How does Grant Morrison do it? Does the guy ever sleep? I don't know how he can. So far this month he's turned in an incredible first issue of Final Crisis. He got an incredibly intriguing story underway throughout the Batman books . . Batman RIP. And now he's put out an equally talented issue of All*Star Superman. And on top of that, look at the talent he gets to work with . . . JG Jones, Tony Daniel and Frank Quitely. That's a trifecta if I've ever seen one. As we've gone through the first 11 issues of this series . . I think there's only 1 left . . the stories have seemed as if they were only remotely connected. But, the underlying theme . . Superman's loss of power . . has continued to progress throughout the series. Also, it seems, as Superman's life has diminished, so to has Lex's flourished, almost proportionately. Also, as we've gone through this series, Grant has inserted some fantastic ideas . . as always. I especially like the notion of Superman's fortress being in the heart of the sun. Being there, Superman discovers Solaris . . the tyrant sun. He, or it, has turned the sun red to help diminish Superman. But then Superman introduces it to the sun-eater. In the heat of the battle, the sun-eater is killed and it looks as if Superman is disintegrated. However, at the end, we see Clark at his desk, filing a story about Superman's death. But then he keels over just at the time that Lex come's crashing in. "Clark is the least of your worries.", he declares as he's standing in the hole in the side of the building. This has been an incredible run, and I really hate to see it stop. But . . all good things must come to an end. Maybe we'll be lucky and there will be a continuation . . just with a different creative team? Who knows. If you haven't been reading this . . you need to. Look for the back issues, TPB, whatever . . but get your hands on a copy. You won't be disappointed.
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