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Emery Calame
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Looks more like mid 80's Mon-El than Superman (to me).
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Brian Floyd
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I see a yellow outline around the chest shield. The shield on the cape is a reverse of the chest, instead of being yellow. Plus the top of the boots.

Looks to me like the artist *may* have used Tom Welling as a model for the face. Still looks more like SuperBOY than SuperMAN in the face, though.

The Batman costume stinks except for the utility belt.

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Michael Andrew Gonoude
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The artwork on both is fine, bu-u-ut... 

The Bat-costume...>PFEH!<  The black belt works, but why do artists always want to get Bruce out of his trunks?  The seams give the costume a pieced-together look that seems -- wrong.  The bat-insignia on the chest?  In Burton's first movie, I kept hoping for a scene where Batman would raise his arms, and the symbol would flop upside-down and over backwards.  Never happened, but it shoulda

What's the reason for the change in Superman's boot-tops?  Did the artist think to himself, "Well, I gotta piss on something to make it 'my' version"?  And why are artists always trying to brush his spit-curl off his forehead?  For Christ's sake, in a head-shot or tight close-up, it's his only identifying facial feature!

I doubt I'll be buying either of these...

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The artwork on both is fine…

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Not so sure I can be that generous about the Superman image. It looks kind of greasy to me -- and I don't mean just Superman cool modern do.

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Gil Dowling
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I'm not a big fan of Shane Davis on the Superman pic. But I do like Gary Frank and don't mind the new Batman design at all. The seams in the shirt don't seem all that off on what you might find on an Under Armour shirt.
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Keith Thomas
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Bleh
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Flavio Sapha
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Diamond shape too difficult? 
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Flavio Sapha
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On the other hand...

 
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Darren Ashmore
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The Gary Frank art is ok, but why mess with something that's been perfectly fine for the last 70 years (and yeah, I know Batman's costume has undergone changes since his first appearance, but it's always kept the same basic configuration, cape, tights, trucks, boots & gloves).   Don't reinvent the wheel.

 

Blech!

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Flavio Sapha
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I like Frank´s Bruce Wayne face a lot. 
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Troy Nunis
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in that these are both Elesworld's/Ultimates versions -- well, they could certainly be alot worse
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