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Swipe File: Man Of Steel Vs Superior

Published Mon, 24 Jan 2011 05:00:37 -0600

In the left hand corner, we have Man Of Steel #2, the retold origin of Superman by John Byrne. In the right hand corner we have Superior #4, Mark Millar and Leinil Yu's own take on the Superman myth with a little Prime, Marvelman, Captain Marvel and probably Faust mixed in too. Let;s see if we can use them all to tell a story.

Enjoy. The door opening scenes are spooky.

Thanks to David Wiley for the pointer.

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