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![]() ![]() ![]() 5 6 7 8 The film was produced by Bryan Basham, creator of COPS: Skyrim. 1 2 3 4 The film, as its title implies, is a monologue about 'The Death and Return of Superman' storyline from DC Comics over parody-like sketches. Even Superman as a character was off-limits until Grant Morrison‘s All-Star Superman nearly 15 years later. The Death and Return of Superman is a short film released in 2012 on YouTube, by Chronicle writer Max Landis. I tore the pages out, sold all my Superman comics during a yard sale, and all future The Death of So-And-So stories were ruined for me forever, whether legit story or marketing ploy. ![]() It may have been the first time I felt victim to some cheap marketing gimmick. Classy, right? This time I bought two copies price be damned! I immediately tore one open as soon as I closed the door to my bedroom to find inside was a holographic cover of Superman flying toward an outreached hand ( layers of special packaging!) The tale of Pa Kent ushering Supes home from some Kryptonian netherworld was ludicrous even for my 15-year old self. The Adventures of Superman #175 came out a mere year later, polybagged in white with the classic shield proudly displayed. Screenwriter Max Landis accounts DC's 1992 multi-issue story arc 'The Death and Return of Superman,' pointing out various plot holes and featuring a number of celebrity cameos. I followed all of the “Funeral For A Friend” and “Reign of Supermen” events that followed until, What? Superman was returning?! They were everywhere in the nineties! Anyway, I’m sure I loved the issue at the time, but looking back now, the frat boy punch-fest that Landis describes is pretty accurate. I get the impression there were comic-book-store-comics and everywhere-else-comics back then. Then I became aware of the newsstand edition - a cheaper (in quality and price) copy I could purchase to read. ![]()
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