Get a head start on next year's Superman movie today 🇸🇪

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One of the things my partner and I love to do when we go to the US is to sit down at a big Barnes & Noble (bookstore) and buy a coffee and then browse books and magazines (fully allowed at Barnes & Noble, You can even take it with you to read) in search of something that attracts.

For my own part, I often end up buying a comic book. Most recently, I bought All-Star Superman which is available via a compact edition, a choice I made for the simple reason that it is the Superman that is the basis for the movie that premieres next year - and by extension the entire new DC movie universe. Now, of course, it's not a 1:1 interpretation that James Gunn offers, but it still feels fun to have read the original that everything will be based on.

After reading All-Star Superman, it's easy to understand why Gunn chose this particular one as a starting point. Superman has the inherent problem that he doesn't really have an equal, and creator Grant Morrison wanted to make something more human.

Therefore, we meet a dying Superman here (he can't handle our sun) who is not really happy with the situation and would like to leave behind a world in peace. This leads to a much more human story about what drives Stålis and the consequences of actions. Even though the series has consistently received good ratings, I have seen some people complain that the series is a bit too slow - which means that this version of the character has not been understood.

All-Star Superman isn't about demolishing the most skyscrapers and shooting the most brutal laser eye - and that's exactly what makes it incredibly liberating.

How much Gunn actually returns from this version of Superman, remains to be seen, but what I take with me is that we can probably count on a superhero that is more reminiscent of the one we got to know from the Christopher Reeve era. than about the one we met in the SnyderVerse. It shouldn't be seen as a criticism of the SnyderVerse (Henry Cavill was of course great), but I'm still happy that it will probably be something completely different from what we've become accustomed to from Superman over the past 15 years - and after reading this one, I'm actually more eager for the upcoming movie than I was before.