All-Star Superman, Vol. 2 by Grant Morrison

Quitely and Grant’s art is evocative of the earliest images of the character, a refined evolution of the bright costumes, skylines and chiseled jaws that adds a dignity and humanity to the characters beyond their cartoonish origins. Yet Morrison’s writing recaptures the sense of simple wonder and virtue essential to a classic Superman tale. Morrison’s feverish style is both a blessing and a curse, as the overwhelming deluge of ideas thrown at the reader confuses even while creating a parallel with Superman’s own constant supersensory information overload.

Slowly dying from overexposure to solar radiation, Superman is faced with the dilemma of how to do the most good in his final days and how to prepare the people and planet he loves to carry on without him. In an emotionally and visually stunning graphic novel harkening back to a Golden Age of comics, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN creates a new, and at the same time familiar, take on the world’s first superhero. Morrison’s Superman, however, is the same defender of truth, justice and the American way recognizable to generations of comics readers. The unstoppable creative team of writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely join forces once more to take Superman back to basics. DC, 19.99 (160pp) ISBN 978-1-4012-1837-9 Morrison, Quitely and Grant conclude their fresh and compelling take on the most iconic superhero in comics.

Recently, grittier modern-day reinterpretations of classic characters, set outside normal continuity, have become the popular way to do a limited series such as this one. Morrison, Quitely and Grant conclude their fresh and compelling take on the most iconic superhero in comics.

All-Star Superman, Vol. 2 by Grant Morrison