![]() He has clearly lost none of his skill in exploiting the form. Here Moore revisits the science fiction short story format with which he made his name in 2000 A.D. and Doctor Who Weekly. ![]() The second group consists of three Tales of the Green Lantern Corps and a Vega story, ‘Brief Lives’. First, three Superman tales, including the delightful ‘Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?’, show Moore’s ability to do interesting things with very basic superhero archetypes. ![]() The quality stories fall into two camps, both of which illustrate particular strengths of Moore’s. Worst here is a two-part Vigilante story, where Moore appears to be trying to deconstruct a character (admittedly a bad Punisher analogue) for whom he has no sympathy.įortunately, some material here is very good indeed. Some of the material here has the distinct feeling of being rapid knock-offs, lacking much in the way of inspiration or quality, and too often Moore turns to violence against women to shock his readers. ![]() ![]() Moore was the darling of the comics set in the 1980s, but this collection is a mixed bag. Brian Bolland supplies a new cover, later replaced, for reasons that are not immediately apparent, by one by Frazer Irving. Essentially an expansion of the earlier (and better-titled) collection Across the Universe, this volume adds The Killing Joke and Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? to bring together just about everything Alan Moore wrote for DC between 19 that isn’t Swamp Thing, Watchmenor V For Vendetta. ![]()
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