I'd read this 100 years ago, but I'm pretty sure I skimmed it and I definitely didn't remember any of the details. I really liked this, largely because of the visual storytelling. A lot of the dialogue still reeks of 80s/90s exclamations, very comic-booky in that sense, but some panels are fantastic - one of the Justice League members getting thrown through a family's window, Superman getting more desperate and pissed off in the final few pages were great to look at. I think this could have been longer and more fleshed out, and definitely would've liked to see a more varied strategy from Supes other than kicky punchy, but overall one of my favorite Supermans to date. Loved the epilogue told through the Metropolis Newspapers and Magazines, with quotes from fictional and non-fictional characters (Shaq, John Goodman, Dan Rather). ( )

This story had an interesting concept for a conflict arc, important dilemmas to address, a great idea for resolution, and a lot of potential for character development. If it fulfilled all of its potential, it would probably be the best Superman story ever written, and likely worth five stars.

The execution is trite, shallow, and cartoonish (in the pejorative sense), almost a satirical caricature of itself. It fails to deliver on almost any of its promise. What little it does deliver gets wiped away in subsequent publications about Superman and JLA. If this was all I judged to produce a rating on Goodreads, it would be one star. The best things I can say about the final product (igoring the failure to make the best of the underlying ideas) are that it's not as bad as The Jungle and I got my copy for free.

Great ideas only offer so much value when they aren't handled well. The result is two stars. Given the way Goodreads identifies two stars as "it was ok" at the time of this writing, that feels like a generous rating, but it's not quite bad enough to get the lowest possible rating. ( )

C’è stato un periodo dei primi anni Novanta in cui era emersa una specie di moda: far morire i supereroi. Ed anche all’uomo d’acciaio è toccata in sorte la morte, preconizzante, chiaramente la risurrezione, altrimenti che supereroe è. L’albo di Repubblica propone la storia della morte di Superman, disegni straordinari, storia un po’ ostica per i miei gusti. Nei fumetti cerco, comunque, linearità, storia, la fantascienza non mi attrae. I supereroi invece si e molto, ma devono essere eroi terrestri, devo capire tutto. Invece in questa storia, ripeto magistralmente disegnata perdo l’orientamento, mi ci trovo e no, ho difficoltà a seguire le vicende. Resta, comunque, Superman un mito assoluto e la sua morte va letta per capire l’origine di un personaggio che, comunque, fa parte della nostra vita, come la kriptonite che ognuno di noi vorrebbe avere un po’ nella sua borsetta degli effetti personali. E, comunque, molto bello il parallelismo tra il coma dello zio di Clark Kent e la morte di superman, in cui la realtà si sovrappone alla fantasia in quel territorio sacro che è il limbo che delimita il confine tra la vita e la morte. Tanto poi, come detto, Superman rinascerà e ci accompagnerà lungo il percorso della nostra vita da piccoli supereroi. ( )

Purely classic...
Superman and Doomsday go head-to-head in this epic battle which ends in one of them walking away... only one of them.
This comic book series is jam-packed with epic battles, cheesy one-liners, and pure comic book gold. This is one for the ages!
If you have not read this one yet then you need to remedy that! 😉 ( )

I wouldn't think that Punch Guy punching Other Punch Guy to death would be considered groundbreaking and innovative, but here we are. ( )