Superman 80-Page Giant #2

Superman (1987)

by Joe Casey, Michael Jan Friedman, Doselle Young

“UNDER CONTROL.” A man jumps off Hob's Bay Bridge, and Superman swoops down and catches him before he hits the water. The man is somewhat annoyed: Why did he have to interfere? Superman offers to talk to the man about his problems and what brought him to this point.

Genres: Comics

72 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Librarian note: there is more than one author with this name

Joe Casey is an American comic book writer. He has worked on titles such as Wildcats 3.0, Uncanny X-Men, The Intimates, Adventures of Superman, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite among others. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Casey is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Casey

Reviews

[MindProbe]

an anthology largely comprised of uninspired nothingburgers working through the aftermath of one of many Carlin-era linewide crossover storylines that I don't especially care to investigate further, which perks up for a pretty fun and inventive Jimmy Olsen story by Joe Casey and Michael Avon Oeming - "Who Do You Trust?", let down only by a rather inert and undramatic ending - and a genuinely fantastic little story by Mark Millar (I shouldn't say "of all people", that would be rude) and Sean Phillips - "From Krypton With Love", which justifies the whole enterprise with its heartfelt portrait of Lois Lane's (and, one suspects, Millar's) deep love for Superman and frustration at the world's failure to appreciate just how wonderful he is. five stars for that, and four for the Casey and Oeming story. of the rest:

three stars for Michael Jan Friedman and Peter Doherty's "Under Control", adequate but wholly predictable.

two stars for Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty, and Eric Canete's "If I Had a Hammer", a particularly rote "Must There Be a Superman?" retread.

one star for Eric Luke and Brian Denham's properly crap "Redemption".

two stars for Doselle Young and Mike Collins' rushed and bemusing "Sibs".

and three stars for Dan Jurgens and Gordon Purcell's "Frustration Eternal", a decent enough Lex Luthor character study which does not know the meaning of the word "subtext".

[Aditya Mallya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was released after the "King of the World" storyline of the late 1990s that saw an impostor Superman wreaking havoc and leading the public to lose faith in Big Blue. Each story in this 80-Page Giant focuses on a different character processing the return of the real Superman following these events. It is a great collection of stories that capture the essence of Superman.