false 59705 4 Don't miss this extensive collection featuring the World's Greatest Super-Heroes as interpreted by one of the most acclaimed authors in comics. The work of Alan Moore (WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN) in the DC Universe during the 1980s is considered a benchmark for great stories with fresh approaches to iconic characters. Collected in this volume—which no comics fan should be without—are all of Moore's Superman and Batman stories, including ACTION COMICS #583, BATMAN ANNUAL #11, BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, DC COMICS PRESENTS #85, DETECTIVE COMICS #549-550, GREEN LANTERN #188, THE OMEGA MEN #26-27, SECRET ORIGINS #10, SUPERMAN #423, TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ANNUAL #2 & 3, SUPERMAN ANNUAL #11 and VIGILANTE #17-18. 58103 2003 DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore total:483|5:138|4:189|3:133|2:20|1:3| 483 1888 581 44 5 1 false false Tue Jul 22 15:25:22 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 16:31:59 -0700 2008
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The book is an interesting view of an artist developing. And it's chock full of the metaphysical archetype busting (the still classic The Killing Joke and For The Man Who Ha...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 28 13:21:19 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 09 17:56:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:32:41 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:43:41 -0700 2009
For the most part, his Green Lantern work is the best, especially the Abin Sur (Green Lantern's predecessor) story that Geoff Johns has used as the basis for the ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 09 12:00:55 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 12:07:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Sun Jan 04 23:34:38 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 23:39:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 08:04:47 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 08:04:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Sep 19 21:36:16 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 10:38:21 -0700 2007 Watchmen and Swamp Thing, both of which provided him with quite a bit of creative freedom. This trade paperback c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 24 14:45:08 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 02:26:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 22 13:28:01 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 13:31:01 -0700 2009 2 Batman: The Killing Joke and "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" in which Alan Moore writes the last Superman story ever. Both of these stories are essential for comics...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 12:42:27 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 19:07:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 00:11:49 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 22:31:08 -0700 2008
The Superman stories I enjoyed as much as I ever enjoy Superman, which is moderately. Moore confronts him with his own death (twice), makes him insane (twice), and gives him a r...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 12:02:41 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 20:07:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 02:58:20 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 11:34:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 26 01:20:34 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 01:36:12 -0800 2007 Watchmen, From Hell, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, Promethea (surely there are many others but I just haven't found it).

This compilation book of short stories turned out to be as essential as his 'essential' ones...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 11 11:03:48 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:05:12 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 24 10:19:51 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 10:19:51 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 20:30:19 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 20:35:41 -0800 2007 Watchmen or Swamp Thing or V For Vendetta or From Hell are the usually the first titles of Moore's canon that spring to mind, it's easy to forget that he applied his genius to many of DC's flagship characters (Superman, Green Arrow, Green Lantern) and lesser lights as well (Vigilante, The O...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 22:55:05 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 22:58:02 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 03:16:05 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 03:16:37 -0700 2009