Cover of All Star Superman, Vol. 1
How about a bit more time with the hero of Metropolis? While I wanted to talk about the book that I reviewed last week, I did pick up a NEW piece of Superman non-comic media.
All-Star Superman was a 12-part mini-series written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Frank Quietly. The story involves (this isn’t a spoiler, it’s the plot) Superman dying. I read the first issue and didn’t get into it. That’s not a condemnation; it looks like a good comic. It’s just we haven’t had a proper Superman story in years, even in his own comic book so it just didn’t garner my interest.
Last week I was in BJ’s Wholesale Club when I came upon the animated version of the unfortunately abbreviated story. I already knew about it (DC has been putting a number of comic arcs into animated form…not surprisingly many of them written by current creative officer Geoff Johns) but it came out in a time when my money was too low to consider it. Now finding it at $3 when my funds are a bit larger, I figured why not? So was I right to avoid this, or is this a touching portrayal of Superman’s last days?
“I forgot my sun tan lotion.”
All-Star Superman
FORMAT: DVD STUDIO: Warner Animation/DC Universe DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Home Video STARRING: James Denton (Superman), Christina Hendricks (Lois Lane), and Anthony LaPaglia (Lex Luthor) based on a story by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly WRITER: Dwayne McDuffie PRODUCERS: Bruce Timm & Alan Burnett VOICE DIRECTOR: Andrea Romano DIRECTOR: Sal Liu EDITOR: Margaret Hou
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