Every couple decades, DC Comics decides to re-invent Superman. The trappings are the same (newspaper, Lois Lane, Metropolis), but the technology and society are updated to current day. From John Byrne to Mark Waid, the reboots keep coming without changing the essential character. In Superman: Earth One, J. Michael Straczynski (creator of Babylon 5) takes his swing at it with painted art by Shane Davis. This is the first in a series of original graphic novels of this new Superman. It’s been compared to Marvel’s Ultimate Universe, but in a different format. So, how is the new Superman.

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