All-Star Superman: DC Compact Comics Edition

All-Star Superman really sums up who Superman is at his core: A man who wants to help people and do what is right. Superman is poisoned by an overdose of solar radiation engineered by Lex Luthor and his concern is for both the Earth 's people and his friends and wants to ensure their future without him.

Beautiful book. I want more!!! This book kept me from reading it for years. I didn’t want to read it since the anxiety of it freaked me out. But I’m glad I did finally. Now let’s see how the movie plays out.

‼️Haven’t read yet, just based on looks‼️Basically brand new, was a lil dusty but that’s okay. A bit on the smaller side.The only thing that bothered me was the paper material feels like really old school comic book paper and as someone’s who’s autistic with sensory issues it feels weird when i touch it, but im willing to overlook it for Superman.Can’t wait to crack it open and read it, i heard it was pretty good!

There's something comforting about being able to read the amazing All Star Superman series by Morrison and Quitely collected into a compact sized graphic novel. DC has followed Marvel in providing an affordable digest sized novel line that stands as a great entry point for new readers, younger and older. On the point of quality, this is an amazing story about Superman and the importance of his life and legacy realized by a writer known more typically for his cynical takes on heroism, and one the best artists in the industry. Definitely worth reading to see insightfully why he's such a legendary character.On the standpoint of the compact graphic novel format, I have some issues to address. This is a very accessible way to read great stories and I'm very much in support of it but it comes off in quality as "budget". The quality of the paper, the graphic design presentation, the colors and re-sizing of the art is a mixed bag. The covers waste a lot of real estate on a black banner instead of art, with a design that includes too much text. Resizing the art has also impacted the vibrancy of the colors, leaving them muddled and dark. Additionally, the text in the word balloons is quite small, which might make casual reading less enjoyable.I love the idea of an affordable format that makes it easier for new readers, especially kids, to jump onboard. This would make for a great gift from anyone trying to get someone into the hobby of reading comics. I just think the presentation and re-sizing could be done better. The DC Compact line comes with higher page counts but the "Mighty Marvel Masterworks" digest line is wider and taller, with much better quality paper that makes the art feel vivid.Ultimately, because the story and art is so amazing, I'll always recommend reading and owning All Star Superman, but I think this format should be viewed as more disposable than collectible.

Es una de las mejores historias si no la mejor que he leído sobre un cómic de Superman. El cómic es de un tamaño decente y aunque el material de las páginas es igual al de los mangas la impresión se siente de muy buena calidad

A wonderful book and a moving read!

(SPOILERS WITHIN)My favorite comic book story of all time. It was the first and best story to give me a sense of why Superman is a great character.Like many millenials, I was drawn to Batman: Year One, DKR, and I even liked in its own way the Dark Knight Strikes Again. I saw Superman as a boy scout, as boring, overpowered and too hard to relate to. And in the Frank Miller sort of way, Superman is a shill for authority, someone who never really questions the premises of American political or economic culture, never actually addresses big picture injustice like systemic abuse of power, ecological destruction, etc. etc.All of that is still true in a way, but this story captures an even bigger element to Superman: the ability to inspire to greatness, and the reminder that we have an ideal to aspire to, and a reason bigger than ourselves to persevere.The book goes off the rail a bit in some of the middle chapters- the Bizarro world issue I still don't get, and some of the wonkier mythology I just read past. But it's all worth it for some of the big payoff moments. When Superman comforts the would be jumper, the look in her eyes carries so much weight; can you imagine what it would be like if Superman showed up behind you in a moment of despair?I want a world where Superman exists, and inspires. The weight of the loss of him in his final days is palpable. You realize at a certain point that there's no easy fix, there's not going to be an 11th hour deus ex machina that brings him back. That because this story is self contained in an alternate universe, this is really happening, and as Superman becomes more frantic toward the end accomplishing his end of life work, we feel frantic and worn out too. When he says goodbye to Lois at the end, we feel the loss ourselves.Plus there's the art- the beautiful, emotive art. For the first time perhaps anywhere it's plausible that Superman and Clark are not the same person, that Clark really is just a lumbering farm boy in the big city, and not an obvious pretense for Superman.There's a hidden suggestion running through the length of the book that Lex is Leo Quintum, gone back in time after seeing the world as Superman does. Though Morrison has discounted this himself, I continue to hold stock in that theory. Superman wins ultimately, reforms even Luthor.What more to say really? This is my favorite comic of all time, one of the very few I've ever bought, after having borrowed and read it from the library a half dozen times. It's now in the hands of colleagues and friends, who, I can only hope, will get as much from this book as I do every time I read it.

Price is amazing! But comes at a cost. Poor page quality brings down the art. Acceptable with other comics in this small 10 dollar DC format, but this art style is ruined by the page quality for me. Spend a couple extra bucks for a higher quality copy