The setup to Superman's death is pretty stupid. He's had three bad things happen to him, and so they've all piled up and resulted in him dying.
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I received a free copy of Superman: The Final Days Of Superman in exchange for my honest opinion.
That was sad. Is a shame that New 52 Superman is being changed by the pre New 52 Superman.
I really enjoyed this. It was a touching run over what the 52 Supes had been through and who he has been with.
All the battles Superman has had of late have caught up with him. He is dying, no cure available.
The end of New 52 Superman is here, and it's a decent finish, even if it does lose steam in the home stretch.
What made this volume work for me was the small moments.
The road to rebirth continues. They had to get the new 52 Superman out of the way so they killed him.
I was a bit confused by the other Supermans and where they came from and who exactly they were. Maybe if I would have continued on with the 52 series I would be more in the loop.
'Superman: The Final Days of Superman' by Peter J. Tomasi tells the story of it's title.
*CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS*
I read this to get caught up with the fact that there would be a change in the status quo as far as Superman goes. Given that this arc was titled "Final Days" I was honestly just intrigued by the possibility of the New 52 Superman kicking the bucket; comics haven't exactly been shy with reviving dead characters and I wanted to see what the fallout would be of this Superman dying.
This was an extremely cheap death of Superman, as the author makes it abundantly clear that it's okay that Superman is dead because we have a Superman from another Earth and a Chinese Superman ready to take his place. Oh, and a depowered Supergirl has been given the keys to the Fortress of Solitude so it's all good.
It is very interesting how much we care about a care when he or she is about to die. I know many DC Comics fans are not big fans of the the rebooted New 52 version of the Superman character.
By the end, I felt actual feelings about the New 52 Superman that didn't involve frustration or nerd rage. I was not a fan of the direction Superman took post-Flashpoint.
This volume fills in some of the holes left in other Superman graphic novels.
Tomasi does an admirable job of pulling together DC Comics' flagship properties to explain how the New 52 version of Superman must pass to make way for the classical Superman. The various artists also do a fine job of depicting the drama of Superman's impending death.
