COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Superman For All Seasons 4 Signature
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1951646022
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
1998
"Chapter 4 - Winter"
Jeph Loeb - Writer
Tim Sale - Artist
Richard Starkings - Letterer
Bjarne Hansen - Colorist
Joey Cavalieri - Editor
Synopsis:
Narrated by Lana Lang, she reveals she wanted to marry the boy next door, and become Mrs. Lana Lang Kent. But it was when she found out what he could do, that it felt like her dreams crashed down. In Metropolis, Lex feels that Superman being gone is exactly "what it should be", while Lois starts to think of something that becomes dismissed because it is stupid: Clark IS Superman. Clark and Lana have a good time together and meeting back with Pete, who mentions to Clark and Lana how wrong it is that they are not moving on. The Kents and Lana have dinner when news comes in of a flood. When Lana mentions how they still have a man who can "change the course of mighty rivers", Ma and Pa Kent are shocked to learn that she "knows". Over a father-son talk, Clark mentions that he thought he could but that he can't do anything, but Pa Kent has him learn that he has limits and that he has to live with that. The next day, Pa and Clark Kent (wearing his Superman costume) go out to help the town against the flood. Before leaving, Lana makes it clear that even though her dreams were "yanked away", the boy she knew is still under Superman's costume. As townspeople watch, Superman saves the day for all places of Smallville such as fixing a damaged dam with just trees and boulders. Lana and the Kents get themselves into an accident, and almost drown, until Superman arrives. He goes out again to save his father, and once more to save their family dog. The night later, the words of Smallville's pastor, that the seasons may be grim but help us with the future, makes the townspeople happy, including Clark. Back in Metropolis with his article on the front page, Superman wants one of Luthor's exosuits to send Luthor a message: he's back. He saves a kid he had saved before, who introduces himself as Trevor, though people call him "Trev". Superman replies that "folks call me Superman".
Notes:
-Signed by Jeph Loeb on 10/05/2018
-Signed by Tim Sale on 10/04/2018
-This was made hot off the heels from their previous success, Batman: The Long Halloween, and as that Batman-story dealt with holidays as the theme, this story's theme dealt with seasons.
-The artwork contains many influences from that of Norman Rockwell.
-The story also parallels the events from Superman's then-origin story John Byrne's The Man of Steel, though it can be read on its own.
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