20 Absolutely Masterful First Pages Of Comics
3. All-Star Superman #1
The history of Superman, boiled down to eight words or four phrases.
Frank Quitely's grounded, realistic artwork adds the needed gravity, solidity and detail to what could otherwise come across as a cute exercise in haiku-like poetry. Of course, it only really serves to evoke Superman's origin if you know it, but by 2005, everybody did.