Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid

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Blurb

Witness the making of a legend, as Clark Kent learns the tough lessons needed to become the World's Greatest Hero! Also watch as Lex Luthor comes to Smallville, befriending Clark. But it's a relationship that may ultimately spell disaster for Metropolis and the Man of Steel. This volume collects the 12-issue miniseries that features the entire modern-day retelling of Superman by writer Mark Waid and artists Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan. Plus, an introduction by Smallville television producers Al Gough and Miles Millar and a sketchbook section!


Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid


Some Legends and legendary stories never get old and in Superman we have the most popularly known origin and growth story in comic-dom, reworked in a whole new way that entertains with every page. We have had our share of the planet Krypton devastation and the boy who escaped and finally the boy growing up in Smallville as a kid with super powers. Here in this story we have the same and a whole bit more.

More importantly we also have a detailed description of the origins of the other brilliant and famous person from Smallville, Lex Luthor, also the eternal anti-superman super intelligent villain.

This volume details Luthor's initial friendship with Clark and the ways in which the brilliant wannabe scientist was always thwarted by his own brilliance, his impatience or the Neanderthal nature of his peers and teachers. His eternal quest for alien life from a very young age begs a question whether he was aware that Clark's one too. Left to the imagination here but it manifests itself in later pages with abject hate for Superman.
Luthor in his megalomaniac quest as the most supreme intelligent person on earth can never accept anyone else being the centre of attention on earth. Hence his eternal quest to destroy Superman.


We read this in numerous layers in this story. And also how jealousy blinds a person to an extreme degree.

All the other characters are here with a special mention for Ma Kent (Martha Kent) who has a strong connect with Clark and the way she keeps a continuous tab on her indestructible son. We also see Superman going to her when in abject crisis which sometimes is missed in a lot of other stories.
Excellent visuals, art and entertainment.


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