Heroes come and go. They sacrifice a bit, or all of them, to achieve something that will put a smile on another’s face. But whatever happens to them, they will always leave something behind. Whether it’s a little impression from far away or a life-changing event that directly implies them, heroes see themselves immortalized in the memory of those who witness them in action, sometimes even becoming legends who will go down in history as symbols of a society’s identity. However, within all heroes are emotions fundamental to their personalities. It doesn’t matter if they aren’t human, it is through their actions and their ability to communicate that we identify them as heroes. And sometimes, there’s a toll far too great to ever describe that comes with being a hero. Award-winning writer Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle, The Sheriff of Babylon) teams up with legendary artist Andry Kubert (Flashpoint, Batman: The Dark Knight III: Master Race) to explore Metropolis’s greatest hero and the lengths he’d go to to save a single little child. Bus Full of Innocents: A common "This looks like a job for..." moment for Superman. See: Superman: The Movie. Kingdom Come features a tram full of innocents. As of the New 52 reboot. Superman himself tends to meet this attitude with confusion — he doesn't see himself this way at all and doesn't understand why someone would. Chest Insignia: The big S in a diamond shield, at first just standing for Superman, later explained as being the symbol of the In The Kingdom, Superman in one of his many deaths at the hands of Gog was subject to being slowly transformed into Kryptonite after being chained to a planet with a special bomb attached to it that would recreate the destruction of Krypton.

Tom King has definitely done the character justice, and has managed to show why Superman is who he is; not just because of his superpowers, but also because of his personality and his drive to help everyone in need. Andy Kubert's art further complements this book, and some of the panels are breathtakingly gorgeous. Production Foreshadowing: The planet of Rann and zeta beams are important elements early on in the story, and Adam Strange himself is among the Justice League members seen fighting across the world in chapter 11. That, along with Alice discussing with Superman his opinion on Mister Terrific of all superheroes, would be a reference to an upcoming Tom King series in the works, Strange Adventures. As for negatives some of the little stories in this book aren't as good as others. Like I mentioned before some stories they just drop you as the reader in the middle of things with no real context as to how we got here. There's also some things in the main plot that don't really get explained as I feel this book can be too concerned with getting to the next awesome Superman moment. Exposition Beam: Superman's first step in locating the missing girl's location is stopping at Rann and using their technology to beam in all the documented information they have about all usage of the zeta beam used to kidnap her. Sardath warns Superman that this is a terrible idea because an active zeta exists everywhere all at once, meaning that not only would sorting through all interactions to find where one girl was taken be an impossible task, the sheer amount of information would crush Superman's mind, with Sardath treating Superman's insistence on trying it anyway as inviting certain death. Fortunately, Supes isn't built like most mortal minds, and after experiencing several trippy and variously traumatic dreams, he ends up managing to guess the girl's location, as well as identify her name: Alice.Because King was able to hit some very specific emotional buttons for me, ones that go to my being a parent, having a daughter. And, how far I would go to protect, and take care of her. Even though she is an adult, I still feel that way (maybe I shouldn't but...). A little girl is kidnapped by aliens and Superman will go to the end of the universe to find her. This is a character study on Superman. It's about his tenacity, his will, his determination, his inability to give up even in the most hopeless circumstances. Tom King just gets Superman. Maybe he'll do a 100 issue run on him one day? That last issue is one of the best Superman comics I've ever read. I feel like I live in a world made of... cardboard, always taking constant care not to break something, to break someone. Never allowing myself to lose control even for a moment, or someone could die. But you can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am.

Las inquietudes de King también van por el lado de los conflictos internos de los personajes y la manera en que estos lidian con la depresión y los traumas de su laburo de superhéroes. Por ese lado, ha escrito algunas excelentes maxiseries como “Vision” y “Mister Miracle”. En esa línea, mi última lectura de King fue “Heroes in Crisis”, una historia bastante decepcionante, al menos para el nivel al que nos había acostumbrado. As they near Earth, he states that he's felt fear many times in his life, but the most scary moment in his life was when he asked out a woman he liked. When Alice asks if he told her had been scared about it, he states she already knew. Superman leaves her with people who he states will take good care of her and promises he will come around whenever she needs him. Asking her if she wanted to ask anything more, Alice responds if he really thought there'd be more and he states that she always surprises him She however states that she knows one question that doesn't need answer, which is why did he go so far to rescue her, stating it's because he's Superman. At first, this reminded me a lot of Brian Michael Bendis' Batman: Universe, as it is basically a Superman team-up book, with Supes bouncing around the universe on a quest. But King's short stories really got to the heart of Superman as a character and the closing chapters really resonated for me emotionally. Alliterative Name: Commonly alliterating the letter L; Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Lori Lemaris, Linda Lee, Lightning Lad, Lyla Lerrol and so on.Atrocious Alias: One comic featured a retired villain called " The Molester," which he intended to mean "The Annoyance." Cape Snag: Superman is well aware of this problem, to the point he has used it against other cape-wearing enemies. In this animated short he grabs Bizarro's cape and throws his clone away. During a Golden Age Prankster story in Action Comics, this was how Superman found the Prankster's hideout. The room was made of a material Superman couldn't see through, so naturally it attracted his attention. How Do I Shot Web?: Superman's return to action is not a smooth one. His powers haven't been fully replenished and he gets suddenly thrust into a fight with Intergang's goons. Brainiac represents everything bad and wrong about aliens as he takes cities from worlds then destroys their worlds because they will move on without them except Krypton because the planet’s core was going to explode. He controls the lives of everyone inside the bottled cities and kill anyone if they step out of line.

Clark Kent's and Lois Lane's alliterative names may actually be the Trope Codifiers that started the trend of comic book characters (and sci-fi characters in general) being given alliterative names. Clark gets called by Bruce to Gotham and is informed about a couple and two of their foster girls being murdered. Another girl Alice was abducted but one survived after being shot, and he wants him to find out the details from her. The injured girl admitted at the Gotham Mercy hospital states that they hid in a bush after hearing loud noises and screams. After being shot, she saw Alice being taken by a spaceman who flew away towards the sky. King es uno de los autores más celebrados de los últimos años en materia de cómic superheroico, y se ganó ese prestigio a partir de historias que colocan al héroe de turno en un contexto de conflictos humanos y reconocibles. Incluso, en algunos casos, hasta volcó sus experiencias pasadas como agente de la CIA, cosa que puede verse particularmente en “Sheriff of Babylon”, situada en el contexto de la caída de Saddam Hussein, y hasta en “Omega Men”, que aprovechaba al Green Lantern Kyle Rayner y al grupo del título para reflexionar sobre la política intervencionista de los EEUU en el resto del mundo. Arranged Marriage: In the Post- Flashpoint Krypton parents often choose their children' spouse via gene-matching, although this custom was being phased out by the time of Kal-El and Kara Zor-El. A "Supergirl" 2011 story showed Alura wanting to get her daughter gene-matched, and Kara complaining she wanted to choose her partner freely. Bizarre Alien Senses: Superman has all kinds of visions, not taking into account heat. X-Ray, microscopic, soul (Yeah that's a thing now.)

Tropes in the sky:

In the Novelization of Kingdom Come, Wonder Woman points out that Superman could have easily just been an invisible guardian, but he chose to fly in the sky wearing those bright colors "like Apollo", and serve as an inspiration. Supes response was to reply lamely, "An ounce of prevention..." Tom King · Andy Kubert Superman: Up in the Sky (Volume 1) was a six-issue limited series reprinting original stories written by Tom King for the Walmart-exclusive title Superman Giant (Volume 1). We get to see him fighting different villains, that wrestling match was the best part and just shows why he is Superman, that issue with Lois and how he is worrying was just anxiety inducing but shows his love for her, the race one vs flash just shows how he won't compromise on the principles but also how he overcomes contradictions because he is Superman and its amazing and so many awesome moments, too many to list but suffice to say it will make you love even more! Es interesante como King juega con algunas técnicas narrativas, y si uno presta atención puede ver la manera en que cada página funciona como una historia encapsulada en sí misma, independientemente del lógico hilo conductor que construye un resultado global excelente. Vale decir que, en algunos pasajes, abusa de ciertos recursos (como por ej. las repeticiones de frases y conceptos) para lograr un determinado efecto en la lectura, que no salen tan redondos como deberían, pero que de ninguna forma opacan el resultado final.

Bald of Evil: The Ultra-Humanite, until he transfers his brain into Dolores Winters. Also Luthor and Brainiac, who occasionally team up.Clark: I remember what pa used to say: "Listen to what a man says, judge what a man does." You keep saying you can't save her. Fine. But it seems like the only thing you really can't do... is leave. Arch-Enemy: Superman has had many enemies, but all of them pale in comparison to these four in regards to who earns the Man of Steel's biggest enmity... Amicable Exes: He generally gets along quite well with Lori Lemaris, though in fairness, they don't bump into each other that often. Things can be more awkward with Lana, who still carries a torch for him.