I haven’t really been shy of telling everyone how much I love Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s epic miniseries chronicling the Man of Steel’s final days, All-Star Superman. There’s really no doubt about it: ASSM is the best Superman story ever, bar none. It takes all that is great about Superman (and his many incarnations and versions) and condenses it into twelve amazing issues. Morrison and Quitely cut to the heart of the character and present it in a way nobody else can. It’s no secret that we at Comicgasm are Grant Morrison fanboys, but what the hell.

However, All-Star Superman is such a dense work that I really find it hard to imagine how anyone can translate the story into a cohesive movie, much less retain everything that makes it so great. I’m a huge fan of Dwayne McDuffie, but even with him writing the adaptation’s script and with Bruce Timm as producer I wasn’t so sure. ASSM was 12 issues of Superman thinking of ways to solve problems, being nice and kind, and generally avoiding punching stuff unless the situation really calls for it. That would be a pretty boring way to pad out a movie. So color me pleasantly surprised when the animated adaptation of All-Star Superman delivered. (continue reading…)

Ade here, taking a break from reformatting my PC to bring you this week’s most delayed reviews!

Amazing Spider-Man #611

See how much a comic improves once it forgets about the Clone Saga? (continue reading…)