Re-read 2015Ok, so I used to hate Superman, too. Like most of you out there, I thought he was just a boring do-gooder who had too many powers to make him an interesting character. But over the years, my opinion has changed.As opinions do...And when I look back, I think it all started with this book.It's just a lovely story.Ok, in order to explain why I think this is a great story, and why I think you should read it, I'm going to talk about things that happen in it. I will try not to spoil detai...

Wow. Wow, wow, wow! Easily on the BEST graphic novels I've ever read, 10 out of 10 wouldn't be enough, this should be a clear 11 out of 10! The characters, the plot, the prose, the storytelling, the philosophy... each and every component was absolute pitch perfect. I've been on a Superman ride for the last week. I'm a big Batman fan forever (both in comics and screen) and while I always greatly enjoyed Superman on screen from Christopher Reeve's movies to Smallville to Man of Steel, I almost nev...

What if you grew up in a world like ours where everyone knows who Superman is, from comics, films, toys, etc? And then what if you were also named Clark Kent and lived in a small town in Kansas? It’d be a bit crappy wouldn’t it? Being teased for being so similar but clearly not having such incredible, fantastical powers? And then, what if - one day you got those powers? This is the story of another Clark Kent who becomes a Superman and navigates the choppy waters of being a superhero in a world

Re-read: This is my favorite graphic novel. It still makes me smile and tear up and admire this beautiful tale of a man, an extraordinary man trying to belong in this world.The artwork is more beautiful than I remembered. Sometimes there's this beautiful line and then you turn the page and there's this gorgeous double page spread that, honest to god, makes me wanna cry. I just adore this book. Original review:5 Stars This may be my favorite superhero book read this year. Superman: Secret identit...

5.5 stars! Introduction: Now, I have just recently gotten into the “Superman” comics, starting with Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? and after enjoying that comic, I decided to check out more “Superman” comics! So, I finally managed to stumbled upon a “Superman” comic that my friends have strongly recommended to me and it was called “Superman: Secret Identity,” which was written by Kurt Busiek along with artwork by Stuart Immonen and I have to tell you that this is cl

This was a great change from the typical superhero novel. It begins with a boy who unfortunately shares the name Clark Kent with a superhero comic character. He is bullied and picked on for this reason. However, during his teen years he develops supermans abilities. From here he deals with growing up, life stresses and personal demons, in a story which may not have all the action and explosions and excitement as other superman stories but it does pack a heavy emotional punch. The artwork is amaz...

One of the top 5 Superman books ever. So well done!

Every time that Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen have worked together, they've done something I've really enjoyed, and Superman: Secret Identity is no exception. It sounds at first like a high concept story, where a weird coincidence sees a small town boy named Clark Kent actually realizing he does have super-powers, but in reading the whole story, it becomes clear that it's as much about the central notion of Superman and the common life cycle we'll all live through as it is about a neat gimmick

I've never been much of a fan of Superman, but had to pick up this book for Immonen's art (which is superb as ever - the man is an inspiration for being a wizardly chameleon when in comes to mastering different styles best suited for the tone of various projects). And am ever glad I did!This is not your ordinary Superman story, but something much more intimate, humane, mundane, touching and relatable. Year after year after reading this I've occasionally found myself reminiscing to the warmth of

Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes. This is everything that a Superman miniseries should be. New, inventive, keeping you interested, tweaking the old familiar into something new yet respective of the original. This book breathes more life into Superman than a heck of a lot of the other stuff I've read. When they keep doing origin stories and changing one or two little things, I wonder what the point is? Here, Busiek takes an idea (from Superboy Prime as he full well admits in the intro) and fleshes it out...

An incredible read!This was an exceptional book to read. It explores the life of a person who `unfortunately` happened to be named Clark Kent, after the `fictional` and famous Clark "Superman" Kent [Papa and Mama might have been huge Superman fans]. What`s in a name?yes, seriously? What`s in a name?In most of the cases the name of a person may not mean anything, but at least in some it can either be a heavy burden to carry or a huge responsibility and shoes to fill. Kurt Busiek understands e...

8.6/10A very different Superman story.The way it's written, reminds me of "Marvels" ( also by Busiek )and it gave me the same feelings. It's one of those books that makes you wanna get to the end fast, but then you get sad cause it's over.So the story is about a boy named Clark Kent, his parents thought it would be funny name him like that. Clark almost hates Superman, because he gets the same joke over and over again.That is till the day Clark finds out that he has superhuman powers.

This is Superman without the bombast. A husband and father, a superhero who doesn't want the attention. A cruel joke, a kid named Clark Kent--no relation to Superman--begins developing powers. Rewarded for a lifetime of bullying and ribbing, this is Superman as Clark--quite and humble, but super.

Wow.Such an amazing reading experience, more than anything for Father's Day as themes of family, mortality and legacy give an unexpected heft to the later chapters.This is a big recommendation, if not a must-read, for anyone who liked Superman for All Seasons, Absolute All-Star Superman, and similar material. It may be light on the superheroics, but it more than makes up for it by means of its (super)humanity.

Book Info: This collection contains Superman: Secret Identity issues #1-4.ABSOLUTE RATING: {3/5 stars}STANDARDIZED RATING: <3/5 stars>15-year-old Clark Kent is just an ordinary kid from Picketsville, Kansas. Thanks to his parents' "Great Plains sense of humor," Clark gets smothered in Superman paraphernalia every year for his birthday, and puts up with incessant mocking from peers at school. He's an introvert who much prefers spending his time alone jotting down thoughts on an old typewriter...

4.5 stars"All I could think of was, 'I've got a secret . . . I've got a secret!' It was just going to change everything. I could hardly stop smiling." -- Clark Kent (no, not THAT one), on page 41Now here was an effective superhero miniseries that was helped by hitching part of its tone and influence to Superman. Secret Identity - which, despite featuring the Man of Steel in the title, only has him making fleeting appearances as a fictional character in a comic strip - is about a young man from a...

Superman: Secret IdentityFirst chapter, as he becomes Superboy, feels a little odd to me. Pleasant and non-threatening, like a stitch out of Andy Griffith (with a little more mayhem). Makes CK seem pretty mild and a little too controlled for a teenager with all these powers and feelings and confusion. It actually creeped me out - like that feeling you get watching the Talented Mr. Ripley, where you just know there's something sinister under the surface of everything going so smoothly. Honestly,

If I didn't read American Alien earlier this year I would say this is the greatest Superman story of all time. I still enjoyed American Alien a bit more, but this story...goddamn was this a great story. So many good things about it, where the hell do I start? So the story is about Clark Kent, but not the same one we all know from the comics. In this real world setting this boy, named after Clark Kent from the comics, begins his life as a regular kid. Then his powers form and he learns to use the...

I asked Gian Pagnucci what was the best superhero book he had read last year and he said this one. It's terrific. great concept, great execution from the story to the art, to the tone, the humanity of it, the way we get to know this new Superman, born in Kansas Clark Kent, ha ha, butt of jokes growing up, then discovers he actually HAS the powers,,, but this isn't about saving the world so much as what it would be like to have the powers and how he deals with it emotionally, through the years, t...