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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781401200237
ISBN: 1401200230
Label: DC Comics
Manufacturer: DC Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: January 01, 2006
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: January 01, 2006
Studio: DC Comics
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Get ready for Superman as you've never seen him before, in an uproarious new graphic novel by The First 28 Years of Monty Python scribe Kim Howard Johnson with some help by Monty Python and Fawlty Towers legend John Cleese! In this hilarious twist on a familar tale, the infant Superman's rocket ship crash lands in an English town even smaller than Smallville. Adopted by the kindly Clarks, young Colin is taught to hide his powers, as nobody likes to stand out in a crowd. But when a grown-up Colin - now a mild-mannered reporter for The Daily Smear - uses his powers publicly, the question on everyone's lips is: what will the neighbours think? Featuring art by superstar John Byrne, this is a publishing event not to be missed!
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
"Monty Python" writer Kim "Howard" Johnson, with the assist of John Cleese (also of MP fame), pens this new take on the Man of Steel, who crash-lands in England instead of Kansas as a baby. Raised as Colin Clark and hiding his superpowers out of embarrassment, he becomes a reporter for a sleazy tabloid, creates the persona of Superman, and uses the fame to further his career. Unfortunately, this Superman gets more bad press than Spider-Man!
Taking a premise that has near-endless possibilities, ... Read More
Rating:  -
I'm mainly an '80s Byrne fan, and I highly recommend his '80s stuff, but he's done quite a bit of work since then, so I thought I'd check this out.
The thing that shocked me about this right off the bat is that this is the most cartoony art I've ever seen from him. It's just not his '80s-style Superman at all. That's OK really- as long as people know what they're getting up front. The reason I actually kind of like this artwork is that this is some of the most *detailed* work we've seen from him ... Read More
Rating:  -
Now, I'm not going to hold the fact that I did not read carefully against the book - that's my fault, not the book's.
I was hoping for something a bit more serious, like Millar's "Red Son" in which Superman is raised in the USSR rather than in the USA.
But, this book is a tongue-in-cheek take on Superman, based on the premise that he landed in Kent in England, rather than Kansas, USA. Co-written by Monty Python contributers (it doesn't seem quite right to call John Cleese a mere contributor), ... Read More
Rating:  -
Wow, I cannot believe how boring I found this book. While I did enjoy the artwork, the writing is just dull, flat, lifeless. I expected soooo much more from the man who wrote Faulty Towers. Not for Superman fans, not for Cleese fans, not for anyone, really.
Rating: -
DC takes an interesting premise and throws all its potential out the window with SUPERMAN: TRUE BRIT, an original graphic novel that asks the question, what if Kal-El's rocket landed in England instead of the USA? This is not a serious Elseworlds tale by any means, but rather a bunch of gags drug out over 96 pages. Writer Kim Johnson presents the reader with a question: in a reserved, uptight British society, how would a godlike character like Superman fit in? To answer that question, all Britons are unfortunately portrayed ... Read More
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