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Title: Yesterday's Man of Tomorrow
Writer: Mark Millar
Penciller: Aluir Almancio
Inker: Terry Austin
Colorist: Marie Severin
Letter: Lois Buhalis
Cover Art: Rick Burchett & Terry Austin
Summary:
Mxy
returns with the ultimate idea to stop Superman -- by stopping him before he
even was Superman!
Description:
Flashback
13 years when Clark is set to graduate and his powers are slowly emerging. Clark
talks to his dad about all the good he can do with his powers, but Pa tells him
to be patient. Then Mxy appears and tells Clark Kent that he will start out good
-- then become a tyrant. Mxy convinces Clark the only way he can stop this is to
exile himself -- on the moon.
Mxy zings back to the future and starts to have
his way with the world, starting with (naturally) Metropolis. He soon becomes
really bored without no one to pester. Mxy goes to the moon and asks Clark to
return. Clark refuses at first, angering Mxy. Mxy then banishes himself to the
5th dimension, undoing all he had did previously. Everything is back to normal
and Mxy now waits for the next 90 days...
Review:
It
was a good story...well sorta. Mxy has always been a favorite character of mine
and he goes all out loony. It's a good Mxy story, but not a good Superman
story. Supes doesn't do much besides sit around and complain and refuse to do
stuff. Aluir Almancio's art continues to please. I can't see how anyone could
hate his art! It's awesome! I love it! Millar, though, gives us a pretty disappointing
tale. What could've been awesome on two levels, is only good on one.
Rating: 
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