Green Arrow: "That's my whole point... it's like Darwinism or something... we're gradually weeding out all the just-plain-average goons, gradually improving the strain..." superstar Alan Moore visited the DC Universe many times - and tore shit up with each visit. this graphic novel collects his takes on various iconic figures, including Superman & Batman & the Joker & Brainiac & lions & tigers & bears, oh my. he destroys and he rebuilds and then he exits - leaving everyone else to live in wor

Now what's to be done? Each of these stories makes me desire to read more by Alan Moore. So many graphic novels, so little time! I need to find more Batman because the last two stories: Mortal Clay and The Killing Joke, were excellent. I've never read Batman, but it hearkens me back to my childhood. Happy memories from the telly show (which was probably very lame, but I was just a kid). The Vigilante story was creepy and good. The Green Lantern stories were both excellent. If I HAD to pick a fav...

Alan Moore is one of the greatest writers to ever work in comics, but that doesn't mean everything is all that great, as this mixed-bag of a collection shows. Two of the Superman stories here, "For the Man Who Has Everything" and "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" are two of the best in the character's history, and the short Green Lantern and Vega stories are top notch, too, but the rest range from not-very-special to outright kind-of-bad. And while I know people love it, I will never,

Alan was a part of the British Invasion of DC comics in the late 80's and though Swamp Thing and Watchmen are well known to fans this volume collects stories throughout various books that fans might have missed. I especially loved his Superman and Green Lantern stories. What's great is how these stories have a timelessness to them that new fans can connect with.

8.6/10Great collection of short stories that showcase Moore's writing abilities. After you done reading one story and before you head to the next one, you'll take a few moments, to think about what you read, let it sink a bit in your thoughts.Even the ones that are very short, have some depth and meaning.The thing that stood out the most is Moore's Superman stories, they feel so different than anyone else's take on the character. * The version i read doesn't include " Whatever happened to the Ma...

This is a collection of stories told by Alan Moore for DC Comics from 1985 to 1988. The stories are all over the board ranging from mediocre to exceptionally good with most of them falling in above average to somewhat good.The story titles are as follows (compliments of Wiki): 1.1 "For the Man Who Has Everything"1.2 "Night Olympics"1.3 "Mogo Doesn't Socialize"1.4 "Father's Day"1.5 "Brief Lives"1.6 "A Man's World"1.7 "The Jungle Line"1.8 "Tygers"1.9 "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?"1.10...

Any book that contains Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel? has to get five stars, straight off the bat. It's one of the greatest comics ever written, and the finest send-off a character could have (it relates the final story of the original Superman, prior to the John Byrne reboot). Since this also includes For the Man Who Has Everything and The Killing Joke, this is one of those times when five stars aren't nearly enough.The rest of the contents may not reach those high standards, but still,...

Solid stories that boast of narratives better than most, sardonic (British?) sense of humour, tight plotting , and a far greater degree of pathos than the normal level associated with such characters. The best are of course the two big novellas: "Batman:The Killing Joke", and "Whatever Happened to The Man of Tommorrow", but overall, the stories are entertaining reads in a thoughtful manner uniquly associated with Alan Moore. Recommended.

Ah DC, they never tire of making a quick buck off Alan Moore's handful of years in their employ, despite his very public hatred for them. And here were are, after all the big ones have been sold, they're back riffling through the trunk of old clothes that he left behind. There's got to be something worth selling in here, right? Some of these shirts look good, but there are some pretty threadbare sweaters in there too. In fact, I was originally going to give this a three, but the ratio is uneven

Alan Moore is well known even to people outside of the comics world and there's a simple reason for that: he's an auteur who could just as easily work in literary fiction, mystery, science fiction. He chooses to write comics. And we love him for it. This is a collection of some of his early work for DC. And what a collection it is. Just look at the cover art. I knew Alan wrote and revitalized Swamp Thing of course and everyone who reads the Batman-verse comics, particularly Birds of Prey, knows

I never read many comics as a kid. I guess I skipped them and went straight to novels. But I think I missed a lot. Friends later introduced me into to them and now I'm starting to find they're a lot more complex than I thought. Alan Moore is an excellent example of a writer that gives comics a lot more than one would except. This collection has not only his famous Killing Joke but also the near equally famous Superman ultimate ending. The others are also quite good and show a depth of character

It’s impressive how much greatness in one book! This TPB collects the most popular stand-alone stories by Alan Moore, previously published in several DC titles.The general rating is an average sum of the ratings given to each story contained in this book. FOR THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING Rating: ***** ( 5 stars )Writer: Alan MooreIllustrator: Dave GibbonsOriginally published in “Superman Annual” #11. Do you understand what you did to me? Superman is celebrating his birthday, and Batman, Rob

When I was around 10, my uncle gave me three phonebooks each featuring the adventures of Batman, Superman, and Captain Marvel from the 30s to the 70s. I loved reading and re-reading the volumes, but the stories were meant for children and four years later, they seemed juvenile to me.Alan Moore is one of the few writers whose work, when I read it today, makes me feel as if I am a kid picking up a superhero comic for the first time. Moore's stories are filled with the usual explosive antics, but t...

Not all stories are equally good, but the Superman and Batman ones are excellent. "The Killing Joke" remains one of the best Batman stories I've read, and it's still shocking and impressive and, well, good even after having read it a bunch of times. "Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow" was good, but in that case my expectations were a little too high, I think; the Superman story I liked best in this collection was "For The Man Who Has Everything".

I read this mostly because I think I've read Alan Moore's 'essential' books: Watchmen, From Hell, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, Promethea (surely there are many others but I just haven't found it).This compilation book of short stories turned out to be as essential as his 'essential' ones. Stories like "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?", "The Killing Jokes", "Mogo Doesn't Socialize", "Vigilante" are just proves that Moore was and is still a comic legend. He wrote superhero stories like t...

Great collection, although The Killing Joke may be the most overrated comic ever.

For anyone that wants to see exactly what makes Alan Moore such a special writer, this collection is the perfect starting point. While Moore's longer works usually require a fair bit of contextual knowledge to fully appreciate, the stories here show off his ability to instantly get to the heart of what makes comic book characters tick. It is a rare thing to be at once game-changing and true to a character. Average stories usually manage one or the other but great stories do both. Moore manages t...

I love Alan Moore. Snake worshipping madman though he may be, but I'd never read any of his superhero work before.The book is an interesting view of an artist developing. And it's chock full of the metaphysical archetype busting (the still classic The Killing Joke and For The Man Who Has Everything) goodness that one comes to expect of Moore. However, the book is padded by some more pedestrian superhero work, which means that for every story about Aliens living in a different time stream, or Bos...

Alan Moore has been one of the giants of comic books for thirty-odd years, and this book showcases some of his best work for DC Comics. Several of the stories are tender, some are funny, others are just odd, but there are a few which are disturbing. While The Killing Joke is justifiably a great story, it is very disturbing. There's the casual violence towards Barbara Gordon, what happens to Commissioner Gordon, and, for me, especially the last few panels. Excellent storytelling, but disturbing.I...

3 1/2 stars. One-off stories by Moore featuring various DC characters. Not as strong as his DC Swamp Thing run or later series where he got to completely do his own thing, but interesting and worth a read by any Moore fan. Various times you can see him playing with themes (like, you guessed it, problematic aspects of the role of superheroes in society) that are somewhat clunky here but which he later soared with.The two Superman stories were the strongest: in one, "For The Man Who Has Everything...