"The Demolisher" by Peter Milligan: A new, more violent vigilante sets up shop in Metropolis. "The Dark Lantern" by Jim Krueger: Superman meets a Green Lantern with a guilty conscience. While a 3 star may be a bit generous, I couldn't bring myself to give this volume a two star rating because some creators here really tried and a couple of them delivered enjoyable stuff.Īn anthology of non-canon Superman tales: Also there is a good tribute to Superman's history even though it kinda crumbles in the end. We get a Doc Shanner AND a Steve Rude penned Superman story in this volume and they are absolutely beautifull. Unfortunately also collected are two quite forgettable three-parters which bring the volume down. I am really wondering how this story was eisner worthy (if someone likes it please tell me why?). Not to mention it wastes Jock's art on a talking heads comic. Landis' story was nominated for an eisner.But it is just an atrocious piece of projection from Landis, characters as mouthpieces for supposedly "edgy", "meta" commentary. Milligan's story is absolutely awful and so out of character and theme (not to mention it was done before) which makes you wonder if DC thinks Digital First means "not good enough to print". There are some stories here that could be in a "top worst" Superman stories. This is by far the volume with the most inconsistent quality.
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