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All-Star Superman
All Star Superman #10
Resigned to his fate, Superman writes his Last Will and Testament, revealing how he has prepared the planet to live in a world without him!
22 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 26, 2008
About the author
Grant Morrison
1,789 books4,606 followersGrant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
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February 20, 2022
The first time I read this issue, it hit me so hard in the gut, because I was mentally at my lowest I've ever been. And this issue — one page in particular — was everything I was feeling at the time. And the fact that a dying Superman saves Regan — not with his powers — but with words, is so damn powerful to me. And it gives me goosebumps every time I re-read it. And the hospital visits on top just really make this my favourite issue of the run, for that reason alone. Superman is more human than the humans of earth. He's so selfless, and cares more for others than he does himself.
October 31, 2025
4/5 Stars - "Neverending"
October 16, 2025
The Regan page is my single favorite page in the entire medium. I could write a book about those five panels.
July 6, 2025
Issue #10
A single act of empathy makes him immortal.
This issue contains perhaps the greatest Superman panel ever: comforting Regan, a girl on the verge of suicide. It’s gentle, kind, and utterly without spectacle — and more heroic than any world-saving feat. This is why Superman matters.
A single act of empathy makes him immortal.
This issue contains perhaps the greatest Superman panel ever: comforting Regan, a girl on the verge of suicide. It’s gentle, kind, and utterly without spectacle — and more heroic than any world-saving feat. This is why Superman matters.
July 22, 2019
Grant Morrison reaches a new level altogether in the tenth issue of All-Star Superman. The story is essentially Superman making arrangements so the world may live and go on without him. While he sets up tons of what we could call miracles, he's talking to Lois about his fate, he's saving people, guiding them, visiting sick children, seeing how a new universe made by him can live without Superman (which mirrors our own history and how it still leads to a Superman, as in the comics Superman, leading to this story being created by a Grant Morrison years later ; oh my God) and even giving Clark Kent his biggest accomplishment yet.
This issue perfectly explains why Superman is a great character when done right; which really goes for any likeable character really. Superman uses his massively powerful and capable abilities to the benefit of mankind: he helps cure diseases, he manufactures a way to have his DNA capable of being cloned, he saves people, he goes above and beyond the call of duty so that the world is not left behind without someone with his abilities to take care of it. And yet he's dying. Wow.
There's this little new universe Superman creates to see how a world without him would work, and it turns out it mirrors our real world, cause in the end, it all comes down to a certain artist in the 1930's designing a circus-acrobat-ish suit for an upcoming super-hero he's looking forward to publish in comics soon. Yeah, it's exactly what you're thinking. Brilliant.
Quitely's artwork and Grant's coloring boosts the narrative with emotion and dazzle, and with a fantastic layout for the panels, the visuals are complete and near-perfect. This issue truly is a wonder in comic narrative and story-telling, and showcases everything great about the Man of Steel. The comic to recommend to those who still question why people like Superman.
This issue perfectly explains why Superman is a great character when done right; which really goes for any likeable character really. Superman uses his massively powerful and capable abilities to the benefit of mankind: he helps cure diseases, he manufactures a way to have his DNA capable of being cloned, he saves people, he goes above and beyond the call of duty so that the world is not left behind without someone with his abilities to take care of it. And yet he's dying. Wow.
There's this little new universe Superman creates to see how a world without him would work, and it turns out it mirrors our real world, cause in the end, it all comes down to a certain artist in the 1930's designing a circus-acrobat-ish suit for an upcoming super-hero he's looking forward to publish in comics soon. Yeah, it's exactly what you're thinking. Brilliant.
Quitely's artwork and Grant's coloring boosts the narrative with emotion and dazzle, and with a fantastic layout for the panels, the visuals are complete and near-perfect. This issue truly is a wonder in comic narrative and story-telling, and showcases everything great about the Man of Steel. The comic to recommend to those who still question why people like Superman.
December 28, 2024
This issue was just brilliant and hit me in all the right places. Loved it and going to Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I have I can. I love comics to bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and hope always to love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I just want to Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I have I can. I love comics to bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more, you should also read what you love and hope always to love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I just want to Keep on Reading.
November 7, 2015
6/5 Stars. Profoundly moving and a proper standalone story in its own right. This issue is the one you want to show your friends who don't read comics but are at least interested. Perfect starting point for a newbie.
June 12, 2025
“You’re much stronger than you think you are. Trust me.”
March 8, 2025
This should have been issue #1.
Hooked the whole way through and a great tie in to everything that’s happened before. What happened before doesn’t seem necessary to this issue itself though. Every ‘major event’ that’s happened before could be glossed over. They were written like they were glossed over anyways. Very little importance.
It seems we’re finally getting to the meat of the story. Superman is dying and there is nothing he can do but prepare. Desperation will soon set in considering his is not ready - earth is not ready - for Superman to be gone.
Hooked the whole way through and a great tie in to everything that’s happened before. What happened before doesn’t seem necessary to this issue itself though. Every ‘major event’ that’s happened before could be glossed over. They were written like they were glossed over anyways. Very little importance.
It seems we’re finally getting to the meat of the story. Superman is dying and there is nothing he can do but prepare. Desperation will soon set in considering his is not ready - earth is not ready - for Superman to be gone.
August 23, 2021
A gem amongst the All-Star Superman event, All-Star Superman #10 makes all the other issues worth reading. They weren't horrible per se, just not as engaging as I was expecting it to be and the art kinda threw me off. Things are looking up now, though, as the stakes grow higher for Supes and the world.
July 12, 2025
I understand the hype behind this issue, I have two more chapters and I doubt I will cry as much as I did here. This issue we see Superman write his final will and testament as he struggles with his body reaching the final stages, but we also see everything he does before that. Superman can’t simply go into that eternal sleep without making sure he did everything in his power to make the world a better place. We see as Superman goes from taking a school bus of sick children to do a fly by of the pyramids, to stopping a train that was almost derailed by a giant robot piloted by a man with Alzheimer’s…who of course also captured Lois as she was trying to get the scoop. Oddly enough it seems the robot dug up a time capsule from the future…buried in the past. Everything in this issue takes place out of order as the pieces begin to flow together to form a big beautiful image. Doing everything Superman can doesn’t mean just helping with the everyday issues he is accustomed to, it also means thinking much bigger. Like what does the world look like without Superman? To answer that Superman decided to she the cosmic cube in his fortress to generate an entire new universe, one without Superman to see how they would fair. He really wants to know if humanity has it in them to fall to their own self destructive urges. But as that universe cooks in the background, Superman also enlisted the help of Quintum to solve a problem he has long had: the bottle city of Kandor. He temporarily shrunk Quintum down to communicate with the city, additionally giving him a cane so he can support himself under their harsher gravity.
As Superman finished dealing with the rampaging robot, for just a moment he got a chance to talk to Lois. Something that is much needed, especially after Quintum told her the truth about his condition. And no matter how badly he wants to have more time with her…there is always someone else who needs him. This leads directly into that famous page you always see from this comic, and inside and outside of context it’s still amazing. That rampaging robot that caused the train to almost derail also caused someone named Regan’s doctor to be held up. This almost led Regan to walking off a tall building, but Superman took a moment out of everything else he was doing in this issue to comfort Regan and give them a hug.
All the while Superman watches as the galaxy cooking in the fortress moved as an exponential rate. Forming ideas about gods above them, to forming whole civilizations. Meanwhile the city of Kandor is reluctant to listen to Quintin’s ideas of a life outside the bottle city. If they leave they may gain powers like Superman, but they would roll back everything they have worked to preserve from Krypton. But before the council can propose a vote, a group from Kandor steps forward. Hearing Quintum’s words and the trouble Superman is in, they have their own plan to try and save him and they want council member Van-Zee to lead the five of them as he once did.
As Superman finished putting all the bridges back, later in the day he visited Luthor to finally tell him that he won…Superman is dying. He had three weeks before they execute him, three weeks to do everything he said he would have done to benefit humanity if Superman wasn’t there. He knows there is still good in Lex…but all Lex returns Superman’s words with…is a spit on the glass that separates them. As Superman returned to the fortress he decided to open the lead time capsule the rampaging robot found. Inside was a message from the 24 century, the message is garbled in the crystal ball that contains a hologram of someone. But it almost seems like they are an ancestor owing their life to Superman, and before they leave they mention something that stands out to Superman…solar intelligence systems. His 8th challenge is on the way, and his new costume is almost complete.
The events that conclude this issue actually happen way earlier in the day. Quintum came to a conclusion with Kandor, they will be setting up shop, fully grown, on Mars! Their technology is suited to the harsh environment, and they will still be exposed to the yellow Sun to allow for powers. Superman isn’t sure why he didn’t trust them with this long ago, but he now knows someone he can trust. He is entrusting Quintum with his entire genetic code, which is was finally able to finish reading, plus the instructions on how to combine human and Kryptonian strands. The people from Kandor who left to try and save Superman did so by shrinking down so far as to try and save his body from within. They were unsuccessful but Superman knows somewhere else they are better suited. As such Superman took the heroes of Kandor and let them loose into the world, starting them at the hospital with the sick children. Sufficient to say there will be a lot less sick children in the world. We also get a look on the conclusion to Superman’s experiment in the galaxy he created without his existence. Even without Superman really existing, the idea of him lives on through a comic book artist. And as the issue comes to an end so does the final will and testament of Superman. His final wish is granting Clark Kent the headline of the century: “Superman Dead.”
As Superman finished dealing with the rampaging robot, for just a moment he got a chance to talk to Lois. Something that is much needed, especially after Quintum told her the truth about his condition. And no matter how badly he wants to have more time with her…there is always someone else who needs him. This leads directly into that famous page you always see from this comic, and inside and outside of context it’s still amazing. That rampaging robot that caused the train to almost derail also caused someone named Regan’s doctor to be held up. This almost led Regan to walking off a tall building, but Superman took a moment out of everything else he was doing in this issue to comfort Regan and give them a hug.
All the while Superman watches as the galaxy cooking in the fortress moved as an exponential rate. Forming ideas about gods above them, to forming whole civilizations. Meanwhile the city of Kandor is reluctant to listen to Quintin’s ideas of a life outside the bottle city. If they leave they may gain powers like Superman, but they would roll back everything they have worked to preserve from Krypton. But before the council can propose a vote, a group from Kandor steps forward. Hearing Quintum’s words and the trouble Superman is in, they have their own plan to try and save him and they want council member Van-Zee to lead the five of them as he once did.
As Superman finished putting all the bridges back, later in the day he visited Luthor to finally tell him that he won…Superman is dying. He had three weeks before they execute him, three weeks to do everything he said he would have done to benefit humanity if Superman wasn’t there. He knows there is still good in Lex…but all Lex returns Superman’s words with…is a spit on the glass that separates them. As Superman returned to the fortress he decided to open the lead time capsule the rampaging robot found. Inside was a message from the 24 century, the message is garbled in the crystal ball that contains a hologram of someone. But it almost seems like they are an ancestor owing their life to Superman, and before they leave they mention something that stands out to Superman…solar intelligence systems. His 8th challenge is on the way, and his new costume is almost complete.
The events that conclude this issue actually happen way earlier in the day. Quintum came to a conclusion with Kandor, they will be setting up shop, fully grown, on Mars! Their technology is suited to the harsh environment, and they will still be exposed to the yellow Sun to allow for powers. Superman isn’t sure why he didn’t trust them with this long ago, but he now knows someone he can trust. He is entrusting Quintum with his entire genetic code, which is was finally able to finish reading, plus the instructions on how to combine human and Kryptonian strands. The people from Kandor who left to try and save Superman did so by shrinking down so far as to try and save his body from within. They were unsuccessful but Superman knows somewhere else they are better suited. As such Superman took the heroes of Kandor and let them loose into the world, starting them at the hospital with the sick children. Sufficient to say there will be a lot less sick children in the world. We also get a look on the conclusion to Superman’s experiment in the galaxy he created without his existence. Even without Superman really existing, the idea of him lives on through a comic book artist. And as the issue comes to an end so does the final will and testament of Superman. His final wish is granting Clark Kent the headline of the century: “Superman Dead.”
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January 9, 2019
Superman is such a good egg.
June 28, 2025
Este número tiene un extraño título, "Neverending", que yo traduciría algo así como "Nunca terminando". Este tebeo transcurre a lo largo de un día y es una narrativa no lineal que salta en el tiempo a lo largo de este.
Superman lleva a un grupo de niños con enfermedades terminales a un viaje turístico a Egipto. Al regresarlos a su hospicio, el médico le agradece a Superman, quien responde que es "lo mínimo que puede hacer".
Superman lleva a un grupo de niños con enfermedades terminales a un viaje turístico a Egipto. Al regresarlos a su hospicio, el médico le agradece a Superman, quien responde que es "lo mínimo que puede hacer".
September 5, 2025
Things are really heating up now, on the way to the expected finale of the tale. This issue shows Superman trying to tie up loose ends and arrange his last will and testament before what is assumed to be his upcoming death. Fantastic stuff from start to finish.
July 6, 2018
I really liked the setup but was less impressed with what came after.
June 28, 2022
Why did he make Earth Q?
July 13, 2024
The art felt a bit better and I liked the confrontation with Lex.
July 3, 2025
My God does Morrison get it!
July 15, 2025
the Last Will and testament of Superman…
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July 18, 2025
I'm probably into superman now
Bought to see that one iconic page after the new film came out. I'm probably going to read more superman now.
Bought to see that one iconic page after the new film came out. I'm probably going to read more superman now.
April 12, 2026
REGAN. HE TELLS HER, "IT'S NEVER AS BAD AS IT SEEMS," AND HE'S PREPARING FOR HIS DEATH.
December 14, 2016
Storyline is not so special. Sometimes even boring.
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