Grant's love for the character is utterly apparent to the point where it's obvious he has managed to restrain himself just enough to deliver a story that has its moments of genius bordering on mad but never loses his focus. Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely have unequivocally grasped the essence of Superman, what makes him work, and his real power: to inspire. Seagle makes in his book IT'S A BIRD, one of a very few other Superman books we would recommend. It's a crisis of identity for a seventy-one-year-old character, clearly suffering from some form of dementia, a parallel Steven T. To the cynical he is a naive, empty character because of this, and attempts in comics to balance that perception with numerous gritty storylines over the years have only alienated and/or confused potential fans. (Sorry, Stephen, but it's true!)īut how many of you have read the comics? And to be honest why would you? Superman and his real power have been diluted with each incarnation until he was nothing more than a wholesome mascot for the American way. A phenomenon which spread through radio, cinema serials and later TV and film, that's why everyone knows the character, the 'S', why people refer to their weaknesses as Kryptonite rather than Achilles Heel, and why bald men are inherently evil geniuses. Who was this guy? Where was the soul of the icon I knew?īecause although Superman was created for comics, he became an icon through other media. Having grown up loving the films, I just could not recognise the mindless caped atrocity fighting Doomsday for what seemed like ever. Hands up how many of you have actually read a Superman comic? I know when I did read one when I much younger, the awful DEATH OF SUPERMAN, I was aghast and utterly confused.

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