Superman by Mark Millar

Superman Adventures (1996-2002) #19, 25-27, #30, #3, 36, 52

by Mark Millar

Before his groundbreaking work on such legendary titles as Red Son, The Authority, Civil War and Old Man Logan , and his hit original titles Kick-Ass, Wanted and The Secret Service , the New York Times best-selling writer Mark Millar tackled one of DC's greatest Superman!

This collection brings together timeless tales of the Man of Steel, from Superman's good-bye to Earth to Lois Lane's personal account of a life forever changed by the Big Blue Boy Scout.

Explore the heart of Superman, and the root of Lex Luthor's obsession with him, in stories from Millar's Eisner-nominated run on Superman Adventures .

Plus, reimagine the Man of Tomorrow, in a world where Detective Harvey Dent undergoes a metamorphosis from man to Superman.

Superman by Mark Millar features art by Aluir Amancio ( The Spirit ), Georges Jeanty ( Buffy the Vampire Season Eight ), Jackson Guice ( The Death of Superman ), Mike Manley ( Batman ), Sean Phillips ( Sleeper ), Mike Wieringo ( The Flash ) and more. Collects the greatest of Millar's earliest work on Team Superman #1, Tangent The Superman #1, Superman Adventures #19, #25-27, #30, #31, #36, #52 and stories from Superman 80-Page Giant #2 and DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1,000,000.

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, Superman, Graphic Novels, Superheroes

280 pages, Paperback

Published June 5, 2018

About the author

Mark Millar is the New York Times best-selling writer of Wanted, the Kick-Ass series, The Secret Service, Jupiter’s Legacy, Jupiter’s Circle, Nemesis, Superior, Super Crooks, American Jesus, MPH, Starlight, and Chrononauts. Wanted, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, and The Secret Service (as Kingsman: The Secret Service) have been adapted into feature films, and Nemesis, Superior, Starlight, War Heroes, Jupiter’s Legacy and Chrononauts are in development at major studios.

His DC Comics work includes the seminal Superman: Red Son, and at Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates – selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War – the industry’s biggest-selling superhero series in almost two decades.

Mark has been an Executive Producer on all his movie adaptations and is currently creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of movies.

Reviews

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

An optimistic Mark Millar. Not cynical, not ironic and not-mean spirited. This collection does not come to a cohesive whole, but a ton of well-done one shot stories.

The One Shots and "Family Reunion" issues are great--but it's missing the classic "22 Stories in a Single Bound", Millar's single greatest issue on the run. He did 19-issues and this series has only a small handful, so that's disappointing. But even those included are great.

[Dustin Domingo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice collection of Mark Millar-penned "Superman" stories that both celebrate the Man of Steel and turn some of the mythos on their heads. Some "meh" moments but overall a cool book!

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superman by Mark Millar

A collection of stories written by Millar (most having appeared in previous volumes). The stories are thoughtful, action packed and don't patronise their audience. The artwork is smooth, crisp and colourful.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s giving uhhh, mixed bag ☝️🤓

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This decent Mark Millar collection has some pretty decent stories, some I didn’t care for, some I really enjoyed. One I did enjoy was the first comic in the collection, where Superman does what he does best: embodies good, saving lives and not listening to the critics telling him he shouldn’t. Superman to a capital S.

The middle chunk with Superboy and the elseworld story was a bit slow and not my favourite collection of stories, although I didn’t mind the story where a shapeshifting villain captures him and frames him, but the Superman Adventures run. That’s where Mark shines the most writing the character (outside of singular stories like Red Son). With art like the 90’s cartoon and writing that is so fun, hopeful and colourful, that’s where this book shines the most. I love the story about discovering why Lex can’t stand Superman and the collaboration with Batman and Gotham City with the Mad Hatter.

Superman at his core is a character that is good because he is and because he has the abilities to do good. There is no catch, he just is.

[Joseph R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Before Mark Millar became a star in comic writing with hits like Superman: Red Son, Marvel Civil War, and Old Man Logan, he wrote a variety of Superman stories in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They are collected in this volume. The stories are a lot of one-offs. Some of them are really odd and not satisfying, like an Elseworlds-ish story of Harvey Dent as a cop who turns into "Superman" by an intelligence-boosting accident. Another story has Superman blasted into an alternate universe where survivors of Krypton are coming to turn Earth into their new home world by force. In other stories, Superman faces off against Lex Luthor with more or less interesting results. This is a mixed bag that I only found occasionally entertaining.

Not recommended unless you are a Superman completist or a Millar completist.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll always contend that the best work of Mark Millar's career was his run on "Superman Adventures," and most of this book collects several of those issues. They're outstanding comics.

The book also collects a couple stories from Superman (a good one that sees Lois defending Superman after the Dominus storyline) and DC One Million (unremarkable Superman One Million and Batman One Million first meeting) Secret Files books, and a decent if forgettable "Team Superman" one-shot that has Supergirl, Superboy and Steel aiding Superman against a fairly obvious intergalactic baddie called Anti-Hero.

[Nola Lorraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book collects 12 Superman stories written by Mark Millar. Eight of the stories are from the 'Adventures of Superman' comics that are probably suitable for 12+ readers, though there are also a few more adult stories. 'Future Shock' was probably the most adult of the stories and I found it a bit confusing. But I liked the book as a whole. I like the cartoony style of the 'Adventures of Superman' ones and Millar is one of my favourite comic book writers.

[RND · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good collection from various titles over several years that shows how much Millar loves Superman and how much he has a good angle on the character and his supporting cast. He's got a great understanding of Lois and Lex as well. Interesting how he returns to the image of Supes on the moon looking at Earth: once with Lois, another with Krypto.

[Darik · Rating 2 out of 5]

This f%#$ing guy can't even write an adaptation of a children's cartoon (half these issues are literally from the Superman Adventures ongoing) without slipping some needless bit of "edgy", transgressive cruelty into the mix.

Mark Millar sucks.

[Josh Newhouse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Those animated issues especially were among the strongest Superman stories I have read.

[Raj Aich · Rating 1 out of 5]

few stories good but rest are crap.

[Kole · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5
Superman Adventures art style comics are the better issues in an uneven collection.

[Bob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bit of a mix, fairly good

[Joaquin Delfin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The DCAU Superman issues made me feel like a kid again. Would've given it a 5 but, I wasn't really a fan of the other iterations, like the Harvey Dent SuperMan.

[Phil Blonde]

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