Batman/Superman World's Finest, Vol. 7: Total Eclipso

Batman/Superman: World's Finest

by Mark Waid, Adrián Gutiérrez (Artist), Fran Galán (Artist)

Darkness descends, alliances are tested, and legendary heroes unite in the latest thrilling chapter of Batman/Superman: World’s Finest!

Eclipso rises, threatening to engulf the world in eternal darkness, and even the combined might of Batman and Superman may not be enough to stop him! As the Justice League faces its breaking point, the battle for Earth’s yellow sun becomes the key to victory! Meanwhile, chaos erupts when the Super-Pets go rogue, leading to an unlikely team-up between Batgirl and Jimmy Olsen to save the day. Plus, Green Lantern and Green Arrow reunite for a high-stakes mission against the deadly Deathstroke in a special one-shot adventure!

Collects Superman/Batman: World’s Finest #31-34 and Green Lantern/Green Arrow: World’s Finest Special #1.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Batman, Graphic Novels, Superheroes

176 pages, Hardcover

First published August 5, 2025

About the author

Mark Waid (born March 21, 1962 in Hueytown, Alabama) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his eight-year run as writer of the DC Comics' title The Flash, as well as his scripting of the limited series Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright, and his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

The most funnerest DC title of all! Especially the Super-Pets issue; Krypto is a good boy, yes he is…

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5
Waid gets DC. The tone. Somehow light and serious at the same time. Funny but not serious or stupid. Smart but not condescending or try hard. He is a master weaver of so much.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothin' I can do, Total Eclipso the heart.

I didn't have anywhere else to put that, so I'm putting it there, because I found it funny.

The main draw here is the Eclipso story, as shown by the title, but it's a fairly by the numbers Eclipso story, all told. It does a couple little fun things, but it's nothing we haven't seen elsewhere, really. New regular series artist (since Dan Mora's now on JLU) Adrian Gutierrez is a superb addition to the stable; he was doing amazing things on the latest Blue Beetle series (RIP) and I'm glad to see him graduate to something even better.

Also included however are a Super Pets adventure which is amusing as hell, and a one-off special that reunites Green Arrow and Green Lantern under the capable pen of guest writer Jeremy Adams, which are welcome additions to the book for certain.

Not as revolutionary as earlier volumes, but still great fun.

[Ángel Javier · Rating 3 out of 5]

El peor volumen de esta serie hasta la fecha: en primer lugar, la historia de Eclipso me parece apresurada, resuelta a la buena de Dios, y se nota demasiado la ausencia de Dan Mora del título. El número con los súper perros + Batgirl + Jimmy Olsen me pareció, sin embargo, bastante redondo y divertido. Pero si quisiera leer tebeos de Green Arrow, Green Lantern y Flash, como los dos últimos que aparecen en el tomo, me compraría sus colecciones (de hecho, me compro la de Green Lantern). Este cómic debería estar dedicado a Batman y Superman, o, en todo caso, a sus compañeros y secundarios, y sí, sé perfectamente que en el World's Finest original, se colaban de vez en cuando otros súpers aparte de Bruce y Clark, pero esa no es la cuestión: sin Waid ni Mora, sin Supes ni Bats, la cole se va al garete: se convierte en otro título de team-up más, otra mediocridad en un mercado saturado de coles de medio pelo. En fin, en el fondo, a mí plim: menos dinero que me gasto.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

The whole premise around Eclipso was great. Bringing in the JSA was fun. The execution was quite bad. I was constantly flipping back a page confident I must have skipped something, but it was just that the story was crammed into too few pages. There are moments where the plot just makes no sense and the scenes don't seem connected. I am a fantasy novel type of person, and I prefer that stories have room to breathe.

Then we get to the alien story that was weird and not my favorite from an illustration standpoint. And top it off with a decent Green Lantern story that is entirely missing Batman and Superman.

I already miss Dan Mora, and I am worried he was holding this series together. We will see how it goes from here.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some classic stories maybe not quite as much fun as previous volumes. Eclipso shows up to target the Justice League and Justice Society. Then Batgirl, Elastic Lad, Ace the Bathound and Krypto team up to save the day. For good measure, Jeremy Adams inserts a hard traveling heroes era story where Green Lantern and Green Arrow are targeted by Deathstroke in a story that takes place before his first appearance in Teen Titans.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm a little sad that I haven't been enjoying this series as much as I did at the start. I still like it, but I no longer love it.

It doesn't help that Dan Mora isn't doing the art. The artists here are good but part of what made me fall in love with this series was Mora's style.

I understand that there's only so many stories you can do where Batman, Robin and Superman are the stars, but I just don't really care about any of the other heroes.

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ecllipso is the big bad villain in this collection...
(special appearance by the JSA!)

While the world wonders where Batman and Superman have gone, we've also got Batgirl (with the assistance of Ace the Bat-Hound) fighting crime with Jimmy Olsen and Krypto.
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Bonus: Additional story includes the first meeting of Deathstroke and GL/GA (before New Teen Titans #2 (1980))

[AJ Easterday · Rating 4 out of 5]

*3.5 stars

Great guest artists in this volume, but the stories aren't my favorite. I wasn't very into the Eclipso story, but I really enjoyed Good Boys and the Green Arrow/Green Lantern team-up. The art style in Good Boys was so fun, and I always love to see the super dogs.

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5.

Eclipso story was fine but I may have liked the non Bats and Sups stories better.