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It's a Superman story, not a Justice League story. and turning into Doomsday but neither Batman nor Wonder Woman gets a last team up with a fellow Trinity member?! Superman is dying! I know he's keeping it a secret for most of it but if Morrison wanted to establish a Superman only universe, then he shouldn't have gone out of his way to reference other heroes several times! It only makes their absence even more glaring!Īt no point did I wonder where the other heroes were while reading ASS. Where are all the other heroes? In a storyline where Superman is dying, I want and need to see other heroes because its Superman dying for crying out loud! Why the hell is Jimmy Olsen getting an issue where he's director of P.R.O.J.E.C.T. All of which could've been avoided if Morrison spent more time ironing out the actual writing instead of being "Look at me! I'm so Silver Age-y and all you guys love that don't ya!?" Well congrats Grant, you did make a modern day Silver Age comic, interesting ideas destroyed by horrible art and bland writing. I've read Ed Brubaker comic that managed to elicit more interest and emotion on my part than All Star Superman, the book never had a moment where it sucked me into what's happening, never managed engage me on any level and most importantly failed to make me care that Superman is dying. There've been many other storylines that either sound moronic or are based around tropes I hate (like a lot of the recent Marvel books such as All-New X-Men, Superior Spider-Man, Hickman's Civil War 2.0 and Superior Iron Man) all of which managed to make me not care about that stuff simply thanks to strong writing, All Star Superman doesn't. The book could've been good despite it being a love letter & shrine of all things I dislike with Superman (and some for comics in general) if the writing was good enough to make me not care and just enjoy what was happening, this absolutely failed at doing that.
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I'd say that's a general consensus from what I've seen.This really has nothing to do with me hating it because it's not "dark, realistic or ubber srs" or some such crap. Obviously there have been darker, dour takes on the character, but those never really come across to me as being successful. If you don't like Superman, then don't read it. I just don't understand the desire for a "serious" tone in something that is so inherently fun, fantastic and whimsical in its very DNA. The gravity gun attack is one of my single favorite things that ever happened in a Superman story.įinally, I can't say Frank Quitely's work is exactly how I want Superman to work, but his work serviced the story well enough. Also, when I was in med school once upon a time, I knew all about apoptosis because I read about it in All-Star Superman prior. I like a little bit of Star Trek in my Superman. I cynically wonder whenever someone tackles Superman of the first time if said writer is trying to change the character, make him "cooler" for the new generation (BTW, I hope people realize that making the character "evolve" all the time runs the high risk of flat out ruining the character.), and less embracing what people loved about it.Īs for some of the way-out sci-fi, that's a good thing for Superman. Even despite said segments, why do I hold it up with such regard? It's Morrison's underlying understanding of the character, and perhaps more importantly, love of Supes. All-Star Superman is probably my favorite Superman story ever, but I can say that there are segments of the story I just don't care about.