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Superman goes to Hell, but at least he’s got some nice Walt Simonson art to get him there. Sorry, that sentence came to me and I had to go with it. Truly, the art is nice and gives the issue a somewhat established feel, which the issue really needs. Without the Simonson art, Superman #666 […]

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Superman tackles religion (with Fabian Nicieza writing–seriously, I thought it was Kurt Busiek), specifically a church with a metahuman on tap to murder. The first issue works really well, with Superman investigating, but also doing lots of the iconic stills in the sky. The art’s terrible, so the iconic stills only work if Goldman isn’t […]

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Here’s a well-executed Superman story–a flashback, set in loose continuity (I wonder if writers at DC worry their residuals off trade paperbacks will go south once Didio changes the entire DCU to chimpanzees for two years)–about Superman’s influence on people. It’s a nice story, filled with good scenes and a good handle on the character […]

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Really, I don’t know what the point there might be in talking about All-Star Superman #9. I picked it up, looking for a quick read, something I’d been putting off (All-Star Superman, not a quick read) and here it is: it’s just too good to really talk about.
I mean, I don’t know what Grant Morrison’s […]

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Thomas and Lark borrow a lot from Superman: The Movie here, which isn’t bad–as well as the serial and maybe the TV show (I haven’t seen the TV show, but did recognize a number of things from the serial)–and it works to great effect. If anyone’s going to be drawing a 1938 era Superman, it […]

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