![]() ![]() ![]() The story connects Superman's familiar career with John Byrnes' Man of Steel (which rewrote Superman's origins) in much the same way that Loeb and Sale's earlier Batman: The Long Halloween bridged the landmark Batman: Year One and the Dark Knight's later adventures. Luthor's narration strikes an appropriate tone for a man so blinded by ego and ambition that he cannot grasp true altruism, nor can he see how twisted he has become. Pa Kent loves his son, but he wonders if he has done right by Clark and the world in bringing up this strange visitor from another planet. We get a sense of each of these characters, and Loeb does especially well with the male narrators. Each has a different narrator: Pa Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Lana Lang. ![]() Loeb and Sale have created a Superman for all seasons, a shining example of why this character continues to fly the skies of childhood and pop culture.Įach chapter takes place during a different season, at a different point, early in Superman's career. We're looking at a Superman heavily influenced by the 1980s, and changes made by Crisis of Infinite Earths and Man of Steel. "How many people do you know that have the intials ‘L.L.’?"ĭC first published this graphic novel as four comics in 1998, just before the company threw itself, for better and for worse, into wild-eyed adulation and imitation of its Silver Age. ![]()
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