This is definitely the ideal way to experience it. Morrison and Quitely’s All Star Superman combined elements from all the previous iterations of Superman into a ‘timeless’ version, widely considered to be one of the all-time best Superman stories ever. The large format allows for a close reading of all the detail that Quietly puts into his pages and there are a lot of story points buried in the artwork that are now more visible, almost making this feel like a new book. The sewn binding allows the book to open relatively flat, allowing the double page spreads to look their best and ensuring that Frank Quitely’s artwork is displayed to its best advantage on excellent paper. Underneath the slipcase, the cover of the hardback itself is the famously brilliant image of Superman sitting casually among the clouds over Metropolis. The back cover shows the splash page image of Superman kissing a super-powered Lois Lane on the moon.

The book jacket cover is a text-free version of the flying Superman seen on the standard collection. The slipcase is a dramatically large, cropped image of Superman’s face, taken from the 10th issue cover where Superman gazes down at a basketball-sized Earth. Absolute All Star Superman presents this award-winning work by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly in the best possible way it could be seen. DC Comics Absolute Editions are huge hardcover, slipcased volumes twice the size of a standard comic book.

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