Thursday, December 27, 2007

Superman Returns: The Prequels

SUPERMAN RETURNS: THE PREQUELS: Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris: DC Comics: Young Adult Comics: 128 pages

The movie Superman Returns picks up with Superman coming back to Earth after a five-year absence. These prequels give glimpses of the same five years in the lives of the three most important people in his life. In the first, Martha Kent reminisces about Clark's formative years. In the second, Lex Luthor bides his time in prison, nursing a grudge and vowing revenge for Superman's "theft" of five years of his life. The final episode shows Lois Lane, heart in turmoil, pressed to write another article about the Man of Steel. Frustrated and wanting to move on, she writes a story that earns her a Pulitzer, "Why the World Doesn't Need Superman."

This is the first DC comic book that I have read. I surprisingly liked this book, even though I wasn’t really familiar with the timeline of the Superman series. I would recommend this book to any comic book enthusiast.

AMM

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