Name: Absolute All-Star Superman
Rating: 4.071428571428571 (14 reviews)
ISBN: 9781401229177

Grant Morrison

Absolute All-Star Superman

M. Sosotris

I am not very familiar with the Superman of the comics, and wanted to dive into that world, and heard this was a great introduction. 

I really loved this one. It’s kind of a Greatest Hits type story that runs through everything that makes Superman a great character, both as a hero and a person. There is a through line running through the 12 parts of this story, and I like how it all comes together in the end.

Plus, I appreciate how this story embraces the weirder aspects of Superman’s mythology, the goofy side characters and the retro futurist sci fi elements that seem cheesy up front, but work in context. 

Also, if you’re concerned about chronology or continuity, this is a fully standalone story that has many Easter eggs for longtime readers, but can be read on its own. I had a great time.

Would definitely recommend to anyone looking to get into the comics!

Dimitris Papastergiou

Re-read this for the 2nd time, after oh so many years! I remember liking this a bit too much. Though I guess everybody loves this one, or at least most of people who read comics do. And I did too. I used to love this story and its characters. 

BUT... after re-reading this now again.. I realised that I actually loved some specifics about this. Like a particular "episode" (the chapters in the whole TPB are called episodes) or particular scenes that I loved, and what I'm trying to say is that, sadly I didn't love the whole thing as I did back then when I first read it, that makes me angry every time I re-read something after 10+ years and I don't like it, but sadly this was ok. 

Yeah, it was good. I get why people like it so much. That's the same reason I did too back then among others. But now, now I don't like the story that much. Mainly because everything that has to do with everyone in it, besides Superman, Luthor and Lois is boring. Yeah. Sorry. But to me, is boring as hell and had no interest to know what's been happening to Supes with all the nonsense that's been added as to explain why he's dying. 
 
Everything with Lois is ok. At times it was dragging and dragging ... but ok, I won't bitch about it too much. It was ok.

Everything with Jimmy was boring as hell (besides the "doomsday" fight) and pretty much had no interest in what's happening. 

And last but not least.. the artwork. It was good. I love the artwork. and I also hate the artwork. I love the pencils and the characters. I hate the empty panels and the empty backgrounds. I hate the colouring SO much. It's super bad. 

Anyway, I hoped it would be as good as the first time around but nope.

I recommend it to all Superman fans. But it's not a must-read or in a top 10 Superman story of all time or something. Not for me.

Charles Siboto

Superman's a problematic superhero for me. He's the best of the lot and the hardest to like. You don't make fun of him like you do Aquaman but he's still rather goofy. This book is great because it's the story of Superman as he's meant to be: larger than life, geeky, inspiring and funny.

Omar AlHashmi

3.7/5

I don't know why but I just cant get into Morrison's writing. Everytime I read any of his works I am very underwhelmed by what I see. This comic was really weird. It felt so disjointed and totally not cohesive. It just felt like a bunch of random stories that in the end fit into one. 
To be honest I wanted to give it a lower score, but the ending was the only thing that boosted it up a little. I don't know why I don't get Morrison's style. The characters seem to have no emotions and I never feel for any of them. Also the introduction of fifty billion characters just confuses me to no end. 
All in all, this is like the 3rd or 4th time I have beeb disappointed by Morrison due to the weirdness in style and ideas. I don't think his works are for me. They might appeal to you. But for me personally, when I want to read a comic I want to be engrossed in the world and characters, and Morrison never delivers that feeling for me.

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