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This book was widely regarded by Superman superfans as the greatest Superman comic series ever written. The premise involved Superman having a year to live after being sent to the sun by Lex Luthor, causing his cells to decay, and explored what he would do in his final year to improve the world.
to write All-Star Superman kind of defy the forces of entropy, because I feel that if anything survives in my career, it will be that one book.
— Episode: Super mad about Superman
Episode: Super mad about Superman
This book was widely regarded by Superman superfans as the greatest Superman comic series ever written. The premise involved Superman having a year to live after being sent to the sun by Lex Luthor, causing his cells to decay, and explored what he would do in his final year to improve the world.
to write All-Star Superman kind of defy the forces of entropy, because I feel that if anything survives in my career, it will be that one book.
All-Star Superman is widely regarded by the Superman heads out there as the GOAT, the greatest Superman comic series ever written, ever, in like almost 90 years of Superman.
Basically, it's a part of Lex Luthor's scheme. He sends Superman to the sun, and the solar radiation overcharges Superman's cells, so they begin to decay and die. So it's basically Superman's dying of cancer.
And the idea of what would this man do in the last 12 months of his life to leave the Earth a better place than he found it.
