By: Grant Morrison (story), Rags Morales, Cafu, Brad Walker (pencils), Rick Bryant, Bob McLeod, Andrew Hennessy (inks), Brad Anderson & Gabe Eltaeb (colors)
The Story: Superman gets his hands bloody and finds a potential new career path.
The Review: Much of what this title has been about is building up the legend of Superman for a new generation of admirers, if there are any to be had. While Morrison’s changes to his powers and mythology can’t be overlooked, it’s the re-definition of Superman’s character that’ll prove most crucial. Quite frankly, the iconic hero of yore had become avuncular and preachy, too far prone to lecture us and remind us of our smallness. It’s hard to connect to someone like that.
The new Superman is a guy who hasn’t got it all figured out just yet, so he can’t really hold himself above the people he helps out. At the same time, the very core of his being gears so tightly to goodness that even by instinct alone, he just always does the right thing. Who else would not only put himself in harm’s way to save the people who just beat him down seconds earlier, but doesn’t even hesitate to do so? I mean, what a guy—what a hero.
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