Reviews

The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told by Mike Mignola, Curt Swan, Jim Steranko, Doug Mahnke, Al Plastino, Lee Bermejo, Dick Giordano, John Byrne, Joe Shuster, Murphy Anderson, Michael E. Uslan, Jerry Siegel

quoththegirl's review

2.0

I’ve been remarkably deficient in my reading lately, but I did make it through these comics, which were astonishingly mediocre for a “best of” collection. One or two stories were good, most were so-so, and the rest were just abysmal. I’ve been told it’s not a good sampling of the truly good Superman tales out there, which is reassuring. I’m not much of a comic fan under the best of circumstances, but I was about to give up altogether halfway through this one.

thecommonswings's review

3.0

This probably is the best of Superman out there but it does little more than prove to me that Supes is inherently a boring character, all powerful in cape and bland as anything as Clark. At least the earlier stories have a charm to them, but I suspect I will only enjoy Superman when something dopey like Bizarro is about

birdmanseven's review

3.0

The title may be overselling it a bit. I wouldn't classify these as the greatest Superman stories, but it it is a good overview from his early beginnings through the John Byrne era. Hit and miss, but enjoyable as a whole.

We discuss favorite Superman stories in a special episode of the All the Books Show Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-31-all-the-books-v-superman