collected in a trade with the rest of the arc.