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Title: Maximum Effort!
Writer: Mark Evanier
Penciller: Rick Burchett
Inker: Terry Austin
Colorist: Rick Taylor
Letterer: Lois Buhalis
Cover Art: Rick Burchett & Terry Austin
Summary:
Bibbo
tries to help out Superman with a case so his friends will finally see that he
& Superman are friends.
Description:
This
issue opens with Bibbo telling his friends at a local bar how he helped Superman
stop a bank robbery. Together they beat up the bad guys and Bibbo is able to say
that he's more then Superman's pal, but a partner, like Batman and Robin. But,
someone at the bar, who was also at the bank tells everyone that Bibbo got in
Superman's way and didn't help at all.. All Bibbo really did was knock the mask
off one of the thieves, revealing his scarred face.
As the laughter of the crowd drives Bibbo away,
wanting to redeem himself. Meanwhile, Clark Kent is looking into the strange
bank robbery. Despite having high tech weapons and a viable plan, the crooks
didn't take anything. They accidentally destroyed twenty million dollars in
negotiable securities owned by Lex Luthor, which were insured, of course.
Luthor, as we see, looks fairly pleased at their destruction, and figures that
if it works once, it will work again. Gee, I wonder if he was behind all this.
As Clark Kent tracks down information on Luthor's
shady insurance dealings, Bibbo encounters the man with the scar and decides to
track him, hoping this will lead to something. Once at their hideout, a
farmhouse, the crooks take off in a tank back toward Metropolis. Bibbo grabs the
tank and rides with them to the Luthor Metropolitan museum. One they arrive at
the museum, they start to destroy everything they see. Bibbo tries to help by
grabbing a bomb they've placed, but by doing so triggers an instant detonator.
Luckily Superman's there. Superman grabs the bomb and flies it out of the
museum, saving everyone inside, but the explosion knocks him out cold and the
crooks get away. Bibbo's upset that he screwed up big time.
Upon investigation, firemen reveal that the
paintings aren't damaged, but it looks as if they had been disintegrated with no
trace remaining. After having his spirits lifted by a volunteer's speech, Bibbo
seeks out Clark Kent and reveals the location of the crooks' hideout. Despite
warnings from Clark to stay away, Bibbo bikes out there to try and stop them,
but is nearly run over by the crooks as they make another run. One of them
recognizes Bibbo, and they decide that he shouldn't be around to mess up their
plans anymore. As they fire, one of the crooks jumps in the way of the bullets,
revealing himself to be Superman, who makes short work of the armored thugs, and
allows Bibbo to take out the leader. As Luthor prepares another insurance scam,
Superman knocks on his window, holding up one of the thugs to let Luthor know
that it is all over. Of course, Luthor is angry and he's had yet another plan
ruined.
Bibbo tells his new story, which the bar patrons
don't believe, but they're convinced when Superman flies by and thanks Bibbo
personally.
Review:
A
pretty good story which I could definitely see being animated. Burchett does a
fine job and it's a pity this is his last issue. He'll be moving onto Gotham
Adventures in a few months, so that book will be in good hands. It's hard to
say who'll take over this book, but I can bet we'll get some good artists. Mark
Evanier does a great job exploring Bibbo's view son Superman, and he writes
Superman great as well! Overall, a nice little story.
Rating: 
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