In the 1950s, DC Comics ran a feature in the back of about
15 issues of Adventure Comics featuring the residents of Bizarro World, filled
with a strange imperfect copy of Superman, Lois Lane, and friends.. There’s
tons of crazy stuff happening on this square shaped planet, from a law abiding
Mr. Mxyzptlk whose spending his time happily in prison to sane people being put
in a lunatic asylum. It all because of the Bizarro Code- Ugly is beautiful, perfection
is a crime. It’s pretty much the opposite as what happens on earth.
But, that doesn’t always happen. See, if Bizarro World is
the opposite of earth, then hello is goodbye, black is white and right is
wrong. Yet sometimes a Bizarro will say “Hello” to a person who approaches
them. I don’t know if it’s done to prevent reader confusion or if the writers
who created the Bizarro Code forgot the very rules and regulations they created
for this madcap series.
I love Bizarro and he’s always been one of my favorite
Superman characters. But, the zany stories that finish on paper thin plots and
the constant broken Bizarro version of English is enough to make someone go
crazy or should I say in this case, sane?
A fun series that has some major plot problems. A fun read,
but only in small doses.
Rating 7 out of 10 stars.
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