This could not – could not – be a perfect comic book collection without the previous years of Superman comic book history.Just – ok, cool, what’s next? When I read the entire work, together, carefully, attentively? I came to the conclusion that this is a perfect comic book collection.

I read the first 6 issues about a year ago, and I read them very quickly, and I left thinking – ok. I am not a slobbering Morrison fanboy (the slobbering is, I think, incidental) and frankly (quitely, frankly?) I expected to find All-Star Superman overrated. All-Star Superman is a perfect comic book collection.What I will do is point out the following: Plenty of other bloggers with infinitely more Superman knowledge have done exactly that. I will not waste your time, at present, pontificating on the themes and importance and emotional resonance of Morrison and Quitely’s All-Star Superman. Support CBH on Patreon for exclusive rewards, or Donate here! Thank you for reading! When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a qualifying affiliate commission.Ĭomic Book Herald’s reading orders and guides are also made possible by reader support on Patreon, and generous reader donations.Īny size contribution will help keep CBH alive and full of new comics guides and content. Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Frank QuitelyĬomic Book Herald is reader-supported. Publication Dates: January 2006 – October 2008 Little did I know, All-Star Superman would help me explain the very existence of Action Comics as a comic book trove.Ĭomic Book Run: Absolute All Star Superman Seemed like a fun idea to read All-Star Superman before Morrison’s new take on Supes in Action Comics. More on all these particular comics at a later date – for now, I mention this to explain why I felt so suddenly compelled to consume Grant Morrison‘s All-Star Superman, a giant omnibus edition I’ve admired on my shelves for half a year now. The DC New 52 has roped me into buying issues 1-8 of both Animal Man and Action Comics.

It was with some hesitation, then, that I recently branched out into the the world of comic shops and single issue arcs. AT LEAST THEY’RE WHOLE! MOSTLY! A LOT OF THE TIME! This is why I’m so into collecting trade paperback issues/graphic novels/whatever you want to call them. Each issue is merely a component of a greater design and it’s generally not until they’re taken together that they form an arc (40 cubits by 40 cubits). Comic books – in there purest form – are serial testaments to a realm of unfinished story. This is, perhaps, odd for an individual so desperately in love with the medium, but I prefer my stories whole (just like my women! wait… well, never mind). I’ve never been much of a comic book collector.

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