Man of Steel - Official Trailer #2
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Are we ok with not mentioning Man of Steel? The 80s comic, I mean.
I haven't read it yet, so I can't comment on it.
Probably going to read it this week. In a big Superman mood, what with this being the 75th anniversary week and all.
Agreed. I'd also cram All-Star between Birthright and Seasons, personally.
It has its moments. I read it back in early college and thought it was about as good as I was expecting. Birthright is still my go-to.
Ooh... All-Star or Seasons... that's a hard one. Give me five more years, but I suppose All-Stars covers some serious bases, even if I don't love some of the goofier elements.
Everything in both books with Lex is great.
Red Son has a great thesis, but I always thought it fell apart towards the end. The final pages are so over the top and against the tempo the book built that it felt needlessly tied to cannon for me. It's a good thought piece for a while, for me, but it isn't Birthright/All-Star/Seasons level.
Red Son is required reading, though, I'll admit.
Messypandas
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I just got done reading Secret Identity again. So good.
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That's up there for me, too.
If we're throwing origin qualifiers out the window (IE, ranking Superman books in general), that's top three for me, easy.
BFIB
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Mulled it over, but here's my impromtu top 12:
Birthright
Action Comics 775
Secret Identity
All-Star Superman
A Superman For All Seasons
Luthor: Man of Steel
Earth One
Superman and the Legion of Superheroes (the only story with these characters I care for and it's fantastic)
Red Son
Geof Johns Braniac
Superman and the Men of Steel (Grant Morrison's New 52. I loved the vision for Superman so much but had issues with how fast it all escalated)
Secret Origin
Birthright
Action Comics 775
Secret Identity
All-Star Superman
A Superman For All Seasons
Luthor: Man of Steel
Earth One
Superman and the Legion of Superheroes (the only story with these characters I care for and it's fantastic)
Red Son
Geof Johns Braniac
Superman and the Men of Steel (Grant Morrison's New 52. I loved the vision for Superman so much but had issues with how fast it all escalated)
Secret Origin
Just the opposite for me: the story itself was so-so, but I absolutely loved the ending.
Naturally, it was the only part that Mark Millar didn't write. :lol
Do you consider "the ending" to begin after the Green Lanter/Batman scenes? I'm talking specifically about everything that sort of wrapped it back into... well, I don't want to spoil it, but it acted as a metaphor for where communism needed to end up.
Bobby Roberts
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It's been some years since I read it, so I have no idea what you're talking about. :lol I just thought the
time travel
If we're doing Superman stories overall, I'd say:
Birthright > All-Star > Seasons > Luthor: Man of Steel > Red Son > Brainiac > Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? > Morrison's "Action Comics" > Secret Origins > Earth One
of what I've read. Going to try and read "Man of Steel," "Secret Identity," and "Superman and the LoSH" this week.
"Red Son" takes a while to really get going, but once it does, it's great. I loved the ending.
Birthright > All-Star > Seasons > Luthor: Man of Steel > Red Son > Brainiac > Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? > Morrison's "Action Comics" > Secret Origins > Earth One
of what I've read. Going to try and read "Man of Steel," "Secret Identity," and "Superman and the LoSH" this week.
"Red Son" takes a while to really get going, but once it does, it's great. I loved the ending.
Yeah, he's a bit over rated. I thought Man of Steel, for the time it came out, was important though. Probably "more important than good."
Yeah, I suppose we just disagree there. Maybe I need to give it another shot.
Oops. Forgot Luthor: MoS. Great book.
As for LoSH, and I think this goes for a few books here (namely Red Son, Whatever Happened To The Man of Tomorrow?, and Man of Steel), I think your appreciation of it will come from what types of stories you want to see Superman in. LoSH does a great job making a parallel to civil war historical revisionists who were popping up at the time, imo.
Secret Identity seems to resonate well with anyone who's fantasized about what it'd be like to be Superman. It's a very cozy book and it always felt like it villainized reality in a healthy, honest way. Hope you like it! The art is great.
Bumping: 2 hours, 37 minutes.
I wasn't blown away by it. I thought it was kind of confusing at the time, but maybe I need to give it a second chance.
I wasn't blown away by it. I thought it was kind of confusing at the time, but maybe I need to give it a second chance.
But Superman is an alien!?!
I'm with you. Great idea but in typical Millar fashion it goes off the rails as it approaches its end.
legacyzero
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HURRY UUUUUUUUP
Rastafarian42
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Rastafarian42
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I have the hardest time choosing my favorite between these too there both are just so goood. Birthright the esstential origin for Superman and All Star the esstential ending.
Rastafarian42
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I just got done reading Secret Identity again. So good.
Took me a while to finish this on comixology but I'm glad I did definitely advise any Superman fan to read. This movie seems to take some plot points from the story(xenophobia and the USA GOV/ARMY).
Nope. Not worth the time spent reading, let alone the money to buy it.
Jean Valjean
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Superman needs to have chest hair.
krypt0nian
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Jean Valjean
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He looks too pale in this shot.
Jables Swan
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The new trailer looks cool.
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