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Originally posted by Animalman:
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Originally posted by AX Knight:
In your opinion Moore may have written the best Supes story. That isn't my opinion though. My opinion is that For All Seasons by Loeb is the best Supes story and it is my favorite all time comics story. And my opinion is the one I always consider right before I take the word of random net people.

SMS
.....wow. I'd insult you at this point, but I'm seriously considering the possibility that you're either under 14 or have some form of learning disability, and I don't wish to seem insensitive.

So, I'll merely say that the implication, unless I specifically state otherwise, is that whatever I say is my opinion. This is pretty standard procedure. I'd rather not have to attach "IMO" to the end of all my sentences, so, from now on, just assume that whatever I say is my opinion.

You're more than entitled to your opinion, however silly I might think it is. Have you, by chance, read either of the two stories I mentioned? I consider them to be the best because they dig deep into the heart of who Superman really is, emotionally and spiritually. They examine and explore his deepest desires and even his flaws. In "For the Man who has Everything", the reader is shown that even a man with powers as vast as Superman's is powerless against his own humanity. That a man who has "everything" can still wish for something more, something simpler, something that we less-empowered people might take for granted. That a man who embodies hope can feel the dark depths of hopelessness. This is deep stuff that, in my opinion, no Loeb Superman story has ever even begun to touch on. And Moore did this nearly 20 years ago, before "gritty and edgy" became commonplace in comic books, before realism was valued above all else, as it is today.

In my opinion, Loeb is a stock writer. He uses the same story setups and formats for his Sale projects, and they become tiresome and boring. For All Seasons is a nice, little, compact memoir piece, but in my opinion, it's nothing more beyond that. It doesn't tell me anything new, it's just sort of a rehashing, a regurgitation. I wasn't deeply moved by it in the way I was when I read the aforementioned works(years ago, when I was far more cynical and hate-filled than I am even now, if you believe that). I also thought the hints at Clark's powers were corny("Clark told me today he saw right through a rock! Gee golly!").
Boy.......it's not nice when someone nitpicks you huh. [wink]