![]() However it is through the colors that the issue truly soars. Tim Sale’s art style, with its bulky characters and inhuman proportions, gives the story a timeless and larger than life feeling. ![]() The issue concludes with a soaked and disheveled Clark arriving at his parents’ doorstep pleading for a place to stay for a while. The rain storm that the antidote created drenches Superman while he holds the small lifeless body in his arms. Vaughn is exposed to a lethal dose of the virus and succumbs. Lex enlists Jenny Vaughn, a chemist that he’s brainwashed to revere Superman, to seed the clouds to spread the antidote. Desperate, he goes to the only man who could save the day, Lex Luthor.Īt Lexcorp, Superman is begrudgingly forced to work with Luthor to save the city after a brief exchange between the two. Metropolis is a picture of chaos with the city helpless in the face of this unyielding pathogen. Panicked, Clark transforms into Superman to assess the situation outside the building. Suddenly, she collapses into Clark’s arms and a quick pan around the office shows the entire floor passed out. Later at the Daily Planet, Lois Lane is prying into Clark’s personal life, questioning the identity of “L.L.” in a letter that she found on his desk. Being the cruel, petty man that he is, Lex views Metropolis as something he controls – which, in his own twisted way, is how he expresses his love for it. He’s subsequently shown bribing and manipulating various officials until he’s confronted by the Man of Steel himself. ![]() The issue is told largely from Lex Luthor’s perspective and opens with Lex’s release from jail following his capture by Superman. How and why did the Man of Tomorrow come up short? A man who, despite all of his great powers and potential, fails. But what if this ‘super’ man failed and how would he react to it? Superman for All Seasons #3 by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale explores a man of steel who is unsure of himself. A character like Superman, on the other hand, is often seen as a flawless paragon of truth and justice… and he isn’t typically defined by his failures. From Spider-Man’s failure to save Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy through to Batman’s inability to save Jason Todd, heroic failures echo throughout comics and pop culture far beyond their respective adventures. Failure remains a defining characteristic in American superhero comics.
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