Superman: Secret Identity
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4.6
Kurt Busiek
What's in a name? Everything, if you share it with the Man of Steel! Set in the real world, SECRET IDENTITY examines the life of a young Kansas man with the unfortunate name of Clark Kent. All Clark wants is to be a writer, but his daily life is filled with the taunts and jibes of his peers, comparing him to that other Clark Kent - the one with super-powers. Until one day when Clark awakens to discover that he can fly...that he does in fact have super-strength! But where did these powers come from? And what's hegoing to do about it? SUPERMAN: SECRET IDENTITY collects the critically lauded 4-issue miniseries written by Kurt Busiek (JLA/AVENGERS, ASTRO CITY) with art by Stuart Immonen (AVENGERS).
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Author
Kurt Busiek
Pages
196
Publisher
DC Comics
Published Date
2004-11-30
ISBN
1401244831 9781401244835
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"Taken on its own, this is a four or five star book. The artwork is fantastic and the story is an interesting examination of the life of a person with super powers. Unfortunately, I can't take it on its own. The very premise seems absurd to me; someone named Clark Kent who gains the powers of Superman? Why? The story works without that ridiculous conceit. More importantly though, I feel like this is a lost Astro City story of Kurt Busiek's, except he'd do it more justice in that title. Here I feel the pacing is off; we spend a lot of time in certain areas and then just breeze through others. And I don't feel like we ever really get to know any characters except for Kent himself; everyone else is somewhat thinly drawn."
John Detrick