Product Description

The world's most famous superhero, Superman's adventures protecting Metropolis have thrilled readers worldwide for over sixty years! Now, with his body supercharged to the point of self-destruction, the Man of Steel makes his preparations for the end - including a trip to Kandor, a reunion with lost Kryptonians, an enforced journey to Bizarro World, and a showdown with one of the future Superman's greatest nemeses: Solaris, the Tyrant Sun! But is there hope for the Man of Steel? Only mysterious super-scientist Leo Quintum knows for sure! Acclaimed writer Grant Morrison ("The Invisibles") and artist Frank Quitely ("We3") conclude their award-winning, epic tale of the Last Son of Krypton!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32113 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Review
* Voted 4th in Techland's Top Ten Comics of the Decade * --- Techland

About the Author
Grant Morrison is one of comics' greatest innovators. His long list of credits includes Batman: Arkham Asylum, JLA, Seven Soldiers, Animal Man, Doom Patrol, The Invisibles and The Filth. He is currently writing Batman and All-Star Superman. Frank Quitely has won acclaim for his work on high-profile titles including We3, JLA: Earth 2, The Authority, and New X-Men.

Customer Reviews

Superlooking, supersmart
As with the first collection of All Star Superman, the artwork in this book can make you stop and stare. True talent has been allowed to flourish and bloom here and it rewards return viewing much more than many modern comic books.

The writing is pretty good too (I jest, it's more than good), but it is the mixture of sweeping grandeur and small, but highly revealing details in the artwork that pull you in and make you care about this character you thought you knew well enough to dismiss as shallow and out-dated.

Most of all these books present Superman as a super man, and that's a neat twist on an old friend.

Super-b
This collection of the latter half of All Star Superman is a must buy for any comics fan. As a real Morrison fan even I have to acknowledge his recent output has been patchy but this is a masterpiece. He writes such a moving and powerful story as Superman faces up to the ultimate adversary, his own mortality. As he struggles to resolve his life's unfinished work and prepare the world for his absence Morrison has created a modern comics classic. The ideas are breathtaking and frequently moving, a stand out episode dealing with the Bottle City of Kandor which is worth buying this collection for on its own.
Quitely's art is the perfect foil for Morrison and as usual they are an almost unbeatable team up of talent. His pencils illustrate perfectly the power and frailty of the Man of Steel.
This collection brings to a close one of the finest comics of recent years.
Buy it! You won't be disappointed.

beautiful
I could write forever on the beauty of the 12 issue run by Morrisson and Quitely. As a fellow Scot, it is with pride that the best Superman story ever told has sprung from the mind of two Scottish fellows.

Forget your love for graphic novels, this is pure and simply a beautifully illustrated novel.

The purest study of the only true addition to World Mythology you will ever read.

stunning.