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Summary: Really great book!
Review: I stopped collecting Superman comics for a few years and when a friend brought me up to date, I realized that I'd missed quite a lot. I was most curious about Superman's transformation. So, he recommended that I buy this book. I really liked the entire story. It was great. The new Superman actually had more offensive power instead of defensive. I was very pleased with this book. However, there were three drawbacks. 1) It was a little confusing, so I had to read it twice. 2) It skips 3 months in between the two parts of the book, so there are a few references in the second half of the book, which I didn't understood and 3) after buying some of the original comics which made up this TPB, I realized that they skipped some pages which didn't contribute to the Transformation storyline. But, it was a really great read, overall and I highly recommend it to any Superman fan, active or once was active.
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Summary: Transformation
Review: The biggest problem in dealing with an iconic character created more than 60 years ago is that youhave to deal with fans from all different ends of the spectrum. We're talking about a charcater that could have been read by Elvis, The Beatles and in these sad times the Backstreet Boys. A character read by or known in all parts of the world, China, France or even Trinidad and Tobago. We're talking about a legend that has endured all these 60+ years. How can you keep the character fresh to endure all the possibilities, but still retain that charm that made the charcater who he is. earlier in the 90s, they tried killing him and that proved shocking to the world at large, but still added extra depth to the character. Now they're trying something different. During the Final Night, the Sun was being slowly consumed by an entity and through that, our solar powered hero gradually lost his powers. When that is said and done, the sun is rejuvenated once again, yet our hero still remains powerless. Now that grabs you. This is the single theme that can make you read further as to understand what will happen next. You don't have to read the Final Night to get the picture. I haven't read it, and though I'm intrigued as to how Superman felt with his powers ebbing, I can survive with the notion that whith all this, he has become your regular Joe Public and move on with the story.The story twist, giving and taking certain themes as it moves along. There are some pothole and some unanswered questions, but this is a tradepaperback collecting issues of the comics, not a complete self contained graphic novel. The book merely points to the transformation, but ends right there. There is no continuacy as to how Superman deals with things now that he has transformed. So you could say, the book is kind of incomplete, but again when doing a TPB, you just can't fill things as easy than when you're dealing with a graphic novel. All in all, this book has solid art and storytelling. The editorial tasks are a bit lacking from time to time as the reader might ask questions like "What? When did that happen?" or "This can't be right, I just read something different ten pages back." Ironically, the transformation was not well received as the death of Superman. In the end Superman states that he has changed for the new century with different powers and aspects unknown, but the readers thought otherwise as the classic red and blue costume with the cape is brought back for the start of the millenium. I guess you can test people's threshold for change, but in the end, the best things in life are the classics.
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Summary: A definite low point in the Superman saga
Review: This was deadend story by a creative team that had run out of ideas after the "Death of Superman Story". The costume is ugly and the premise is weak. All they really accomplish is make Superman whine alot about not understanding his new powers. And don't expect any explanation about how the "transformation" occurred. I doubt that Jurgens and the rest of the creative team ever figure that one out themselves.
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Summary: The Worst Post-Death Superman Storyline!
Review: This was really the final nail in the coffin of pure shock value stories the Superman creative team were dispensing to the public in the mid '90's. So it came as no surprise to anyone when they were all released from DC Comics in 1999 to make way for the biggest overhaul the Superman comics had seen since John Bryne's original run in the mid 80's. The biggest problem with this story is that it was done purely for attention grabbing purposes without offering any substance to the readers. After the "Death of Superman" saga (which was actually pretty good), the creative teams gave us the overblown "Death of Clark kent" storyline, the preposterous "Trial of Superman" storyarc, then the rushed marriage to Lois Lane to coincide with the marriage in the "Lois & Clark" TV show, and finally this colossal bombshell. Basically, Superman is turned into a big blue Smurf comprised of pure energy. It's a testament to the enduring legacy of the Superman character that he was able to withstand all these mind-numbing stunts! Whether you're a Superman fan or casual reader, I advise you to avoid this trade paperback at all costs! There are just too many other great reads to waste any time and money on this shameful chapter in Superman's life.
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Summary: The Worst Post-Death Superman Storyline!
Review: This was really the final nail in the coffin of pure shock value stories the Superman creative team were dispensing to the public in the mid '90's. So it came as no surprise to anyone when they were all released from DC Comics in 1999 to make way for the biggest overhaul the Superman comics had seen since John Bryne's original run in the mid 80's. The biggest problem with this story is that it was done purely for attention grabbing purposes without offering any substance to the readers. After the "Death of Superman" saga (which was actually pretty good), the creative teams gave us the overblown "Death of Clark kent" storyline, the preposterous "Trial of Superman" storyarc, then the rushed marriage to Lois Lane to coincide with the marriage in the "Lois & Clark" TV show, and finally this colossal bombshell. Basically, Superman is turned into a big blue Smurf comprised of pure energy. It's a testament to the enduring legacy of the Superman character that he was able to withstand all these mind-numbing stunts! Whether you're a Superman fan or casual reader, I advise you to avoid this trade paperback at all costs! There are just too many other great reads to waste any time and money on this shameful chapter in Superman's life.
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Summary: Good but confusing
Review: When I heard that Superman was transformed into a beam of plasma energy, and that bullets instead go through him, I was shocked. But when I read the book, I realized that it was more benficiary than I thought. For one, he is no longer affected by Kryptonite of any kind. Cool. Buy it.
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Summary: the man beyond tomorrow.
Review: {major spoilers} superman goes though a cool change he is now a being of energy.
what makes me mad is that superman can only control his powers at the end of the book. if you want to know about how he changed back read "the complet history", they sould make a book of how he changed back and call it "Superman: back to the past" or something like that. superman's new powers are:
1. he can shoot energy.
2. he is faster than the speed of light.
3. he absorb electricity and radiation.
4. he can pass though solid matter.
5. he can blow fuses.
6. he can magnetize stuff.
7. if he puts his hand in a computer he can absorb information. heros: superman, lois lane, guardian, big barda, mister miracle, metron, spark, brainiac 5, cosmic boy, inferno, ultra boy, gates, saturn girl, jimmy olsen, cat grant, perry white, takion, lori lemaris, dirk armstrong, professor hamilton, the kents, maggie sawyer, turpin, bibbo. villans: lex luthor, erica, the atomic skull, misa, riot, anomaly {mentioned}, sun-eater {mentioned}. P.s. this story takes place some time during superman revenge squad.
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