Publisher: DC/Marvel Comics
Writers: Christopher Priest, Sean Murphy & Matt Fraction
Artists: Daniel Sampere, Sean Murphy & Steve Lieber
Colorists: Alejandro Sanchez, Simon Gough & Nathan Fairbairn
Release Date: 25th March 2026

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Arguably providing part of the meat in this Superman/Spider-Man sandwich, Christopher Priest’s “Pages” is a surprisingly odd tale that attempts to show Peter Parker’s symbiote‑suited alter ego that he is, in fact, a comic‑book character. The entire premise behind this eight‑page plot hinges on Superboy Prime needing “your friendly neighbourhood” crime‑fighter’s spider‑sense to help him locate his own world from “inside one of millions of turning pages.”

Coupled with several mind‑bending panels by Daniel Sampere – depicting the unlikely duo flying through a vortex littered with printed publications – and a somewhat bizarre appearance by the High Evolutionary as the villain of the piece, it’s doubtful many readers will find the narrative particularly satisfying. Matters aren’t helped by the tale ending just as the pair finally settle their differences and decide to tackle Herbert Edgar Wyndham’s cybernetic form head‑on: “If we take out Evo’s sentient armour, we might have half a shot at this…”

Unfortunately, this habit of concluding a story just as the protagonists reach an understanding also haunts Sean Murphy’s “Beyond The Cobwebs Of Tomorrow.” It wraps up precisely when a disconcertingly thin‑looking Superboy, Batman (Beyond), and Spider‑Man 2099 form an alliance to take down Lex Luthor “in the near future.” This five‑pager genuinely has plenty of potential with such an intriguing roster, but it abruptly stops once the young Kryptonian decides to lead the trio off to find the ever‑devious owner of LexCorp somewhere in outer space.

By far the anthology’s biggest surprise, however, is surely “Jimmy Con Carnage,” which unceremoniously drops photographer Jimmy Olsen before J. Jonah Jameson at the Daily Bugle. Penned by Matt Fraction and drawn by Steve Lieber, this astonishingly brief anecdote initially presents itself as a fun, tongue‑in‑cheek account of “Superman’s Pal” trying to snap a picture or two of Spider‑Man before he’s fired from his new job. But things turn decidedly dark once the young man unwisely wanders down a blind alley in Manhattan and is quite literally disembowelled by the mass‑murdering Cletus Kasady/Carnage – before his trademark Superman Signal Watch can even finish updating its firmware.

The writer of this piece was: Simon Moore
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