Absolute All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison

An episodic miniseries would have been a better medium to convey the full feel of the original story. For example, a single fade out later and superman returns to earth after a couple of months to find it take over by a bunch of long lost Kryptonians. Here the film just feels unfocused and rushed, cramming what is supposed to be a year's worth of events into 70 odd minutes. While this worked for a bi-monthly comic book series, it does not have the similar effect as an animated movie. But really, that is more the fault of the original source material which in fact was meant to be 12 seemingly standalone stories with some of the plot points finally 'coming together' in the final issues. From the get go, All Star Superman feels like a multi episode TV series compressed into a single movie.

With time running out for the man of steel, Superman sets about to put all his affairs in order before he goes while continuing to defend the earth against threats from within and without.

This is causing rapid cellular deterioration which would eventually lead to his death. A seemingly successful rescue of a Dr Quintum's mission to the Sun has saturated Superman's cells with too much solar energy. He had a death in Superman Returns, a death in 'Superman Doomsday' and now another death in the animated adaptation of Grant Morrison's 'All Star Superman' comic book. The DC Black Label imprint features classic DC characters in compelling, standalone stories written and illustrated by world-class authors and artists.Media seems obsessed with the Death of Superman. And Superman faces the final revenge of Lex Luthor in the form of his own death! All-Star Superman is a spectacular reimagining of the Superman mythos, from the Man of Steel's origin to his greatest foes and beyond.Ĭombining their singular talents to create a new and brilliant vision of the Man of Steel, comics storytellers Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely are reunited with their WE3 collaborator Jamie Grant for one of the greatest Superman stories ever imagined. The Man of Steel goes toe-to-toe with Bizarro, his oddball twin, and the new character Zibarro, also from the Bizarro planet. 'The most enjoyable incarnation of Superman in almost 30 years.' -A.V. 'A must-read series.' -Metro Toronto, Best Ongoing Comic Book Series of 2006 'Morrison gets what's fun about Superman: he's ridiculously powerful, and therefore he just sees and does and has lots of incredibly cool, totally bizarre stuff.' -TIME Magazine, Best Comics of 2007

'All-Star Superman is exciting, bold and supercool… all the makings of a classic.' -Variety 'Maniacally brilliant.' -The New York Times 'A stirringly mythic, emotionally resonant, and gloriously alternative take on the Man of Steel.' -Entertainment Weekly

Absolute All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison