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All-Star Superman
All-Star Superman #6
All-Star Superman is back for Volume #6: Funeral in Smallville
Two of the comics industry's top creative talents, writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, the acclaimed team behind 'JLA:EARTH 2' (2000), reunite to redefine Superman based on the timeless, essential iconic elements that everyone knows about the Man of Steel.
Superman comes back to Smallville to mourn the loss of his adoptive father. As Clark Kent returns to his hometown roots, the fifth Dimensional trickster investigates human drama from an entirely different perspective.
You've seen it before. Now, see it again as though for the first time. Not an origin story, modernization, or reinvention—but instead a timeless and iconic presentation refined by the passion and craft of master storytellers, All-Star Superman presents a unique and elegant interpretation of the original and most recognizable of all superheroes.
Age Rating: 12–17+ / Grades 7–9+
Two of the comics industry's top creative talents, writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, the acclaimed team behind 'JLA:EARTH 2' (2000), reunite to redefine Superman based on the timeless, essential iconic elements that everyone knows about the Man of Steel.
Superman comes back to Smallville to mourn the loss of his adoptive father. As Clark Kent returns to his hometown roots, the fifth Dimensional trickster investigates human drama from an entirely different perspective.
You've seen it before. Now, see it again as though for the first time. Not an origin story, modernization, or reinvention—but instead a timeless and iconic presentation refined by the passion and craft of master storytellers, All-Star Superman presents a unique and elegant interpretation of the original and most recognizable of all superheroes.
Age Rating: 12–17+ / Grades 7–9+
22 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 3, 2007
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About the author
Grant Morrison
1,507 books4,597 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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October 22, 2025
3.5/5 Stars - "Funeral in Smallville"
July 15, 2019
This was brilliant, and definitely has all the great elements that make All-Star Supes work on its highest point.
This issue deals with Superman's adoptive parents, who give him all his humanity and kindness. Here he's younger, close to his Superboy days of the 50's, and isn't as smart or responsible as he's in the present; still a lot to learn. A time-travel plot is introduced as a creature who eats time has escaped, but Superman is not alone: three mysterious dudes arrive to help with the Kent Farm earlier, and later are revealed to be Supermen from different eras: one from the far away future around the 800'000 years (you know, tomorrow), one wraped in bandages from some other future timeline and one from the 5th dimension. All of them try to imprison the monster that eats time, and questions without answers about the future are passed on here and there. Another one of Superman's harshest lessons happen here with the death of Jonathan Kent, which made Superman's humility. Even someone as powerful as him can't save everybody, a God he ain't. If anything, he teach us the full potential of humanity by using his own powers to help, good samaritan and all that.
The Superman wrapped in bandages turns out to be the modern Superman from the previous issues and the rest of the series, this being one of the twelve labors he does before dying. He gets an infinite flower by a sort-of Supreme golden Superman from the future to place in Jonathan Kent's grave, as an ultimate gift to the man who taught the Man of Steel everything he knows.
A very heart-wrenching issue that deals with a lot of tropes from Superman's mythology: from his upcoming in Smallville, to the his human side thanks to the Kents, to his boyhood friends Lana and Pete, the harsh lessons that any human, any Superman learns, and the death of Jonathan Kent. Morrison once again takes these tropes and tells a story with them, masterfully so. How can you do conflict with someone like Superman? Well, read this issue and you'll see. Emotional conflict, existence conflict, time conflict; the sky's the limit. And do we really need to say that the incredible artwork by Quitely is incredible? I thought so.
This issue deals with Superman's adoptive parents, who give him all his humanity and kindness. Here he's younger, close to his Superboy days of the 50's, and isn't as smart or responsible as he's in the present; still a lot to learn. A time-travel plot is introduced as a creature who eats time has escaped, but Superman is not alone: three mysterious dudes arrive to help with the Kent Farm earlier, and later are revealed to be Supermen from different eras: one from the far away future around the 800'000 years (you know, tomorrow), one wraped in bandages from some other future timeline and one from the 5th dimension. All of them try to imprison the monster that eats time, and questions without answers about the future are passed on here and there. Another one of Superman's harshest lessons happen here with the death of Jonathan Kent, which made Superman's humility. Even someone as powerful as him can't save everybody, a God he ain't. If anything, he teach us the full potential of humanity by using his own powers to help, good samaritan and all that.
The Superman wrapped in bandages turns out to be the modern Superman from the previous issues and the rest of the series, this being one of the twelve labors he does before dying. He gets an infinite flower by a sort-of Supreme golden Superman from the future to place in Jonathan Kent's grave, as an ultimate gift to the man who taught the Man of Steel everything he knows.
A very heart-wrenching issue that deals with a lot of tropes from Superman's mythology: from his upcoming in Smallville, to the his human side thanks to the Kents, to his boyhood friends Lana and Pete, the harsh lessons that any human, any Superman learns, and the death of Jonathan Kent. Morrison once again takes these tropes and tells a story with them, masterfully so. How can you do conflict with someone like Superman? Well, read this issue and you'll see. Emotional conflict, existence conflict, time conflict; the sky's the limit. And do we really need to say that the incredible artwork by Quitely is incredible? I thought so.
April 4, 2025
“I didn’t even get to say goodbye.”
I LOVE how weird and cosmic this book is. Space, dimensional, and timeline statistics spoken as if a common tongue amongst men who’ve perhaps seen and named all the planets and stars. It really puts the Super in the title.
I LOVE how weird and cosmic this book is. Space, dimensional, and timeline statistics spoken as if a common tongue amongst men who’ve perhaps seen and named all the planets and stars. It really puts the Super in the title.
August 22, 2020
Calling it now. That's the best Superman cover ever? I think so.
Comic itself contains all the idiosyncratic tropes you've come to expect from Grant Morrison. Like the Superman tales of old, these All Star Superman stories create new ideas into the mythos and reaffirm the old. I think Grant is probably the only person who really takes care of these characters as though they were action figures gifted to him; where he shines them up and then gives them back. It's such a charming series. And forgive me for sounding reductive, but I do believe even in his darkest hours, Superman ought to be charming.
Having recently lost a parent, these types of stories always hit home more than others would. It ends vert sweetly and the implications are evermore perfect for just how wholesome the whole enterprise is. The intentions are pure enough to remove any criticism I might have.
Also- the panel layouts are phenomenal. 4-5 panels a page really make this a treat to behold. Information is never cluttered. That isn't always an issue. But here it truly makes me wish every comic was like that.
Comic itself contains all the idiosyncratic tropes you've come to expect from Grant Morrison. Like the Superman tales of old, these All Star Superman stories create new ideas into the mythos and reaffirm the old. I think Grant is probably the only person who really takes care of these characters as though they were action figures gifted to him; where he shines them up and then gives them back. It's such a charming series. And forgive me for sounding reductive, but I do believe even in his darkest hours, Superman ought to be charming.
Having recently lost a parent, these types of stories always hit home more than others would. It ends vert sweetly and the implications are evermore perfect for just how wholesome the whole enterprise is. The intentions are pure enough to remove any criticism I might have.
Also- the panel layouts are phenomenal. 4-5 panels a page really make this a treat to behold. Information is never cluttered. That isn't always an issue. But here it truly makes me wish every comic was like that.
July 6, 2018
Very interesting intro to the multiverse and time traveling stuff in the Superman universe. Love the family bonding dynamic.
July 6, 2025
Issue #6
A descent into a world without reason that reaffirms Superman’s clarity.
The Bizarro world is nonsensical, decaying, and terrifying — and yet, Superman still tries to understand and help. Zibarro, a poet in a place that punishes thought, becomes a reflection of Superman’s burden: the weight of being the only one who truly gets it.
A descent into a world without reason that reaffirms Superman’s clarity.
The Bizarro world is nonsensical, decaying, and terrifying — and yet, Superman still tries to understand and help. Zibarro, a poet in a place that punishes thought, becomes a reflection of Superman’s burden: the weight of being the only one who truly gets it.
May 11, 2021
Mi favorito de la serie hasta ahora.
Este volumen es demasiado conmovedor.
Este volumen es demasiado conmovedor.
July 12, 2025
Oh my gosh this issue really got me tearing up so bad, it’s so fitting that an issue that revolves around the death of Jonathan Kent…would also so heavily focus on Clark’s future and highlight everything he has built that Pa Kent would be so proud of. This issue takes us back to Clark’s youth, in the days where he started going to metropolis to study but was stuck on the fence between becoming an explorer and seeing the world…and staying on the farm. We all know what Johnathan would say, as he looks out at Clark playing with Krypto in space…he knows this is no life for him. But on this day three strangers came to the farm looking for an honest days work, a normal looking man named CALVIN ELDER (hint hint), a short odd man with a purple bowler hat, and a tall mysterious man wrapped in bandages. If you don’t remember from a few issues ago, these are clearly the Supermen of the future in disguise. So what are they doing here?
Well it all happens to revolve around a picture Lana took with Clark and Pete that survived the years and eventually found its way into their hands, only for them to discover that a chronovore, a time creature that consumes time from living beings, has made its way into the past! After overhearing the group talk about it, Superman one million, the unknown Superman, and KLYZYZK KLZNTPLKZ (the Superman of the 5th dimension, which was expertly pronounced in the audiobook) are here to stop the creature and save this time. They dawned disguises as farm hands to blend in. But it doesn’t take long for the creature to show itself and the supermen of the future to jump into action with their harpoon weapons equipped with 5-S snares to pin it down! Clark can’t just stand by and let them handle this on their own, this is his world and he is going to help protect it. We see that the unknown Superman also jumps in to help…but he doesn’t stick around, instead we see that he changes back into a regular outfit and goes and talks to Pa Kent standing out in a field. Clark spends his moments fighting and chaining the creature, Krypto distracting the Superman one million from holding Clark back. But there is a very specific reason he wanted to stop Clark…because fighting this creature will take 3 minutes of his life…3 minutes he could have had to say goodbye to Pa Kent. Instead the unknown Superman was there, and he was able to quell Jonathan’s mind by letting him know that Clark will be just fine. The moment Pa died Superman stopped hearing his heartbeat, but even moving so fast that his own hair caught on fire…Clark wasn’t there to say goodbye to his father. Clark gave the eulogy at Jonathan’s funeral. Even though he is gone, he left behind the values instilled in Clark.
“He taught me that the measure of a man lies not in what he says, but what he does. And he showed me by example how to be tough, and how to be kind and now to dream of a better world. Thanks Pa. Those are lessons I’ll never forget.”
As the issue comes to an end Martha confirms what we all knew, Jonathan wouldn’t have wanted Clark to stay on the farm, he belongs to the world and is destined for better things. We jump over to the hill overlooking the farm as the supermen of the future prepare to depart, the unknown Superman taking off his bandages to reveal that he is the Superman from our time! This was his chance to come back and finally see his Pa for one last time. As they prepare to take Clark back to his time, the leader of the Superman squad wishes to speak to Clark. He steps out of the time portal completely golden, and laughs when Clark asks what descendant he is. He laughs because we all know this is Clark. Once again Clark has completely one of his legendary “twelve labors” and in return the leader gifts him an indestructible flower from new krypton. A gift that is planted by Clark at his father’s grave. What a touching issue.
Well it all happens to revolve around a picture Lana took with Clark and Pete that survived the years and eventually found its way into their hands, only for them to discover that a chronovore, a time creature that consumes time from living beings, has made its way into the past! After overhearing the group talk about it, Superman one million, the unknown Superman, and KLYZYZK KLZNTPLKZ (the Superman of the 5th dimension, which was expertly pronounced in the audiobook) are here to stop the creature and save this time. They dawned disguises as farm hands to blend in. But it doesn’t take long for the creature to show itself and the supermen of the future to jump into action with their harpoon weapons equipped with 5-S snares to pin it down! Clark can’t just stand by and let them handle this on their own, this is his world and he is going to help protect it. We see that the unknown Superman also jumps in to help…but he doesn’t stick around, instead we see that he changes back into a regular outfit and goes and talks to Pa Kent standing out in a field. Clark spends his moments fighting and chaining the creature, Krypto distracting the Superman one million from holding Clark back. But there is a very specific reason he wanted to stop Clark…because fighting this creature will take 3 minutes of his life…3 minutes he could have had to say goodbye to Pa Kent. Instead the unknown Superman was there, and he was able to quell Jonathan’s mind by letting him know that Clark will be just fine. The moment Pa died Superman stopped hearing his heartbeat, but even moving so fast that his own hair caught on fire…Clark wasn’t there to say goodbye to his father. Clark gave the eulogy at Jonathan’s funeral. Even though he is gone, he left behind the values instilled in Clark.
“He taught me that the measure of a man lies not in what he says, but what he does. And he showed me by example how to be tough, and how to be kind and now to dream of a better world. Thanks Pa. Those are lessons I’ll never forget.”
As the issue comes to an end Martha confirms what we all knew, Jonathan wouldn’t have wanted Clark to stay on the farm, he belongs to the world and is destined for better things. We jump over to the hill overlooking the farm as the supermen of the future prepare to depart, the unknown Superman taking off his bandages to reveal that he is the Superman from our time! This was his chance to come back and finally see his Pa for one last time. As they prepare to take Clark back to his time, the leader of the Superman squad wishes to speak to Clark. He steps out of the time portal completely golden, and laughs when Clark asks what descendant he is. He laughs because we all know this is Clark. Once again Clark has completely one of his legendary “twelve labors” and in return the leader gifts him an indestructible flower from new krypton. A gift that is planted by Clark at his father’s grave. What a touching issue.
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July 11, 2025
Seeing Superman tonight! I hope they incorporated the scene with Pa Kent in this into the actual film because it's a beautiful scene. It encapsulates Supes and what he fights for. I only just realised what a touching metaphor Clark crashing on Earth from the Phantom Zone is in regards to the Kents. Jonathan and Martha couldn't have children, so for Clark to fall into their lives like a wish upon a star? That's touching. I assume the scene of Clark and Krypto playfully getting rid of the farm tree and sitting side by side on the moon is the one that's going to be repeated in the film! From the trailers it sure looks like it.
This entire twist with the Supermen Squad from 851 thousand years in the future that protects spacetime? That one of them is our protagonist Clark from the future? Awesome. A preconceived notion I had when I heard of that, is that it would lessen the Supes mythos and really dial down Clark to one of many. But since even he reflects on that, it's all cool imo. Personal batshit crazy theory: 'Ultraman' in the 2025 film maaaay be revealed as Kal Kent rather than simply Bizarro? 👀 We'll see if they go there, way too convoluted perhaps.
This entire twist with the Supermen Squad from 851 thousand years in the future that protects spacetime? That one of them is our protagonist Clark from the future? Awesome. A preconceived notion I had when I heard of that, is that it would lessen the Supes mythos and really dial down Clark to one of many. But since even he reflects on that, it's all cool imo. Personal batshit crazy theory: 'Ultraman' in the 2025 film maaaay be revealed as Kal Kent rather than simply Bizarro? 👀 We'll see if they go there, way too convoluted perhaps.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 7, 2025
A good issue that introduces Jonathan and Martha Kent with a group of unlikely heroes.
This issue introduces the masked person in the message from issue #2 and a group of other Superman. The issue doesn’t share much about who he is or his motives, but it will most definitely be shared later on.
Jonathan Kent’s death doesn’t play a key role to the story between this mysterious man and Superman, but it’s a building block for bigger issues to come. The death itself felt skimmed over and not focused on at all. There wasn’t enough emotion for his death because the comic was too focused on…whatever the hell the bad guy was.
I said it before and I’ll say it again. I can see myself saying this a lot.
You
Do
Not
Need
A
Villain
For
Every
Issue.
The Superman crew was interesting enough as it is and you add an inter-dimensional being to distract us from all the cool stuff. The author has the elements to write a good story and instead focuses on climactic action and fighting.
Shame.
This issue introduces the masked person in the message from issue #2 and a group of other Superman. The issue doesn’t share much about who he is or his motives, but it will most definitely be shared later on.
Jonathan Kent’s death doesn’t play a key role to the story between this mysterious man and Superman, but it’s a building block for bigger issues to come. The death itself felt skimmed over and not focused on at all. There wasn’t enough emotion for his death because the comic was too focused on…whatever the hell the bad guy was.
I said it before and I’ll say it again. I can see myself saying this a lot.
You
Do
Not
Need
A
Villain
For
Every
Issue.
The Superman crew was interesting enough as it is and you add an inter-dimensional being to distract us from all the cool stuff. The author has the elements to write a good story and instead focuses on climactic action and fighting.
Shame.
December 27, 2024
This one goes back to the time to cover Kal's time with his adoptive parents in Smallville. This was a wonderful story with many surprises. Let's 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.
June 28, 2025
Clark recuerda haber hablado con su padre, Jonathan Kent, en la Granja Kent. Krypto aparece y Clark lo lleva al espacio exterior para jugar con él.
Calvin Elder junto con otros dos hombres aparecen en la granja para preguntarle a Jonathan si necesita ayuda con la cosecha.
Mientras tanto, Clark se reúne con Lana Lang y Pete Ross en una sodaría local. Clark sale a espiar a los tres nuevos visitantes cuando su superaudición detecta algo.
Calvin Elder junto con otros dos hombres aparecen en la granja para preguntarle a Jonathan si necesita ayuda con la cosecha.
Mientras tanto, Clark se reúne con Lana Lang y Pete Ross en una sodaría local. Clark sale a espiar a los tres nuevos visitantes cuando su superaudición detecta algo.
August 16, 2025
Another fantastic issue of All-Star Superman, this one presenting a very important loss in the life of Superman as he continues to head towards what seems to be an inevitably fatal end to this particular stage of his life. Great characters, some fun with Krypto, and a nice connective strand for the overarching storyline.
February 25, 2025
Superman Comic Reading Challenge
Day 6 - All Star Superman No. 6
Now it's time for a poignant issue. Grant Morrison's writing is so clever in dealing with the reason Superman is unable to save his adoptive father. Plus there's an appearance from Krypto! (No spoiler there, he's on the cover)
Day 6 - All Star Superman No. 6
Now it's time for a poignant issue. Grant Morrison's writing is so clever in dealing with the reason Superman is unable to save his adoptive father. Plus there's an appearance from Krypto! (No spoiler there, he's on the cover)
July 13, 2024
A bit of attention for Jonathan Kent, but I wish it had gone deeper.
December 26, 2024
Really touching
December 29, 2024
Too quick, but good.
January 27, 2025
Ni Goku tuvo tanta descendencia che, tremendo.
July 3, 2025
Wait so was Clark impersonating Unknown Superman or has he been Unknown Superman the whole time? If it's the latter was he just fucking around with Lois and that JLo question in Episode 2?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 14, 2025
time traveling Supermen come to smallville and Pa Kent has his last days…
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 17, 2025
JONATHAN
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September 17, 2025mds amo os pais dele, cabem no meu bolsooo😭
March 17, 2026
best one of this volume
December 14, 2016
Storyline is not so special. Sometimes even boring.
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