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Rating:  -
I love Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman series. I love it so much, I sent my only begotten son--I mean, I actually bought all 12 issues then bought both trade paperbacks.
Ordinarily, I don't believe in owning multiple copies of anything. But this comic is just that good. It's classic Superman. It's fun, inspiring, contemplative. And the action is...well, it's there.
It's actually kind of odd. There isn't a whole lot of fighting. But there doesn't have to be. Morrison and Quitely have managed to imbue a sense of wonder into this work that puts recent Hollywood shenanigans to shame.
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Alas, Volume 2 of All Star Superman doesn't sparkle like the first volume did. In the first volume, Grant Morrison perfectly balanced classic Superman mythos with modern retelling and science fiction. In this volume, he went "off the deep end" with silly stories that just made no sense. He fell into the trap that destroyed the superhero genre.
The superhero genre's core weakness is its strength. The strength: the superheroes always win. Of course, the victory is temporary or incomplete. The plotline follows the same formula: Villain causes problems, Hero fights and captures Villain, who will get out for the next issue. Lex Luthor goes to jail, but of course, he'll figure a way out. Batman puts The Joker in the Asylum, where he plots his escape before the next issue. Great writers like Alan Moore can follow this structure in a unique way, or discard it completely (Watchmen).
In the best romantic comedies, we know from the first scene that the two lead characters will end up together, but the writer makes it so interesting and dramatic that we enjoy it anyway. Good superhero storylines are like this - we know the hero will win, but we enjoy the process. Great superhero storylines can make us think differently than we did before we read the book.
In this set of Superman stories, I didn't enjoy the process. The Bizzarro world segment was silly, long and tiresome - I couldn't wait for Superman to get out of there. Then, with his Superman's death imminent, sadly, I actually wanted it to speed up.
I don't know what happened - the first volume had so many cool science-fiction mindbenders. This volume degraded into silly action that was a slightly more sophisticated version of the old Batman TV show camp.
The art was great as always. As in the first volume, Quitely does his best work with the women - one of the female villains looked sexy and strong, despite the utter lack of character development by Morrison.
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I"m not a big Superman fan, but since I really like most of Grant Morrison's work, I decided to take a chance on this book. I liked it..a lot. Writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely have crafted the best Superman story I've ever read. In this tale, Superman is dying, poisoned with solar radiation by Lex Luthor, but must stay alive long enough to save the Earth from annihilation. On his journey he visits Mars, Bizarro World, and faces his own mortality. The best moment is when he convinces a teenage girl not to commit suicide. This brilliant work ranks as one of the best stories in DC history.
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I know that I am in the minority when I say "I must have missed something." I was told for a while now what a fantastic story this was and I would never look at Superman the same way again. They were right. I felt like I was reading Superman meets Willy Wonka as directed by Terry Gilliam. The story was ridiculous and the art was horrible and even a little nauseating.
As my title says Thank goodness for libraries. I didn't have to spend any money on this.
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Although I did significantly enjoy the first volume I didnt think that it lived up to all the hype. This volume is way better and is just flat out amazing. It has to be easily the best superman book of all time hands down. I have to say that this volume is much better than it's predecessor.
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