Superman for All Seasons

Hokey 50s revisionist Americana nostalgia filter applied to Superman Year One type story. Fully saved from failure by Time Sales gorgeous art bolstered by Hansen’s watercolor style. I was happy to focus on the art even as I skimmed the narration and dialogue.

"We can be grateful for the seasons, no matter how cruel or harsh they seem. For it is only through their passage that we can truly appreciate the future." -page 196-197

I am very new to superhero comics. To be honest, I always dismissed them as beneath my intellectual standards, something for teenagers and stunted adults who live in their parent's basement. How wrong I was!

Here is a really wonderful story that is as much about the moods and dilemmas which come with the passage from adolescence to adulthood as it is about the idealism and philosophical underpinnings of the man of steel. I couldn't believe the sophistication of some of the scenes in this novel. Although I have seen the films, I loved this portrayal of Lex Luthor, less egotistical mad scientist, more capitalist power monger.

I really can't recommend this novel enough to anyone.