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  <title><![CDATA[Superman for All Seasons]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tim Sale]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[The graphic novel that returned my love of comic books.  As a newly minted college graduate, I had seen no reason to embrace comics again outside of a research capacity for my plays.  This novel, however, made me remember everything I loved about comics as a kid: the almost &quot;morality play&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41422108">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another fine work from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. Focusing less on the villains and more on the hero, this graphic novel gives us the Norman Rockwell portrait of Smallville as Superman has his first crisis of faith (Can I save everyone?) and has to return home for the answer.  No major revelations here...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54778862">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;These are the choices each of us makes not only to do good, but to inspire good in others.&quot;<br/><br/>Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale examine Superman from the perspective of wholesome Americana. The idea here is more or less that Martha and Jonathan Kent make Clark Super, because they and his orig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57504024">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh, I loved this. I haven't that many Superman books, but every single one I have read made me love Clark a *lot*. This book is about him slowly becoming Superman, with all that entails - secret identity, arch nemesis and the realization that even he can't save everybody (and that bit kills me every...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50334097">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53063470">
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This isn't the most epic Superman story ever told. The &quot;action&quot; sequences are actually quite tame compared to some of the more contemporary Superman stories. Instead of dazzling the reader with bizarre plots, ridiculous technology, and over-powered villains, Jeff Loeb returns to the roots ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53063470">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Feb 20 19:05:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a lovely book, with gorgeous art -- it has a very atmospheric quality.  I'm not sure there's all that much to the story -- the plot itself is loose and meandering.  But the character arcs are strong and the narration (from Pa Kent, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, and Lana Lang, in each respective &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39805713">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51199178">
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I think I definitely liked this one better than All-Star Superman. It's the origins of the Superman story, which was perfect for me, a Superman newbie. There was a sweetness and wholesomeness to the graphic novel that I really enjoyed. It was uplifting in a lot of ways. I just didn't feel like it wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51199178">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not an action/adventure epic, which is different for a superman title, but beautifully told nonetheless.  The story concerns the struggles of clark kent to suppress his desires for an ordinary life and learning to deal with his limitations (yes superman his limitations too).  The result is a heart-w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33715606">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="25962841">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've never read a really good Superman comic, although I feel like there's got to be one out there. I guess this is the closest I've come. The story is thin, but the themes are strong and the art is beautiful. I love the drawings of Smallville. I might have given it another star, if Superman wasn't ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25962841">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4419043">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Aug 12 12:31:26 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book treads lightly over material that's also been recounted in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=John Byrne" title="John Byrne">John Byrne</a>'s The Man of Steel (and is at least a similar time period of Superman: Birthright).  The early part of the book is also similar to Smallville.<br/>Clark Kent realizes he should use his powers for good, heads to  Metropo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4419043">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72258939">
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  <read_at>Fri May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[a new rendition of the superman story based on different points of view of people around him, those who love them as being clark kent, a friend and admirer or archnemesis. Jeph Loeb dissected who the man of steel or tomorrow is. a loving and caring son, a faithful friend and the defender of what is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72258939">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73075965">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best Superman stories ever written. The art is brilliantly done in the style of Normal Rockwell to really drive that whole &quot;small town old-timey American values&quot; feeling home. It's character centric and takes Superman in a direction that he (surprisingly) is rarely taken. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Tim Sale's art, but I don't know if it really worked for me here.  The backgrounds were lovely, especially in Smallville, and Lois was a fabulous Lois indeed, but both Superman and Clark looked occasionally ludicrous.  It was a delightfully Supermannish story, though, even if the seasonal nar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76732760">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really enjoyable graphic novel...earnest and honest without being sappy and unbearable...an almost &quot;classic&quot; story, more about identity and discovery, and less about &quot;xtreem fights&quot; your typical comic craziness.  <br/><br/>Tim Sale's artwork is pretty great, too:<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71075377">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I honestly don't think I could have loved this book more. The artwork was absolutely gorgeous! And Loeb writes &quot;my Superman,&quot; the guy who questions if he's good enough yet always gets back up to do what's right.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm never going to love a Superman book, but I did like this origin story.  It gave Superman a real human quality and put the focus on his background as Clark, which was kind of neat.  A comic book aficionado told me that he thought this version of Superman's origins (there are others) was a bit of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36015968">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really like this. It felt familiar but not boring, and I enjoyed the perspective from other characters. It was melancholy without being mopey, seemed like it captured that longing/ nostalgia that has to be essential to Superman's psyche. It never occurred to me before how potentially really sad La...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21387153">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Finished this in about an hour, and really enjoyed it.  Superman's never been my favorite, but this is a pretty good reimagining of the origin story.  I love Loeb and Sale's collaborations, and the artwork, while different from a lot of Sale's other work, is well done.  The story itself really gets ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53366246">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Awesome.  Tim Sale's art is second to none.  I felt like this was a better version of a Norman Rockwell painting.  At least a dozen or so pages would be worthy of framing.  By far my favorite imagining of Superman.<br/><br/>Story wise, Loeb is brilliant.  He brings so much heart to Superman withou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14723099">more...</a>]]></body>
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