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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is the definite Superman story. Everything about it is perfection. It always leaves me feeling hopeful for society and improves my outlook on life.
I have historically loved the combination of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. There work on Batman, Daredevil, Spider-Man, and the Hulk etc., have been great. Here, their take on a young Clark Kent dealing with being Superman was really good. Told through the eyes of four different people in Clark’s life we, the readers, get to see how different people view Clark differently. While the book is light on the action the inner turmoil and emotional impact is pretty huge. The dialogue from Ma and Pa Kent was the highlight to me. The art by Sale was a little less sharp than I remember and his Superman looked slightly too beefy but it was still good. Overall a really good book.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
really liked the voice-over for 4 of the most important characters in Clark Kent's life. really puts Clark into perspective.
especially loved the panels with Lana Lang and her concern for Clark and what type of man will Superman will be.
especially loved the panels with Lana Lang and her concern for Clark and what type of man will Superman will be.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The graphic novel that returned my love of comic books. As a newly minted college graduate, I had seen no reason to embrace comics again outside of a research capacity for my plays. This novel, however, made me remember everything I loved about comics as a kid: the almost "morality play" storylines, the majesty of the characters as they move across panels, the comedy that can easily be found in running around in tights, the hardbitten women unwilling to sit on the sidelines while the boys have all the fun.
I knew I was in for a treat the minute I picked up Superman for All Seasons. The stunning visual work of Tim Sale is easily matched by Jeph Loeb's monumental tone--something that persists through all his writing, but never appears so alluring and based in a character's humanity as when he works with Sale. One of the group of their origin/color series, they tackle Superman's early career in this work. I wouldn't really call it an origin story; it is more an impressionist piece, showing Clark going through all the trials and tribulations any young adult experiences as they attempt to define their own lives. His existence is just a bit more complicated by the fact that he's a superhero.
A nice twist here is that Loeb doesn't write in Clark's voice at all. He leaves Pa Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor and Lana Lang to narrate the story through the seasons of one year. Each has a unique voice, particularly Lois, and by discussing their feelings about Superman, they create the mythic stature that will surround him in coming years. Only on one of the last pages, when you watch Supes play with a dog he's rescued from a flood in Smallville do you realize how human Clark is. A truly great Rockwellian-like piece, in its humane voices and picturesque visuals, Loeb and Sale manage to capture all that the 1980s reboot revealed about Superman, while still maintaining the nostalgic rhythms of the Max Fleisher cartoons.
I knew I was in for a treat the minute I picked up Superman for All Seasons. The stunning visual work of Tim Sale is easily matched by Jeph Loeb's monumental tone--something that persists through all his writing, but never appears so alluring and based in a character's humanity as when he works with Sale. One of the group of their origin/color series, they tackle Superman's early career in this work. I wouldn't really call it an origin story; it is more an impressionist piece, showing Clark going through all the trials and tribulations any young adult experiences as they attempt to define their own lives. His existence is just a bit more complicated by the fact that he's a superhero.
A nice twist here is that Loeb doesn't write in Clark's voice at all. He leaves Pa Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor and Lana Lang to narrate the story through the seasons of one year. Each has a unique voice, particularly Lois, and by discussing their feelings about Superman, they create the mythic stature that will surround him in coming years. Only on one of the last pages, when you watch Supes play with a dog he's rescued from a flood in Smallville do you realize how human Clark is. A truly great Rockwellian-like piece, in its humane voices and picturesque visuals, Loeb and Sale manage to capture all that the 1980s reboot revealed about Superman, while still maintaining the nostalgic rhythms of the Max Fleisher cartoons.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
5. If I could give it six stars I would. Despite the “Toxin” subplot of it all.
hopeful
slow-paced