Dc universe the stories of alan moore pdf

Their growing are now unavoidable… …the prophecies would happen in the future of the Green Lantern Corps, endangering its status quo and nothing would be ever the same! Nobody has the right to kill. Lois Lane got married, now she is Mrs. Jordan Elliot, and she had a child. A young reporter from the Daily Planet interviews her about her recollections of the last days of Superman… The goofy enemies of Superman like Bizarro, The Prankster and Toyman gone berserk in an unbelievable outbreak of genocides, homicides and even suicides.

And the close people to Superman were starting to get killed since his secret identity was exposed in the middle of all that crazy violence. Lex Luthor, bald mad scientist still Silver Age, remember? And the worst is still to come! The Phantom Strangers walks in silent through a bizarre tale filled of angels and demons, men and monsters, life and death, life and pain.

Katma Tui, Green Lanter of Space Sector , is sent by the Guardians of the Universe in a mission to recruit a worthy candidate to become the Green Lanter of the space sector known as the Obsidian Deeps, where is a lightless void, without any single star, an absolute darkness, an eternal night, the ultimate obscurity. The third incarnation of Clayface aka Preston Payne , who unlike previous versions of Clayface Basil Karlo, first version. In this crafty tale, Clayface III, falls in love with the perfect woman for him … …a mannequin in a department store.

In love and madness The Joker kills people in very theatrical ways. The Batman protects people in very theatrical ways. Gotham City is in the middle… …in the hands of murdering clowns and costumed vigilantes… …in the hands of mad men. The only one that keeps Gotham City from falling deep into madness?

James Gordon. The scariest thing is when two people, supposed to be opposites… …they laugh for the same joke. View all 6 comments. Aug 11, mark monday rated it liked it Shelves: comicon.

Green Arrow: "That's my whole point Phantom Stranger: "Blunting the sharp pebbles of memory with ten thousand years of footsteps, I walk. Moore is that charming guy who will crush your tidy worldview with a few choice bits of off-center insight into the true nature of things, and then will cap it off with some amusing banter so that you won't feel hollowed-out.

Vigilante: "And nothing's anybody's fault, right? Swamp Thing: "Forget the scarlet and the heat Abin Sur: "Begone, illusions. You have nothing that I desire. View all 15 comments. Mar 25, Jim Ef rated it it was amazing.

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.

Jul 21, Vanessa rated it it was amazing. 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 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.

There isn't a clunker in this collection having said that, the Green Arrow is probably the weakest entry. Superman is given the chance to imagine a world in which Krypton didn't blow up and he has a family. But things aren't as rosy as they appear. Great one-off issue. Hey gang! Remember Vigilante? Me neither. He's apparently a Batman-esque type of hero that works by day as a district attorney. His costume is silly but the story is a really affecting and surprisingly for the time gory page turner about a battered woman trying to protect her daughter from the violent, fresh-from-prison father who molested her years before.

The art by Jim Baikie is a little reminiscent of Mary Worth but it compliments the story well and a few panels really hit you in the gut and stick with you. This story is good but probably not great. Moore has certainly written better Swamp Thing pieces; however, adding Superman to the story just made it irresistible. When Superman loses his mind from an extraterrestrial fungal infection, who you gonna call?

Curt Swan was a famous long-time Superman illustrator so it's fascinating he paired up with Moore for this brilliantly off-kilter epic that posits a future where Superman has died. This along with "The Killing Joke" is the best story in the bunch. Moore melds Superman-esque sensibilities lines like "Superman! Thank heavens you're back! I defy you not to get out your Kleenex by the end. Not to mention Curt Swan seems to think that in the distant future of , men will be wearing lace cravats.

I liked all the Green Lantern stories including the one that introduces Mogo. Bonus: hear perhaps the only instance of a Guardian telling a joke. In this Batman story, Moore is at his disturbing and funny best. You can have your Dark Knight Returns. I love this infamous Batman story from the same era which features outstanding artwork from Brian Bolland. The story is deeply disturbing and emotionally powerful. This is the story that put Barbara Gordon the original Batgirl in a wheelchair after being shot by the Joker, a chain of events that turned her into Oracle.

Some of the scenes from this are unforgettable: the look on Barbara's face right before she gets shot, Batman's face at the hospital, the final showdown between Batman and the Joker. This is the original version with colors done by John Higgins and Bolland, while gracious, was never quite happy with them.

If you can, check out the Deluxe Edition of this story which Bolland colored himself. It's quite a difference to compare them side-by-side. View 2 comments. Jul 22, Ryan rated it it was amazing.

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 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.

Moore's stories are filled with the usual explosive antics, but there are always consequences that feel very real and serious and that, however unpleasant, his heroes are forced to confront. Reading Moore's superheroes is like looking at something familiar in a very strange light.

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? It has all the familiar, goofy aspects of an old-school Superman story. It has dialogue like "Great Scott! Lana Lang takes a radioactive bath and gains super powers love it when that happens. But the Luthor-Brainiac team-up is parasitic and disturbing, happening when Brainiac latches onto Luthor's head and drills into his brain.

She does that , Brainiac discovers he's unable to puppet the corpse once rigor mortis sets in. What makes reading this story particularly odd is that it's illustrated by Curt Swan, who pencilled most of the Superman comics from the 60s to the 80s. His style is associated with more clean-cut, simplistic representations of the character. This collection includes all of the one-shots and individual issues that Alan Moore wrote for DC. There was a previous compilation, but it left out both Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

This volume is complete. There are also two or three short introductions to selected chapters that offer a little bit of historical context, just in case you were wondering why in the hell Alan Moore wrote a Green Arrow story.

Some stories are slighter than others, but that diversity is one of the strengths of this anthology. After all, comparing these stories to the epics and prolonged narratives that made Moore famous is pointless. With the exception of the Killing Joke, Moore was mostly a guest-writer and he probably treated the majority of these stories as one-offs. So it's sort of surprising how good most of them are. This collection is highly recommended both for people who enjoy superhero comics today and for people who only read them when they were children.

Aug 06, Shannon rated it liked it Shelves: fantasy-scifi , graphic-novels , action. 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. I would say this one was the best of the bunch but soft stomachs would likely be upset. Note that this tale had some end influence on recent Batman video games. I can only presume the series didn't go anywhere partly because the war between the angels was more interesting than the current tale. Apr 10, Sam rated it really liked it Shelves: fiction. 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 I never read many comics as a kid. The others are also quite good and show a depth of character many may not have realized could be found in this medium.

Lonely inside our separate skins, we cannot know each others pain and must bear our own in solitude. For my part, I have found that walking soothes it; and that, given luck, sometimes we find one to walk besides us Sep 05, Jana rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-comic. 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'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.

It was thought provoking and humorous. May the fateweb blight your eggs". Can't wait to use that in real life ; Mar 24, Sophie rated it really liked it Shelves: comics. Not all stories are equally good, but the Superman and Batman ones are excellent. Aug 16, Gavin Smith rated it really liked it. 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 For anyone that wants to see exactly what makes Alan Moore such a special writer, this collection is the perfect starting point. Moore takes liberties with characters in all of these stories, but they never feel like liberties. Not every story in this collection is as great as those above.

The Vigilante story feels pulpy and exploitative and probably simply hasn't aged as well as the others. That's a tiny gripe though.

Considering that you also get some great art from the likes of Curt Swan and Dave Gibbons , you can't really go wrong.

Jul 12, Stephen Theaker rated it it was amazing. Any book that contains Whatever Happened to the Man of Steel? Toggle navigation eBooks, epub, comic, magazine and PDF shelf. Genres Most Read Account. Read Book Online Download Book. Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Jim Ef. Gavin Smith. About Alan Moore Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels.

Account Required. Have An Account? Remember Me. Letters typeset Characters Superman; Mongul. Under its control, Superman experiences his greatest desire, life on an unexploded Krypton. While Wonder Woman fights with Mongul, Batman and Robin remove the flower from Superman, and after it briefly attaches to Batman, Robin puts it on Mongul, trapping him in dreams of his own greatest desire. This leads to a discussion of how the bad crooks are getting worse. Then, from a rooftop, Black Canary is shot by an arrow.

Driving south due to his powers intermittently failing, he crashes in a swamp and stumbles upon the one creature that might help him: Swamp Thing. Qull freely answers three questions for Abin about the crippled ship, Abin's future and the Guardians greatest catastrophe.

And in doing so destroys Abin Sur years in the future. Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?