BYRNE's GENERATIONS 3 PREVIEW

[MichaelDoran]

<a href="http://classic.newsarama.com/DC/SMBMG3Cv1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://classic.newsarama.com/DC/SMBMG3Cv1_t.jpg" width="150" height="228" border="0" alt="SUPERMAN &amp; BATMAN: GENERATIONS III no. 1 cover" align="right"></a>DC has provided Newsarama with preview pages from writer/artist John Byrne’s return to his Elseworlds version of the DC Universe, Generations, the stories of an alternate reality where DC's most popular heroes made their debuts in the same years their comics first appeared in our world and age in real time. Superman & Batman: Generations III is a January-debuting 12-issue monthly maxi-series that according to DC is a “millennia-spanning epic that exceeds the earlier Generations sagas in scope and audacity”

“Each issue of Generations III covers a different century - beginning with the twentieth - as a mysterious threat targets Superman and Batman,” reads DC’s description. “But will this threat age right alongside our heroes? Or will it strike from another point in time? There are hints a-plenty in the first issue, as a young Superboy must rescue Bruce Wayne from danger on a battlefield with help from an unexpected source...the Legion of Super-Heroes' Saturn Girl!

“Future issues of Generations III will feature many of the characters from earlier Generations installments, as well as surprising guest-stars, ranging from Jonah Hex to Kamandi, as the story roars on to a shocking final battle with a nigh-unstoppable foe!”

<p align="center"><a href="http://classic.newsarama.com/DC/SMBMG31_04.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://classic.newsarama.com/DC/SMBMG31_04_t.jpg" width="150" height="228" border="0" alt="SUPERMAN &amp; BATMAN: GENERATIONS III no. 1 , pg. 4" hspace="1"></a><a href="http://classic.newsarama.com/DC/SMBMG31_08.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://classic.newsarama.com/DC/SMBMG31_08_t.jpg" width="150" height="228" border="0" alt="SUPERMAN &amp; BATMAN: GENERATIONS III no. 1 , pg. 8" hspace="1"></a><a href="http://classic.newsarama.com/DC/SMBMG31_10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://classic.newsarama.com/DC/SMBMG31_10_t.jpg" width="150" height="228" border="0" alt="SUPERMAN &amp; BATMAN: GENERATIONS III no. 1 , pg. 10" hspace="1"></a>

[Leonard Samson]

I think this will be very cool. Maybe Byrne isn't as great as in the past, but these Generations series are a great read.

[Jmac439]

Byrne is great when he's doing stuff like this! Im excited.

[danzo]

whatchu talkin' about? Byrne rocks!!! so what if his style has matured and he doesn't do as much detail as once he did- the man still speaks the "visual language" of comics better than most artists ever will, and he can write a super-hero yarn better than most writers as well. i'd kill to be his "finisher" someday...if he'd let someone else, that is, lol.

[Astro Demon]

It's funny to think that the first comic I ever had was drawn by Byrne and I still keep an eye out today. He's kind of a hit or miss with me now.

The Gen 2 series was good but I felt there were too many loose ends. But it strikes me that Byrne is at his best when doing sci fi.

[kalel1227]

I thought G2 was good but nowhere near as intresting as G1. G2 lacked the overall plot or character development of G1. If G3 has a decent plot, I'll be happy. Let's hope this isn't another Marvel: The Lost Generation, but the issue 1 description has me wondering...

[The Spider]

Kamandi's going to be in it? I wonder how Byrne's going to incorporate him in this, considering Kamandi's future is bleaker than the one we saw in the first GENERATIONS series.