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SUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #6 (of 6)

The reimagining of Superman’s early days concludes as he faces his toughest foe yet – his childhood friend Lex Luthor! The victor will be Metropolis’s hero. If you think you know how this plays out, then you underestimate how much Luthor wants that title…

Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by GARY FRANK and JON SIBAL
Variant cover by GARY FRANK

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  1. Avatar photo Andrew says:
    August 23, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    Alright! I raarely notice when books are late, but the last few weeks have had me hoping to see this on the shipping list and wondering how long it has been since part 5. This and Scalped in the same week? Yay!

  2. john72tex says:
    August 23, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    I can’t believe this book is FINALLY coming out! This series should have finished in February or March… I hope this issue is worth the wait.

  3. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    August 23, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    What the fuck happened to this mini? Seriously (sorry for the language) there seemed to have been no rhyme or reason for this to be delayed like hell. I can understand maybe a month…..but 5-6 months!?

    No excuses. 

  4. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    August 23, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    Heh. I was just thinking about this book too.

  5. Avatar photo stuclach says:
    August 23, 2010 at 3:19 pm

    Finally.  I’ve been looking forward to this.

  6. Avatar photo Zeppo says:
    August 23, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    Woo-hoo. I’m not a Superman fan, but this has been great. But annoying late.

  7. Avatar photo Hawkboy says:
    August 23, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    This was like Marvel late… shame on you DC.

  8. Avatar photo CaseyJustice says:
    August 23, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    Is this still a thing? I keed, I keed. Love the Johns/Frank combo.

  9. Avatar photo mguy77 says:
    August 23, 2010 at 3:52 pm

    11 months to get 6 issues out.  Damn a Geoff Johns event or miniseries is late LATE excluding Blackest Night.  The next time I hear megaevent or miniseries w/ Geoff Johns & (artist y) I will wait for the HC. 

  10. Avatar photo PostMan87 says:
    August 23, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    I’ve been purposely waiting on this. I set aside this series issue by issue until I could read it in one sitting. I have nothing but faith that this’ll be a great read.

  11. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    August 23, 2010 at 4:20 pm

    @mguy77 I think that might be more for the art than Johns, he’s traditionally on time, it’s his artists that hold the series up, like Legion of 3 Worlds (Perez) or Flash: Rebirth (Van Sciver)

  12. Avatar photo Scruffy says:
    August 23, 2010 at 4:39 pm

    This whole series has been pretty much perfect. I have no doubt that this will be worth the wait.

  13. Avatar photo jobob247 says:
    August 23, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    This is pretty much a defining reason as to why I will be scaling back big time on the purchase of "mini series" runs. Could have a nice hard cover book for about the same price that I could easily pass around to friends/family…..

  14. edward says:
    August 23, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    Be honest, this has been a bit ‘Meh’

  15. Avatar photo AmirCat says:
    August 23, 2010 at 7:18 pm

    @edward – you’re back!

    @jobob247 – you can get the HC cheaper online too …

  16. Avatar photo kymsoke says:
    August 23, 2010 at 8:35 pm

    Few! Thought I had imagined the first 5 issues.

  17. Avatar photo KickAss says:
    August 24, 2010 at 12:22 am

    So when’s Batman Earth One by this team coming out? 😉

    @Postman – Me too! 0:

  18. Avatar photo ludusmaximus says:
    August 24, 2010 at 12:47 am

    Im glad I waited to get the hardcover…should be nice and self contained, as I don’t read any Superman stuff.

  19. Avatar photo WinTheWonderboy says:
    August 24, 2010 at 12:37 pm

    Yay!!!

  20. Avatar photo Rebis02 says:
    August 24, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    I liked the first 5 issues but had completly forgotten about this series until now. 

  21. Avatar photo diebenny says:
    August 24, 2010 at 6:53 pm

    Wow.  I forgot about this.  The first 5 were great.  What a nice surprise.

  22. Avatar photo Meanmrmustid says:
    August 24, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    Waiting for HC for this  Hopefully preorder will still be 50% off at Book depository by the time this comes out.

  23. Avatar photo JesTr says:
    August 25, 2010 at 7:26 am

    Yeah there was a long wait for this issue but I’m sure it will be kickass. This will definitely be my first read this week.

  24. Avatar photo TheNextChampion says:
    August 25, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    Technically, this was a good issue. Nothing was wrong with Johns script or Frank’s gorgeous pencils. However, the wait for a seemingly ho-hum ending is not worth the 4 1/2 month wait. I’m sure this will read well in trade.

    2/5

  25. Avatar photo Paul Montgomery (@fuzzytypewriter) says:
    August 25, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Phenomenal. 5 stars. Johns and Frank really delivered on this one. 

  26. Avatar photo PraxJarvin says:
    August 25, 2010 at 9:26 pm

    The ending felt a little rushed and uneven to me. Not bad, no, but just… too packed for its own good. The art, too, was pretty uneven. Some panels were amazing and breathtaking. And then there’s a panel where Superman is smiling and he doesn’t have a upper lip and Lois’ forehead is twice the size of her lower face. Minor problems, but for how long it took for this to come out I expected a bit more. 4/5

  27. Avatar photo WadeWilson says:
    August 27, 2010 at 1:46 am

    Wow.

  28. Avatar photo mikeandzod21 says:
    August 27, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    Am I the only one who heard the John Williams score at the end? This was amazing. People working on a new Superman movie? Here it is.

  29. Avatar photo cromulent says:
    August 27, 2010 at 11:18 pm

    I grew up with Christopher Reeve as the one and only Superman. I got a lump in my throat after reading this.

  30. Avatar photo LEXPRIME says:
    August 28, 2010 at 12:09 am

    This was a good ending to a good series. but even though I liked it and I like geoff johns it just for some reason(maybe the delay) wasnt great. at some moments I was thinking "now thats superman" and other times not so much. it was a hit and miss in parts for me but I will still buy it in hardcover because i am superman fan and becuause it wasnt bad it just wasnt as good as I thought it would be. Superman Birthright is still my favorite!

  31. Avatar photo Scruffy says:
    August 28, 2010 at 8:10 am

    Excellent ending. 40 story pages was a nice surprise. This was totally worth the wait.

  32. Avatar photo PostMan87 says:
    August 29, 2010 at 7:02 pm

    I guess I shoulda popped into the LCS on Wed, cause this was all sold out the day after. Grrrr. Now I’ll have to wait 2 weeks for the backorder to come in.

  33. Avatar photo JesTr says:
    August 30, 2010 at 9:47 am

    Awesome book and my POTW.

  34. Avatar photo Crippler says:
    September 11, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    Gary Frank is THE Superman artist.  I wish this was an ongoing series. 

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