Superman: O Legado das Estrelas foi mais uma tentativa de readaptar a origem do Superman para novas gerações. Era a época das Crises (Infinita e Final) na DC Comics e o seriado Smallville despontava na televisão e o filme Superman: Returns recém chegava aos cinemas. Contudo, Legado das Estrelas, apesar de uma ótima história não deixou tanto Legado como seu título brasileiro diz. A história dessa graphic novel é muito bem desenvolvida e adaptada para os dias de hoje - como Clark e Martha se comunicando por e-mail e uma espécie de messenger e Martha Kent pesquisando em sites de ETs e UFOs à procura de informações sobre o filho. Os "momentos quietos" dessa graphic novel são mais interessantes que os "momentos barulhentos" e é aí onde os personagens são mais desenvolvidos. Também é nessa graphic novel em que Lex Luthor é colocado na continuidade de Smallville, tendo convivido com Clark e Lana na adolescência. Lana, por sua vez, não tem quase nenhum destaque - lembrando da importância dela em Smallville - em Legado das Estrelas. Apesar de ter se perdido com o tempo na continuidade da DC Comics, talvez O Legado das Estrelas seja a melhor releitura da origem do Superman feita até então nos quadrinhos. Se a equipe da Warner e Scott Snyder tivesse feito o tema de casa direitinho, eles teriam em Legado das Estrelas um baita e lindo filme para o Superman.

This is probably the best telling of Superman's origin. I do wish it had featured Jimmy and Lois more, and I also think this version of Superman is a bit too intense when it comes to his interactions with criminals, but that's how most post-9/11 Superman stories were. Fantastic art, pacing, and a great characterization of Lex Luthor. Mark Waid is da man.

Wow, ANOTHER Superman origin story, because we really need one of these don't we.

I just don't get it. Superman's origin is boring AF. Why keep reimagining it, when instead like All-Star superman the writer could expand on his current universe. Yes we fucking know he's from a planet called Krypton that blew up. There are starving children in undeveloped countries that probably know that.

Why keep boring us with this same material. Here is a list of just some of the retellings of supermans' origin with twists and turns.


Superman Earth one
Superman: Secret Origin
Superman for all seasons
Superman Red son
The Man of Steel
Superman Secret Identity
Superman Action Comics - Men Of steel
Action Comics - New 52
Superman Birthright
Superman: Last Son of Krypton


Is there anything better than All-Star superman? I enjoyed Superman unchained, but even that wasn't as good.

Phenomenal reimagining of Superman’s origin. That’s how you make a superman comic

This story works well in a vacuum but not as a part of the greater DC universe.

The n  S stands for couragen, the n  S stands for hopen, the n  S stands for a super entertaining comicn.

We all have read hundreds of stories of the man in the red cape, Birthright by Mark Waid is one of those masterly wonders that tells us the story of our hero in present day. One feels more connected as the story is set in a contemporaneous modern world.

The drama, the emotions, the wonder is the same, the color, hues and story is new. It doesn't matter if you are a newbie to the world of Metropolis or a seasoned player, this story will be entertain you all the same. This edition deals with superman's origin, him finding his roots, lex luthor trying to bring him down and Metropolis figuring out who is superman? A friend or a foe?

This edition clears a lot of foggy doubts as to why superman never wore a mask? How is it that people were not able to put two and two together and see Clark Kent as Superman?

For me every comic is a reminiscent of a time well lived. Of summer days, propped on the bed reading comics like there is no tomorrow and after 20 years of growing up this comic brought it all back. A must read for all the superman fans out there.

I've been reading both a fair amount of Superman books and various titles featuring the involvement of Mark Waid this year. Superman: Birthright is a great combination of character and writer. With nodding references to the 50's TV series and '78 blockbuster (among others), this updates the Man of Steel's well-known origin to the 21st century. From the scenes on the Kent family farm to Perry White's pros/cons list on keeping/firing Lois Lane, this had the right amount of heart and humor to mix in with the expected action.

So I was watching Talk Ville on Youtube, where Tom Welling (Clark Kent) and Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor) discuss every episode of Smallville, and I remembered a time when I was in elementary school where every afternoon I was watching Smallville followed by Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Good times. I liked the stories of Smallville more but I also liked Lois & Clark because I could actually see Superman in his suit. At that time I also remember that there was this magazine called something like, DC Universe Magazine(?) something like that. Point is that the magazine has issue #8 of Superman: Birthright and issue #8 of Batman:Hush. Now I've read Batman: Hush multiple times and I love it but I never managed to read Birthright besides that lonely issue. So Talk Ville=Superman=Memories=me reading Birthright today.

Birthright is an excellent origin story for Supes, so excellent in fact that I am wondering WHY Hack Snyder never adapted this instead of his boring as fuck "I am the messiah" Man of Steel of 2013? It boggles my mind that the best live action Superman we ever got was back in '78. But I guess it would be easier if Snyder actually read the comic books instead of just looking at the pretty pictures.

This Superman is badass, he kicks ass and he also has a vulnerability while trying to find his place in the world. The moment where he fires the gun and then catches the bullet OR when he holds the giant S as a shield protecting the child? BADASS! I guess my main complaint is that the art is hit or miss for me, not exactly my taste but I don't consider it bad by any stretch of the word.

GIVE ME A GOOD SUPERMAN MOVIE YOU COWARDS!

Superman: Birthright is one of these slow burns that have become so popular with origin stories these days… the actual Superman costume doesn’t appear until around 50 pages in, which for some, I think, will be a dealbreaker as to whether or not they enjoy the collection as a whole. I don’t have a problem with this kind of decompressed storytelling so long as its done well... my problem is that it's rarely done well. I don't read a ton of genre comics lately, but those that i do are practically paralyzed by this problem. I'll have been reading Daredevil for 3 months before i realize that the creative team hasn't actually had Daredevil appear in the book for the length of a season in nature.

Waid's walking a fine line here, but he succeeds far more than he fails. For example, the first issue of the series details Clark Kent’s globe trotting reporter days in South Africa and deals heavily with the political unrest of that country. Not your typical “Superman vs. Brainiac” throwdown, but it provides so much to the overarching story- Superman’s sense of fairness and justice, an explanation as to why he does what he does, an indication of his reasoning behind using the “S” on his chest. Waid takes what I’m sure some readers would find a hard-to-approach subject and blends it seamlessly with the character. It helps not only to make Superman more current, but also to diversify him a bit.

The book seems heavily influenced by the WB series Smallville which I can’t say that I watch with any degree of regularity, but one of the big attractions of the show from what I hear is the relationship between Lex Luthor and Clark Kent. This might provide for some excellent TV, but it wreaks havoc with the current continuity wherein Clark and Lex didn’t meet until Superman appears in Metropolis. Incidentally, the Clark/Lex dynamic WAS present in the Silver Age books, making my point again in favoring those stories over the new ones, but i digress for now.

Waid comes up with a wonderful way of shoehorning a Lex/Clark friendship into the book without making it seemed forced or obvious. The Lex Luthor scenes in Birthright are some of the strongest I’ve ever seen with the character, and really reinforce his status as a bad, bad person rather than a corrupt businessman. In the end, I think this aspect of Birthright strikes exactly the right balance- people who are fans of Smallville or the old Superman continuity can be happy, and those folks who like Byrne’s revamp of the Superman mythos can ignore the relationship with no damage done to Byrne’s choices, which were sound and still make a kind of sense even today.

I’ve said very little about the art. Leinil Francis Yu is a name that I haven’t encountered much… he did a run on Wolverine while I was working in a store that sold comic books that I thought was pretty good, but I haven’t seen much else by the guy. He’s not a traditional choice for Superman, but in this case, non-traditional is a good thing. His style reminds me at times of Jim Lee’s and Mike Mignola’s mixed together. He does some wonderful fight scenes toward the end of the book. I did think that his style wasn’t quite suited for some of the quieter down scenes toward the beginning of the story, especially the Smallville sections (which, to be honest, occasionally dragged the book down a bit).

Birthright fits right in with many of the Superman classics, and i can't recommend it enough. It's out in hardcover right now and you can probably snag it for about $25 from most online retail outlets. If that's still too rich for your blood, wait a few months- i'm getting the feeling that this is going to be an "evergreen" trade paperback, which pretty much means it will always be in print... in both hard and the eventual softcover editions.

Now if someone would only work this hard to make the regular monthly titles this good.

One of the best origin stories of Superman I've read, maybe The Best. Beautifully written, thoughtfully characterized and intricately detailed updated origin of Man of Steel appropriate for the 21st century. With proper amount of cynicism and fear reflected from the people when Superman showed up, which is a realistic take for this post-9/11 modern world if ever a superpowered alien suddenly came zipping through our sky. Contrastingly we get a perfect idea of why Superman is the icon of hope and optimism, and why it is sorely needed now more than ever... as even in the face of overwhelming odds and negativity from everyone and all the fucked up situations, he never loses hope in people and in himself. As the man himself said, "Like hell!"

I once again wholeheartedly understood why Mark Waid is one of the great comic-writers of the last 15 years, he was the ideal man to perfectly recreate yet another origin story for Superman, bringing something new to the table, which not only feels fresh but also makes it relevant and stand out as undoubtedly one of the all-time greatest iterations of Clark Kent as Superman in his 50+ years of publication legacy.

9.5 out of 10.

An interesting Superman origin story that inspired Man of Steel and Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

LOIS: Give me something! What can you tell me?
CLARK: That Luthor's wrong. It isn't fear that drives people.
LOIS: I know. But prove that to Metropolis.
CLARK: I'm trying.

I don't know how anyone could ask for more out of an origin story.