Brian Azzarello and Jim Lee team up to tell one of Superman’s most introspective stories in For Tomorrow, now published as a volume in ECC Ediciones’ Great DC Graphic Novels line

At the beginning of this century two of the most successful authors of the time met to host the regular series of Superman. One was a screenwriter who had risen to prominence thanks to the success of 100 answersand the other was a cartoonist who had a lot of fun Marvel Comics during the early 1990s until the next form Image Comics and then be absorbed by DC Comics like a big star of the publishing house. Superman: Tomorrow It is the last work of the line Great DC Graphic Novels What ECC Editions offers us…

Superman Seeks Comfort

The premise with which this story begins is very interesting, risky and editorially impossible to insert into the continuity of the DC Universe with the rest of the series. Due to an event of unknown origin, much of the population has disappeared. So, without further ado. One moment they are there and the next they are gone. This might remind many of the magnificent series of Damon Lindelof titled The leftoversalthough both fictions have little to do with each other beyond this initial approach…

Fortune wanted it this way Lois Lane she was one of the people who disappeared from the world. For all intents and purposes, Lois is dead and there is no need to explain what that means to her. Clark Kent. In Injustice the Lord Italian: He already told us how you could take the Man of Steel that his beloved has left this world…

Him Father Leo will be a character who will have a good deal of prominence in this story, just like the Reverend Norman McCay I had it inside me Kingdom that comes. Through him we will understand how this tragedy has affected the world, and in his conversations with Superman we will see how he is dealing with the new world he lives in, which tests his faith in hope.

For obvious reasons, religion has never been a topic that fits very well in a superhero context, except here. Brian Azzarello He dares to give a good part of the story to this aspect. And perhaps this is the most interesting aspect of a comic that moves between the small and intimate and the large and spectacular.

Azzarello’s DC Universe

Of course, the tragedy and drama will soon give way to a plot where, as usual in superhero comics, everything ends up being resolved quickly. But to reach the final climax sooner, Azzarello will lead us through an interesting path with a certain intrigue until we end up giving answers to all the enigmas that are presented at the beginning and it will be revealed to us who is behind it all.

The part of the story that is not so rewarding is the vision that the writer has of this DC Universe, or rather of the characters that populate it. If it were not for the costume worn by most of the famous heroes that appear in these pages, they would hardly be recognizable by their words, their attitude or their actions.

Despite all this, the story ends up working well. It doesn’t quite live up to the expectations it may initially raise, and we encountered some issues in its development, especially with regard to the aforementioned issue of character profiles and also the resolution of some key moments, such as Superman’s final showdown with the film’s villain, but Azzarello still passes the test of making a good story with the publisher’s oldest icon.

Jim Lee and the characters who pose

My Jim Lee and the inks of Scott Williams They don’t shine as much as they should in this comic. On one hand, we have a cartoonist who, despite already having a solid career behind him at the time, is still evolving and is not up to what he would become years later. On the other hand, Lee has always been a cartoonist inclined to spectacularity, and the moments in which two characters simply talk are not the ones in which he is best.

Perhaps the biggest problem with this story, besides the ones already mentioned, is the fact that it basically still has a couple of face models for the men and another couple for the women, making it so that as soon as a character is not recognizable by their clothing We completely lose track of them or confuse them with someone else. But you have to admit that when it comes to the cakes, these are michaelbayanas.

In short, we are faced with a work that is far from being one of those essential Superman comics, let alone from DC Comics, but which has such interesting aspects that it manages to be something truly worth reading despite its obvious problems.

Superman: Into Tomorrow (major DC graphic novels)

Our planet has suffered a catastrophe that has caused profound suffering for humanity. And Superman is no exception. As he searches for answers and deals with the existential anguish he feels, the Man of Tomorrow is about to face a new enemy whose power he can’t even begin to imagine.

Superman: Tomorrow brings together the Brian Azzarelloone of the most prestigious scriptwriters of American comics since he wrote 100 answersagainst My Jim Leethe cartoonist who marked an entire generation with the spectacular style he displays here in a drama that moves from spectacle to intimacy with surprising ease.

Religion is always a touchy subject in the DC Universe. In a context where there are myths of Ancient Greece and even beings capable of moving mountains, traditional faith often takes a back seat. However, even a person who flies must turn to spirituality from time to time to overcome adversity.

Authors: Brian Azzarello, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair and Jim Lee