Product Description: The fourth collection featuring Superman tales from the 1980s! Superman encounters Rampage for the first time, has a rematch with Mammoth, contends with a mysterious Superboy, and more!
Great for Legion fans ^ I like this volume, but being mainly a Marvel & Byrne fan, the Legion of Super-Heroes content probably appeals more to the longtime fans than it does to me. Byrne has 4 issues of content here- which is less than in previous editions.
Highlights here for me... *Superman 7- Superman vs. Rampage; an orange, She-Hulkish monstrosity. A decent, single-issue battle. *Action 590- The Man of Steel vs. the Metal Men. I liked this; in his Modern Masters interview, Byrne mentions he might be interested in working with the Metal Men in the future. This is like a preview to that possibility(!). *Superman 8- Nice cover. My favorite of the Legion issues; it seems Rob Liefeld maybe created Badrock based partly on Blok? *Adv. of Superman 431- Who knew Erik Larson would turn up in a Man of Steel volume? I didn't! I actually kind of like this, in spite of the fact that it's obviously very quickly done. Great Reagan! The inking, also quickly done, is credited to India Inc. (That's cute.) Terry Austin is listed in the front of this paperback amongst the inkers, yet his name isn't in any individual issue. Mystery solved?
As I said: I like this volume. But I like edition 5 in this series so much more. The amount of Byrne content has everything to do with it.
Included in this volume: *Superman #7- John Byrne writes & pencils; Karl Kesel inks *Adv. of Superman #430- Marv Wolfman writes; Jerry Ordway pencils & inks *Action Comics #590- John Byrne writes & pencils; Dick Giordano inks *Legion of Super-Heroes #37- Paul Levitz writes; Greg LaRocque & Mike DeCarlo artists *Superman #8- John Byrne writes & pencils; Karl Kesel inks *Action Comics #591- John Byrne writes & pencils; Byrne & Keith Williams inks *Legion of Super-Heroes #38- Paul Levitz writes; Greg LaRocque & Mike DeCarlo artists *Adv. of Superman #431- Marv Wolfman writes; Erik Larson pencils; India Inc.(Terry Austin?) inks
Another winner by Byrne! ^ John Byrne does the best Superman ever!
In the mid-eighties, DC asked John Byrne, who had written a long run of The Fantastic Four, to revamp Superman, who was about fifty years old at the time. In what I would consider typical "Marvel style," Byrne added characterization and scientific explanation to the Superman mythos as he reinvented classic characters and retold their stories. His beautiful art work and excellent story-telling ability make these comics a JOY to read!
I would STRONGLY recommend that you purchase all FOUR volumes of John Byrne's Superman; each one picks up right where the last one left off. When I was finished reading them, I purchased the rest of Byrne's run on the Superman comics; they were that good.
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