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Title: Supreme: The Return by Alan Moore, Joe Bennett ISBN: 0-9710249-6-0 Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Pub. Date: 03 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Further campy, postmodernist Superman stories.
Comment: More stories after the pattern of the previous volume (STORY OF THE YEAR), though this one takes itself even less seriously than the first. Also, it's more self-referential, several stories here focusing on the concept of comicbook characters existing within a comicbook continuity. Moore explores this sort of idea further with the PROMETHEA series, several years later.
I gave this volume one star more than I gave STORY OF THE YEAR, mostly because the reprinting looked just a little clearer (though not as good as the original comics) and because this book contains fewer of those 8-page Silver Age flashback sequences that we saw so much of in the first volume. The first 3 or 4 of those things were clever, but after reading several over a period of a few days, they start to get on your nerves.
I can recommend this one (and its predecessor) to people who are fans of the Mort Weisinger/Julie Schwartz-era Superman comics. Also to the tons of Alan Moore fans, but they likely don't need any recommendation.
Oh, by the way, the primary artist in this book is actually Chris Sprouse, not Joe Bennett like it says in Amazon's title section.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pretty good stuff (for the right reader)
Comment: This trade collects the last 10 issues of Moore's run on Supreme. Unfortunately, the series was canceled before the storyline was properly concluded, but still this is an enjoyable read for superhero fans.
Moore's Supreme series is basically an homage and parody of Superman- unlike the first "Story of the Year" storyline, though, "Return" has far fewer flashback stories-I actually enjoy the meticulous recreations of 50s and 60s-style stories, but I know it annoyed some readers. Also, the printing quality of Return is pretty good-unlike the first volume
I'm really more a fan of Moore's early work (Halo Jones, Miracleman and Watchmen). However, as a person who at least appreciates Superman, Supreme is a lot of fun. I certainly liked it a lot more than "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (both are period pieces, but Supreme has a more entertaining storyline).
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Title: Supreme: The Story of the Year by Alan Moore, Joe Bennett, Rick Veitch, Alan Ross ISBN: 0971024952 Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Pub. Date: 15 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 (Comic) by Alan Moore ISBN: 1401201172 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones (Halo Jones) by Alan Moore, Ian Gibson ISBN: 1840233427 Publisher: Titan Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Judgment Day by Alan Moore ISBN: 0974166456 Publisher: Checker Book Publishing Group Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Complete D.R. & Quinch by Alan Moore, Alan Davis ISBN: 1840233451 Publisher: Titan Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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