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All-Star Superman: DC Compact Comics Edition
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Graphic novels to read anywhere—DC Compact Comics collect DC's bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size! Combining their singular talents to create a fresh and brilliant vision of the Man of Steel, comics storytellers Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely tell one of the greatest Superman...
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Graphic novels to read anywhere—DC Compact Comics collect DC's bestselling, most iconic stories in a new size!
Combining their singular talents to create a fresh and brilliant vision of the Man of Steel, comics storytellers Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely tell one of the greatest Superman stories ever imagined.
Adventures of Superman! Topsy-turvy madness on the backwards Bizarro planet. A bottled city that proves you can never go home again. A living sun hell-bent on destroying humanity. A world without the Man of Steel. Twelve impossible labours and mere moments to save the Earth.
The multiple-award winning All-Star Superman is an eternal story true to the greatest character from the golden age of comics.
Featuring iconic characters Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, and Bizarro, this full colour edition collects the entire story, All-Star Superman #1-12.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781779527257
Publisher: DC Comics
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 July 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: DC Comics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 296
About the Author
Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel Batman- Arkham Asylum to acclaimed runs on Animal Man and Doom Patrol, as well as his subversive creator-owned titles such as The Invisibles, Seaguy and WE3. Grant has written best-selling runs on JLA, Seven Soldiers of Victory and New X-Men and helped to reinvent the DC Universe in The Multiversity, All Star Superman, 52, Batman, Batman & Robin and Batman Incorporated.More Recently Grant has had his creator owned series Happy! turned into a TV series on the SYFY network. He also made his return to monthly comics in 2018 with The Green Lantern.
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