Origin stories always make me nervous. I like the heroes you're messing with, and I expect to still like them once you've reimagined their beginnings. As with anything else, some origins work well and others don't.
Greg Pak's Batman Superman is outstanding. It's as if DC's two favorite sons become trapped in a story written by a character you'd find in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. It's filled with action, but that takes a backseat to who these characters are and who they could be given slightly different circumstances. Jae Lee's beautiful art is complex, so slow down and take it all in to really understand what's happening within the panels.
My full review of issue #2 is on the Broken Frontier site, and you can read it HERE.
If you are a fan of these characters, or you just want to add something fresh to your reading list, this series is a good place to start.
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