Top 10 Graphic Novels

By Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely (illustrator)
Publisher: DC Comics
160 pages
$19.99
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#3. All Star Superman
Written by Grant Morrison, illustrated by Frank Quitely
Superman is tough to write for. He's just too strong and too tough to write good plots around those big muscles tend to break down any nuanced or believable plot-mechanics, and he's too morally rigid to be interesting or relatable. But writer Morrison seems to get what's fun about Superman: He's ridiculously powerful, and therefore he just sees and does and has lots of incredibly cool, totally bizarre stuff. All Star Superman isn't bound by DC-universe continuity, so the sky isn't even close to the limit: time machines, nanonauts, sun-eaters, a super-dense sphere of black kryptonite from the Underverse, it's all good.

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