Superior HC Mark Millar Leinil Francis Yu NM 1st print Soon to be movie!

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Superior HC (Mature Readers- NEAR MINT, 1st print) Mark Millar and Leinil Francis Yu! This is a great book, especially for Superman fans, because at times it feels like a retelling of the origin tale from Superman: The Movie. In a twist on the body swapping premise made famous by “Big” and “Freaky Friday”, a disabled boy finds himself with a new body that not only looks exactly like his favourite fictional superhero but can fly, has super strength, super speed, laser vision, the whole lot! Except the space monkey is not who he appears and Simon is about to realise the true cost of a wish fulfilled. One of the best lines in the book is when Simon becomes Superior and says something like “Looking back, I could fly, I had super strength, I could shoot lasers from my eyes, but when people ask me what I liked best about being a superhero?, it was being able to move my toes again”. It’s a heart-breaking snapshot of what people with MS must feel like every day. The tribute to Christopher Reeve at the back is touching too. But enough touchy-feely stuff, has the book got the action superhero fans crave? Of course, it’s Mark “Ultimates” Millar at the helm. Superior finds his own Lex Luthor (the book is a very thinly veiled riff on Superman) and huge battle scenes commence, skilfully drawn by Lenil Yu who did great work with Millar on their last collaboration, “Ultimate Avengers”. Twelve-year-old Simon Pooni was a normal kid with a great life, until multiple sclerosis hit. He lost the ability to walk, went blind in one eye and sometimes could barely speak. Every night, Simon would pray his multiple sclerosis somehow would go away. ‘Somehow’ turned out to be a magic monkey named Orman, who granted Simon one wish. And with that, Simon stood transformed into a real-life version of Superior, the legendary comic-book hero. Simon spent one glorious week saving those in need, averting natural disasters – becoming the most-beloved man on the planet. But Orman ominously cautioned Simon all would be explained in one week. Will Simon be forced to go back to life in a wheelchair after being the world’s greatest hero? Faced with adversity, will he prove himself to truly be…Superior? Collecting SUPERIOR #1-7.

978-0-7851-3618-7

Collects Superior 1-7. Near mint, 1st print.