Grant Morrison has very much been writing in Alan Moore's shadow for his whole comics career, despite actually being published a good few years before the Wizened Wizard Of Northampton arrived on the scene. Still, Morrison can't help but tackle some of the similar stories and ideas as Moore, with All-Star Superman almost a riposte to the previous story. Where Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow? tore apart the naïve Silver Age dream with death and destruction, Morrison's twelve-issue series with Frank Quitely was a celebration of everything Superman, bringing together almost every major character, villain, and plot line from the Man Of Steel's history. The reason for the greatest hits tour was a little less bright. All-Star Superman sees the hero making preparations for his imminent death. At the end of the story, rather than succumbing to the solar power that's tearing him apart on a cellular level, he goes to live in the great burning star he helped restart at the beginning of the story.
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