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Superman Annual #11, page 44

Artist: Dave  Gibbons (All)

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Title: Superman Annual #11, page 44
Artist: Dave  Gibbons (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 2,670
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Favorited on CAF: 4
Comments: 30
Added to Site: 2/3/2015
Comic Art Archive: Superman Annual
Issue: 11   Page: 44

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Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons have worked together on some of the most well-known comics of all time. Today, I want to call your attention to (or remind you of) one of their great collaborations. That’s right! “For the Man Who has Everything”. Originally presented in Superman Annual #11, this was published before Watchmen and was intended on being a one shot Christmas story for Superman. Over the years, it has grown into something far more (did you catch the pun? Anyone?). I remember thinking that this was one of the best Superman stories I had ever read. Obviously, someone else thought the same thing. The story has been reprinted often, most recently in “The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told.”



There’s a lot to love in this story; it’s got Mongul (one of the few serious threats to the man of steel), Wonder Woman, and Batman and Robin. There is a “what if” view of the future of a undestroyed Krypton, a great fight scene, Gibbons art, and a glimpse of Moore’s understanding of Superman and Batman’s tortured psyches. I’ve been looking for a nice page from the story and finally put my hands on this one. This scene occurs near the end of the story and is notable for a few reasons. First, it’s one of the few pages with all of the main characters. Second, there is a nice interaction between Wonder Woman and Superman, some 30 years before DC thought about putting that couple together. Finally, it’s a classic combination of words and pictures that Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore excel at, together at the top of their respective games. How great is that?!

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Damon Wright 
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/3/2015

Whoa. Congratulations!

Ray Cuthbert 
Member Since 2003

Posted on 2/3/2015

Great page from a great story!

J. Sid 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/3/2015

Nice page from a great book!

Suat Tong Ng 
Member Since 2009

Posted on 2/4/2015

Well done! Certainly one of the best Superman stories out there.

David  Mandel 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/4/2015

Fantastic fantastic page!

C F 
Member Since 2007

Posted on 2/4/2015

Awesome!

frank x townsondecker 
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/4/2015

Excellent!

Mike W 
Member Since 2007

Posted on 2/4/2015

Excellent page from one of my all-time favorite stories!!!!! Congratulations, my friend!!!!!

D. J. Peters 
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/4/2015

Classic story by every definition. Congrats on a great page!!!

P A 
Member Since 2013

Posted on 2/4/2015

Awesome page Ron! Congrats!

J M 
Member Since 2010

Posted on 2/4/2015

Ron congrats on being the caretaker of a spectacular classic interior page . Seeing pages like this makes me wish that modern art was done to this caliber but unfortunately comic company's have lost there desire to produce quality such as this , congrats

Jovi Neri 
Member Since 2011

Posted on 2/4/2015

Unbelievable!

Mike Niederer 
Member Since 2010

Posted on 2/4/2015

Spectacular

Felix  Lu 
Member Since 2005

Posted on 2/4/2015

If you're going to slum it in panel pages, you could do a whole lot worse than this!:P What a perfect example!!

eewwnuk 1 
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/4/2015

lol. great page!

John Livesay 
Member Since 2009

Posted on 2/4/2015

nice!

Will K 
Member Since 2006

Posted on 2/4/2015

Great page!!! I think that story was immediately recognized as a classic by anyone who read it.

Chris K. 
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/4/2015

To answer your question - pretty damn great! Almost as good as Felix's 'slumming it in panel pages' comment.

J L 
Member Since 2005

Posted on 2/4/2015

This is a great page. You are da man. Congrats Ron. 8 )

Dan P 
Member Since 2009

Posted on 2/4/2015

Another great acquisition!

Mike D 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/4/2015

Wow, great page from a truly incredible story. Congrats Ron. I loved the comic at the time and now as a Dad, my 4-year old son and I love watching the surprisingly-emotional JLU cartoon episode based on this story.

C . 
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/5/2015

Another cool piece for your collection!

Chris C 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/5/2015

Utterly Perfect Example. One of the greatest Superman stories ever and so perfectly told in word and image. The page you got it just great.

Adam Ianbarry 
Member Since 2010

Posted on 2/5/2015

Knockout page!!!

Eltanin C 
Member Since 2012

Posted on 2/5/2015

Great page!

Lenny Da Collector 
Member Since 2005

Posted on 2/7/2015

Ron Congratulations on getting a page from your favorite storyline. Many years ago, I remember seeing the half splash with Batman, Superman and Mongul on Ebay. I take it you missed that one? At that time, I thought it was quite pricey but not so much these days :p

Horacio Alvarez  
Member Since 2008

Posted on 2/9/2015

Woooow Grail ¡¡¡¡

Alex B 
Member Since 2008

Posted on 4/4/2015

Congrats Ron for this incredible page : one of the best of the whole perfect book !

Daren Domina 
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/7/2015

Even as a Marvel guy, read and really liked this very cool issue. Congrats on acquiring a page from it and a great page as well!

Satya Chetri 
Member Since 2006

Posted on 4/15/2015

Wow, what a phenomenal page!!

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