Superman Omnibus

In my 40+ years of reading comics, I've read a lot of Superman stories. From the character's evolution in the late 30s and 40s to enough imaginary stories in the 50s to shake a chunk of red kryptonite at. Through reboots good (post-Crisis) and bad (New 52), the Man of Steel has been through it all. Even a resurrection mullet. This book collects Superman's greatest stories. Great action, character development, and best of all heart! It was a celebration of hope and tradition in a fresh and engaging way. I know many readers who gave up on Superman, but were brought back for this run. (If you are a fan of the "Superman and Lois" show, this is the Superman for you too!) Great storytelling at its best. All good things must come to an end, but I still wish Tomasi and Gleason were Superman's creative team. I am grateful for this omnibus. It's worth every penny for the sheer enjoyment alone.

Let me just address the elephant in the room, the missing issues don't matter. They're fill in issues written by other writers. I read one of them on DC Infinite and realized they're non essential. This is the definitive way to read Tomasi and Gleason's fantastic Superman run. Given that I got this at about half off and I'm assuming it still is, you're doing yourself a disservice by not picking this one up!

Gleason and tomasi knock it out of the park with their run on superman. If youve read bits or not familar with the story run then youve gotta read it. A good long read for when you wanna deep dive the source. Must own for a superman fan.

Good For Superman fans and new readers

Awesome story

When it comes to comics characters, Superman is the Alpha and the Omega.The first, the last.Superman doesn’t need to be relevant. Superman is bigger than relevance.Efforts to make Superman relevant end in mullets. Or a bleak over-emphasis of something like “alienation,” a concept barely addressed, if at all, by creators Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster—despite the current vogue of acting like Philip Wylie’s novel “Gladiator,” a stated influence (among SO MANY) like it’s an “Ur text”—even though it’s an infinitely weaker than anything the great Edgar Rice Burroughs penned.Now Tarzan, the Earl of Greystoke, is a WORTHY Superman forerunner.As is Lester Dent’s Man of Bronze, Doc Savage.Lee Falk’s costumed Phantom.CUT TO a host of comics geniuses such as Dennis O’Neil and Curt Swan or Alan Moore and Curt Swan, or, YES, John Byrne, (especially with Karl Kessel), or YES! Grant Morrison—especially in Morrison and Howard Porter’s ecstatic JLA run or the seldom-read, never cited brilliance that was Kurt Busiek and Carlos Pacheco’s Superman, who we thrilled to for such a limited period of time.Cut to YES! Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness, Joe Kelly, the awesome Doug Mahnke—this man could draw a cool Superman in the dark while being forced to listen to some shrill moron drone on and on about dressing Superman like Keanu in "The Matrix" to make him cool... "cool" is the kiss of death, since Superman, when handled right, can never NOT be cool, IF you mean genuinely, authentically cool, our Moses from space channeled by Christopher Reeve, (Earth Prime’s real Superman)—and Lee Bermejo with Tom Nguyen’s awesome inking in “What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?” let alone peace, love, and understanding… thank you, Elvis Costello.CUT TO the greatest Superman tale that doesn’t star Superman—when Alan Moore took a lame, violent Superman parody—Rob Liefeld's Supreme—and made one the finer Superman stories in years with his ascendant “Supreme: the Story of the Year,” a 1997 Eisner Award Winner that’s honestly better—for this fan, who TRULY BELIEVES that “Clear eyes, full hearts— can’t lose,” as Coach Taylor memorably put it.Inherently relevant, The Man of Steel always will be relevant—WHEN we let Superman be Superman—even when that means evolving the character with an awesome marriage (he's Chidi and Lois is Elinor), an awesome son, and an understanding of Batman—as did the latest GREAT team, Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason.Gleason’s Superman looks like today’s Superman, the way Swan’s Superman always looks like Superman. The marriage shines. Lois is in love with “Smallville,” and, in gentle heartland moments as Big Blue rescues livestock, one can only gauge the love a son has for a good dad in Jonathan Kent’s eyes.Also, please, check out Jonathan’s team-up book with Batman son/protégé Damian Wayne in “Super Sons.”Which makes it so tragic that the “Rebirth” run was capsized by a fairly lame Brian Michael Bendis—I dug his Spiderman, his Avengers especially, the latter the best Avengers run in years—Superman run, nothing like the moment Jack Kirby bolted Marvel and relit the TORCH at DC.Great Superman runs, like the Tomasi/Gleason run, occur when a great writer/artist team focuses on sound SF plots—without ignoring cosmic Kirby or even the full-tilt surreal bent of the Mort Weisinger days, and renders attempts to be hip—moot.Vladimir Nabokov said: “Nothing dates faster than kitchen sink realism,” let alone chic violence, or a lame negativity that believes itself to be “adult,” the aspects of “Watchmen” Moore, himself, laments—only for the way lesser creators mistook what made that excellent book mature.Tomasi and Gleason distill the character to a brilliant marriage of Smallville, Kansas, an America so many wish we had—one suffused with the loyal, trustworthy, courteous, kind, and BRAVE qualities we could use more of—mingled with the absolute science fiction bomb that Superman/Clark proved to be when his creators captured lightning in a bottle.Peace OUT!

Superman is a pop culture icon. He's known worldwide, been in numerous movies and media, and is tied to an entire nation's culture and history. But when you ask any layman or any person about their opinion on Superman, the one answer that seems to always be given is that Superman is boring or he's a boy scout. People much prefer Batman and his dark stories which seem to have dominated the landscape since TDKR was released. However, while many prefer Batman and his dark stories, people seem to forget that a superhero story should be hopeful and be inspirational. That's why they're superheroes, and that's exactly what Superman represents. That's what Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason latched onto and wrote their stories out of. And they did a fantastic job, resulting in the definitive Superman run in modern time. All the stories in this omnibus encompass what makes Superman the hero that he is and the ideals that he represents. Having him teach these ideals to Jonathan, his son, is a perfect way to display the ideals to the audience by providing a character that the audience can experience the lessons through. Not only that, the stories in the book are also amazingly fun. They're the light hearted goodness that makes you feel like you're wrapped in a blanket and a kid again, which is what comics should do. Every character is written perfectly as well. Honestly, I don't have a lot of bad things to say about the story. The art is also amazing from Gleason, Jorge Jimenez, Doug Mahke, and the others. It's just one of the best omnibus books I have, and probably the best Superman omnibus released.

I just finished reading the book and it’s by far the best Superman reading material of all time. The relationship between Father and Son is heart warming. There is a lot of heartfelt memorable moments in this book: the relationship between Jon and Damian (Robin) is funny; the family trip to the country’s capital for 4Th of July was very informative; and Clark teaching his son what’s right from wrong is a beautiful thing. The nuclear family, a couple and their dependent child, regarded as a basic social unit - which we don’t see so much in comics and I am glad the writers implemented it in the book. Oh yeah, let’s don’t forget the epic battle between Superman and Swamp Thing. This is a great book for Father’s Day. I highly recommend this book to be place in your comic collection.

The book is one of the all time best omnibuses available on the Man of Steel. But worst packaging and delivery by the seller and amazon. The book was old and damaged, shredded and torn apart.

My superman was the post crisis superman I grew up reading his stories. Saw his origin retold in "the man of steel" mini series by byrne. Saw him grow into the premiere superhero of earth. Saw him meet lex, the untouchable rich business man who vowed to destroy superman. Saw him meet lois and eventually married her. Saw him go into exile, travel the stars, become a gladiator on warworld. Saw him fight doomsday and die, but eventually came back. And many more stories.Then flashpoint happened...Then all that went away. It never happened. And the "new 52" started and now there was a new younger superman for a new generation. It wasnt my superman and I stopped reading superman for the most part.Then peter tomasi and Patrick Gleason came around and decided "ok screw this. The post crisis superman survived!!!" And he has just been hiding behind the scenes this whole time!!! With his wife lois!!! And his young son, Jonathan Kent.This omnibus collects these stories about the superman family. And it's great! The kid who read superman growing up, has now grown up and now reading a mature superdad who has also grown up. It's an amazing read. And I highly reccomend it for anyone who was a fan of post crisis/pre 52 superman. You will love it. And jon/superboy is a character that you will adore. Seriously.The only flaw this book has, if you can call it a flaw, is that this series went along side another superman series by dan jurgens. Action comics. And to get the complete story, you need to read it. Like this omnibus has a storyline called "superman beyond. It's a crossover with action comics. If you havent read the previous stories in action comics, you will be a bit lost. My hope is we get an "superman by Dan jurgens" omnibus. It will go perfectly with this one.But all in all? This is a must buy. One of the best superman arcs out there. And a great introduction to the great character of jon Kent.Then bendis took over the book and wrecked everything. But that another story for another time.

As a character who is often viewed as “difficult” or “boring” to get into, this definitely feels like a collection that would get doubters on board with superman comics. You don’t get hung up with his origin, elements such as Jon and this not being the new 52 superman yet still having to interact with said iteration’s friends and enemies keep your interest whether you’re familiar with the lore of the character or not all while having consistently good art.

Amazing book! Highly recommend!