20 Absolutely Masterful First Pages Of Comics

3. All-Star Superman #1

All Star Superman 1
DC

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.

Contributor
Contributor

T Campbell has written quite a few online comics series and selected work for Marvel, Archie and Tokyopop. His longest-running works are Fans, Penny and Aggie-- and his current project with co-writer Phil Kahn, Guilded Age.