I know, I know, it is supposed to be Batman’s time this month.
BUT I finally found and bought the much raved re-telling of Superman’s origin - Smallville style! Jeph Loeb writes the book, the same person who conceptualized Smallville and written the first few episodes of the show. I have been looking for this book since September 2004 (it was first printed on 1999). I didn’t know that this is a huge book about Superman so I just shrugged it off when I saw a copy at Bibliarch in Glorietta. When I came back at Bibliarch to buy it, alas, it was already sold.
And now, I am a proud owner of Superman For All Seasons by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.
Here’s a short review:
SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS is one of the finest Superman stories ever told.
Appearing in 1998 as a four-issue prestige format mini-series, SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS was produced by the team of writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale — also responsible for BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN and the Marvel “colors” graphic novels (e.g. DAREDEVIL: YELLOW), among others.
The story’s most influential portion is its first, beautifully depicting Clark Kent’s life on the farm in Kansas, growing up with good old-fashioned Midwestern American values under the tutelage of Ma and Pa Kent. Here is his perception of his difference from others while still very much the human being. Here is his simply joy at his powers, flying with Lana Lang in a scene reminiscent of his flight with Lois Lane in the classic 1978 movie Superman. An idyllic pastoral more than a traditional Superman story, this chapter would go on to exercise great influence on SMALLVILLE, the TV series featuring a super-powered Clark Kent growing up in Smallville without a costume.
Worth reading, and mandatory for Superman fans.
June 23rd, 2005 at 8:48 pm
astig… san mo nabili?
June 24th, 2005 at 6:59 pm
Uy mukhang ok to a.
June 24th, 2005 at 8:23 pm
naka-ransom sa akin ‘to ngayon… unopened. hehe
June 25th, 2005 at 11:12 pm
Just finished reading it. ganda ng presentation. for each season (spring, fall, summer & winter) a different person is narrating the story (pa kent, lana, lex & lois respectively) and they each tell how they know clark. the art is so simple. nothing fancy.
@jae: sa sketchbook greenbelt3 ko nabili itong book. swerte talaga at may kopya pa sila.
July 15th, 2005 at 8:32 pm
[...] What’s more, Pen was feeling generous when I bought the 2 comics. No, she didn’t paid for it. She bought me the softcover compilation of Kingdom Come! This is another compilation I have been eyeing to buy. The other one was the Superman For All Seasons which I already bought some few weeks back. Galing ng storya nito kahit elseworld siya - meaning out of continuity ng superheroes. Think of “what will happen to the superheroes after 10-20 years time”. This is basically the premise of the whole compilation. Written by Mark Waid; Art by Alex Ross [...]
August 17th, 2005 at 8:03 am
[...] I now have 3 comic book compilation - (1)Superman For All Seasons, (2)Kingdom Come and (3)Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. I’m thinking of selling my single comics and just buy the compilations. But then again, Peter T. told me that prices of compilations do not increase unlike the singles which are a good investment. A newly released single comics is usually priced at 150-180 pesos at the comics stores. After a week or so, collectors and hoarders are selling them twice sometimes thrice as much as the original price. Much like the Superman/Batman #1 - which for sure is a collector’s copy now - is probably priced at about 1,000 to 1.5k depending on the quality of the comics. So maybe I’ll just hold onto my single comics now. [...]