Absolute All Star Superman - DC Comics Graphic Novel | Superhero Action Adventure Story | Perfect for Collectors & Comic Book Fans" 使用场景: Great for gifting, home library collections, or reading during leisure time.

As I have grown older, I have a harder time justifying my continuation of my lifelong habit of collecting comic books. As I walk out of the comic book store I might glance at my receipt and reflect of how I might have outgrown superheroes, and how I have less time to read (for the pleasure of it, since there is always another document or report at work to look forward to).But every now and again there might be a story so powerful that my faith in the medium is renewed, my doubts are erased and I can proudly pronounce that piece of comic book as honest to goodness ART. (Not surprisingly, this mostly happens to me with my favorite character; Superman)This is one of those stories.Grant Morrison has been a favorite of mine for a long time, and while in his beginnings in the mainstream (his superb JLA run) he was viewed by me as "Vertigo guy", he has slowly taken his sophisticated approach to storytelling over to the DC Universe, to the point where I consider him and Geoff Johns to be the primary creative forces of the company, sort of the Lennon and McCartney, with vastly different approach to their craft but resulting in some of the most exciting comic book stories of the last decade.This is, without question, his Magnus Opus.This is the most classical & timeless Superman story ever, where all the main ingredients of his mythos are presented in their most essential form but still maintain amazingly approachable to any person with the slightest interest and familiarity with Superman and his universe.Morrison's Superman, and for that matter any of the characters presented in this story, is an amalgam of over 75 years of history, somehow becoming the most timeless and yet refreshingly new version of the characters presented here; Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Ma & Pa Kent, Bizarro & Lex Luthor (who steals the show BTW); all in all a veritable cornucopia of everything that has made Superman the global icon he is.The story starts simply enough (well in Superman stories at least) with Superman going into the Sun to save an expedition of scientists threatened by Lex Luthor's latest scheme, only to find out that Luthor has finally succeeded in doing the unthinkable; by over exposing him to solar radiation which will end up killing Superman. From here on out the story focuses on what the Man of Steel will do to try to set things right before times runs out, facing some of his hardest trials (just like the gods of ancient Greece did to justify their place in Olympus) before facing once more Lex Luthor in a desperate attempt to save the world.Frank Quietly brings a decidedly classical approach to every single art panel and image, and the coloring is simply breathtaking in this extra sized version, which brings out the level of detail to an even better level. Some people have commented on his face work, but I say that everything looks topnotch to me.The advantages of this Absolute version is not only having the story in a single volume and the extra size of the art (plus the quality of paper is excellent) but by having a great set of extras for diehard fans like the series proposal, sketches, and creator notes.That is a decidedly brief taste of where this magnificent Absolute version is about, and I do believe that anybody with the slightest interest in Superman should check out this out.Believe me you won't regret it...any maybe it will make you (like me)fall in love with comic books all over again