All-Star Superman

    (DC, 2006–2011)
™ and © 2006 DC Comics, Inc.

In this issue, Superman’s origin is retold (an “S” is added to a word that forever changes how you’ll look at a character); he travels to the sun to save an exploratory team; then receives unhappy news, while Luthor achieves his heart’s desire and Los Lane gets the surprise of her life.

Those are only the bullet points; as usual with anything written by Grant Morrison, there’s never less than a flurry of outré ideas, but clearly he and Frank Quitely understand that Superman is the main attraction. And they’ve produced one who is worthy of the name.

Quitely’s art isn’t just as good as always; he seems to have taken one of those quantum leaps truly fine artists periodically make. If he had a weak spot before, it was his overly chiseled, heavily lined faces, especially female ones. (Even those who were supposed to be sex bombs sometimes looked more like weathered desert rats.) But here he’s given readers both a remarkably evocative and authentic version of Superman and a Lois who’s worthy of his attention.

— S. A. Bennett
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  • 1
    #1
    Regular Cover by Frank Quitely
    Jan 2006
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    After Watchmen…What’s Next? Reprint
    Sep 2009
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Indicia reads All-Star Superman #1 Special; After Watchmen…What’s Next? tie in
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  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    Sep 2009
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Comic Shop 2013 giveaway to help promote Man of Steel movie
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  • 1-4
    #1 - 4th printing
    Sears Special Edition with cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli
    Aug 2013
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    Cover A by Neal Adams
    Jan 2006
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 1/B
    #1 Variation B
    Superman Day 2025 Edition A Cover B by Frank Quitely
    Jun 2025
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Giveaway; Superman Day 2025
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  • 1/C
    #1 Variation C
    Superman Day 2025 Edition Foil Cover C B
    Jun 2025
    Cover: $9.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Superman Day 2025
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  • 1/D
    #1 Variation D
    Superman Day 2025 Edition Blue Blank Cover D C
    Jun 2025
    Cover: $4.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Superman Day 2025
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  • 1/DF
    #1 Dynamic Forces
    Dynamic Forces Signed Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Jan 2006
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Limited to 1,499; Signed by Grant Morrison
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  • 1/E
    #1 Variation E
    Dollar Tree Cover E by Frank Quitely
    Feb 2025
    Cover: $3.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Released by Topaz Distribution, Versus Lex Luthor; Superman Dying
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  • 1/NS
    #1 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Jan 2006
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 2
    #2
    Feb 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 2/NS
    #2 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Feb 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 3
    #3
    May 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 3/NS
    #3 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    May 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 4
    #4
    Jul 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 4/NS
    #4 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Jul 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 5
    #5
    Sep 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 5/NS
    #5 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Sep 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 6
    #6
    Mar 2007
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Death of Jonathan Kent
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  • 6/NS
    #6 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Mar 2007
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Death of Jonathan Kent
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  • 7
    #7
    Jun 2007
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Versus Bizarro
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  • 7/NS
    #7 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Jun 2007
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Versus Bizarro
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  • 8
    #8
    Aug 2007
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 8/NS
    #8 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Aug 2007
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 9
    #9
    Sep 2007
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    1st Appearance of Bar-El; 1st Appearance of Lilo
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  • 9/NS
    #9 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Sep 2007
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    1st Appearance of Bar-El; 1st Appearance of Lilo
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  • 10
    #10
    May 2008
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 10/NS
    #10 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    May 2008
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 11
    #11
    Jul 2008
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 11/NS
    #11 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Jul 2008
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    No copies available
  • 12
    #12
    Oct 2008
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    No copies available
  • 12/NS
    #12 Newsstand Edition
    Newsstand Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Oct 2008
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    No copies available
  • Bk 1
    Book #1
    Cover: $12.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Collects All-Star Superman #1-6; ca. 2011
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  • Bk 1/DLX
    Book #1 Deluxe Edition
    The Deluxe Edition
    Jan 2022
    Cover: $34.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Collects All-Star Superman #1-12
    No copies available
  • Bk 1/HC
    Book #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Frank Quitely and Neal Adams
    Apr 2007
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Collects All-Star Superman #1-6; Introduction by Bob Schreck
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  • Bk 2
    Book #2
    Cover: $12.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Collects All-Star Superman #7-12; ca. 2010
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  • Bk 2/HC
    Book #2 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Collects All-Star Superman #7-12; ca. 2009
    No copies available
  • Dlx 1
    Deluxe Set #1
    Cover: $29.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Collects All-Star Superman #1-12; ca. 2011
    No copies available
  • Dlx 1/A
    Deluxe Set #1 Variation A
    Cover: $49.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Collects All-Star Superman #1-12
    No copies available
  • Dlx 1/HC
    Deluxe Set #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Frank Quitely
    Cover: $99.99
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Absolute All-Star Superman; Collects All-Star Superman #1-12; ca. 2010
    No copies available
  • FCBD 2008
    Free Comic Book Day #2008
    Jun 2008
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Free Comic Book Day 2008
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