All Star Superman, Vol. 2
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In this follow-up to the hit ALL STAR SUPERMAN VOL. 1, the Man of Steel goes toe-to-toe with Bizarro, his oddball twin, and the new character Zibarro, also from the Bizarro planet. And Superman faces the final revenge of Lex Luthor — his own death!
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I know that I am in the minority when I say “I must have missed something.” I was told for a while now what a fantastic tale this was and I would never look at Superman the same way again. They were right. I felt like I was reading Superman meets Willy Wonka as directed by Terry Gilliam. The tale was ridiculous and the art was horrible and even a small nauseating.
As my title says Thank goodness for libraries. I didn’t have to spend any money on this.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Again, like in my review for volume 1, I don’t know the fuzz on this series. This whole All Star Superman arc, from begining to end, was a perfect waste of time for me. I didn’t foud it amusing, nor exiting nor appealing nor anything. This is a perfect overated work form Grant Morrison.
Maybe I’m not just smart enough to undertand it. I liked the last showdown with Lex Luthor. That was ok, but beyond that there is nothing else, at least for me.
Not worthy of my collection. Sorry…
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Hard-core fanboys have slammed my review. I’m fine with that- because the point of reviews is to share honest opinions with additional potential readers. I was really blown away by Volume 1 – the retelling of the Superman myth was refreshing, unbelievable and popped off the page!
Alas, Volume 2 of All Star Superman doesn’t sparkle like the first volume did. In the first volume, Grant Morrison perfectly balanced classic Superman mythos with modern retelling and science fiction. In this volume, he went “off the deep end” with silly tales that just made no sense. He fell into the trap that ruined the superhero genre.
The superhero genre’s core weakness is its might. The might: the superheroes permanently win. Of course, the victory is temporary or incomplete. The plotline follows the same formula: Villain causes problems, Hero fights and captures Villain, who will get out for the next issue. Lex Luthor goes to jail, but of course, he’ll figure a way out. Batman puts The Comic in the Asylum, where he plots his escape before the next issue. Fantastic writers like Alan Moore can follow this structure in a unique way, or discard it completely (Watchmen).
In the best romantic comedies, we know from the first scene that the two lead characters will end up together, but the writer makes it so appealing and dramatic that we delight in it anyway. Excellent superhero storylines are like this – we know the hero will win, but we delight in the process. Fantastic superhero storylines can make us reflect differently than we did before we read the book.
In this set of Superman tales, I didn’t delight in the process. The Bizzarro world segment was silly, long and tiresome – I couldn’t wait for Superman to get out of there. Then, with his Superman’s death imminent, sadly, I really wanted it to speed up.
I don’t know what happened – the first volume had so many cool science-fiction mindbenders. This volume degraded into silly action that was a slightly more sophisticated version of the ancient Batman TV show camp.
The art was fantastic as permanently. As in the first volume, Quitely does his best work with the women – one of the female villains looked sexy and strong, despite the utter lack of character development by Morrison.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
ok so i read this from my library and its a excellent tale.how superman is nearly on his death bed and how he has his list of things to do before he dies.my favorite scene is when superman saves the goth girl from jumping off the building very excellent stuff just shows how much of a fantastic person excellent ol’ supe is.its a excellent read and if your a superman fan you’ll be more than pleased i just wish there was more pages.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I read the first volume two years ago and I read the eleventh issue about half a year ago. I wasn’t in like with the book, but it has so much praise that I had to give it a read. I like the comic, but I don’t like it. I reflect it has a lot of cool thoughts, fantastic artwork and that it does a fantastic job of building every issue have its own tale while still developing an overarching arc to the whole series. But, I just didn’t find myself caring that much for what would take place. Superman is dying, but I had a hard time thinking he would die.
I can see why a lot of people like this book, but it just didn’t daze me.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5