All-Star Superman, Vol. 1

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"The measure of a man lies not in what he says but what he does..."

Two of the comics industry's top creative talents, writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, the acclaimed team behind 'JLA:EARTH 2' (2000), reunite to redefine Superman based on the timeless, essential iconic elements that everyone knows about the Man of Steel.

In the first volume, the World's Greatest Super-Hero rescues a doomed group of astronauts on the surface of the sun, where he's exposed to massive amounts of solar radiation. No one could possibly anticipate how he'll be affected—except Lex Luthor! Now, the world's greatest superhero must set his affairs in order, beginning by telling Lois Lane the truth about Clark Kent's secret identity.

You've seen it before. Now, see it again as though for the first time. Not an origin story, modernization, or reinvention—but instead a timeless and iconic presentation refined by the passion and craft of master storytellers, All-Star Superman presents a unique and elegant interpretation of the original and most recognizable of all superheroes.

Age Rating: 12–17+ / Grades 7–9+

Genres comicsgraphic novelsdc comicssupermansuperheroescomic bookgraphic novels comicsfictionfantasyscience fiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published April 11,2007

Series

All-Star Superman

Literary awards

will eisner comic industry awards,

This edition

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Published: April 4, 2007 by DC Comics
ISBN: 9781401209148
ASIN: 1401209149
Language: English

Characters More characters

Lex Luthor

Not to be confused with Starmans foe, The Light, Luthor used that as an alias in Superman #10.Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor has evolved from a one-named megalomaniac in the Golden Age to a scientist who would build robots to rob banks in the Silver ...
Krypto

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Parasite

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Lois Lane

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Jimmy Olsen

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Superman

Sent to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Krypton, Kal-El was adopted by the loving Kent family and raised in Americas heartland as Clark Kent. Using his immense solar-fueled powers, he became Superman to defend mankind against all manner of ...

About the author

grant morrison

Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.

In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.