Books : Superman: For Tomorrow, Vol. 1

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Rating:

- Underwhelming Superman
Great cover, nice premise, weak story. That pretty much sums up the book. What could have been a post apocalyptic vision of Superman's world and his struggle in it, ends up being a muddled psycho treatise on nothing. What can you do with the world's most powerful hero who can do everything? Explore his vulnerabilities of course, which is why this story tries to do, to no avail. The lack of continuity and disparate storyline coupled with a muddled Superman and muddled plot (this and part two) flunk this book. Do we care ? That seems to be the one question Azzarello fails to ask. A bunch of scenarios and set ups only reveal the emptiness of Superman at the core in this one. It's hard to reinvent the character, and this is disappointing.

Rating:

- Good magazine.
Not as good as other Superman stories, but at least the artwork is very good.

Rating:

- another great Superman story (vol 1)
First I have to say, Jim Lee's artwork is great. It helps make the book(s) well worth reading, not including Brian Azzarello (of 100 Bullets fame) and his great storytelling ability. What happens when millions of people just disappear? Find out by reading these two books.

Rating:

- GREAT ART BAAAAD SCRIPT
Apart from Jim Lee & Scott Williams predictably gorgeous art this is a mess. The tone is all wrong and the plot is lumpy and unruly, it simply doesn't gel. There's a couple of good punch ups here and there and some nice sub plots but it hardly justifies this prestige format or the hype. Great Lee art rotten Azzarello script.

Rating:

- a lackluster epic
With an incoherent story and phoned in artwork by Jim Lee, this two volume Superman tale is one that I traded in immediately at my local comic book store. It pales vastly when put next to Azzarello's BATMAN BROKEN CITY and Jim Lee's stellar run on Batman's HUSH arc.

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