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
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    After Watchmen…What’s Next? Reprint
    Sep 2009
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    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
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    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
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Giveaway; Superman Day 2025
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  • 2
    #2
    Feb 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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    #3
    May 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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    #4
    Jul 2006
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    #5
    Sep 2006
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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    #6
    Mar 2007
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Death of Jonathan Kent
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    #7
    Jun 2007
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Versus Bizarro
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    #8
    Aug 2007
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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  • 9
    #9
    Sep 2007
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    1st Appearance of Bar-El; 1st Appearance of Lilo
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  • 10
    #10
    May 2008
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
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    #11
    Jul 2008
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  • 12
    #12
    Oct 2008
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  • Bk 2
    Book #2
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Collects All-Star Superman #7-12; ca. 2010
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  • Dlx 1
    Deluxe Set #1
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    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Collects All-Star Superman #1-12; ca. 2011
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  • FCBD 2008
    Free Comic Book Day #2008
    Jun 2008
    W: Grant Morrison  ·  A: Frank Quitely
    Free Comic Book Day 2008
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