First of all, Grant Morrison is an insane genius! Oxymoron? I don't think so. The ideas he comes up with are just fantastic. I really don't know how he can consistently write at this level for the length of time he's been doing it. There are so many cool ideas and twists and turns in this book. This is a new idea DC has of bringing together a dream team of creators, this one has Grant with Frank Quitely, giving them an A list character, and them giving them free reign to do whatever they want. And with Grant, that's the key to the floodgates. He's taking a different approach to this series also in that each issue is a self contained story. This one is mostly about Jimmy Olsen. Franks work on art is also awesome. He has a definite cinematic flare to him. He also adds alot of little details in the backgrounds of his stuff. Like in Jimmy's apartment there's a framed picture of him as Turtle-boy. How funny is that? Jimmy does these "For a Day" column's for the Planet. He wants to outdo himself so he becomes director for a day of P.R.O.J.E.C.T.s. That's what leads to his trouble with Superman. They resolve their issues and Jimmy's biggest worry is that this was his best "For a Day" ever, but he can never tell anyone. Oh and he carves a note on the moon for Lucy. Great stuff! If you haven't picked up any of these yet, you should. The All-Star Batman, with Frank Miller & Jim Lee, is awesome too. The next issue blurb reads, "How did Truth, Justice and the American Way land Superman in the big house?"
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