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Unless you take great time and care to understand them. I recommend Rikdad's excellent blog posts about Final Crisis. They'll show you, as they did me, all that can be missed on a first, second, third, tenth, twentieth read. They're like the James Joyce of comics-tough to understand at first but so very much worth the effort.
Superman and the Authority #4
| Writer | Grant Morrison |
| Artist | Mikel Janin |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
Is the team ready for what's next? Will the Man of Steel's new super-group fall apart before they even begin? The Ultra-Humanite has put together his own team of rogues designed to match the Authority fist for fist. This series comes to an explosive conclusion that will threaten to split the Man of Steel in half!
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DC Comics News - Carl Bryan
Oct 12, 2021Buy this book. I mean…I have a lot of OPEN questions posed here in this review. However, the art is worth the price of admission. We get the Ultra-Humanite that can now inhabit Solomon Grundy as well as a plan to inhabit the Man of Steel himself. That Supermobile though….in the words of Jack Nicholson as the Joker…"Where does he get all those wonderful toys?" Read Full Review
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9.6
Supergirl Comic Box Commentary - Anj
Oct 18, 2021I'd be happy with either of those. Seriously, this has been a wild ride. I have no complaints. None. How can we somehow slip a graying, older, depowered Superman story right into the current continuity and not have bat an eye. Because it was a good story. Read Full Review
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9.5
AIPT - Justin Harrison
Oct 12, 2021Mikel Jann and Grant Morrison wrap Superman and the Authority with a terrific brawl and the same thoughtful craft that has made this miniseries such a pleasure to read. Read Full Review
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9.4
Comic Watch - Jeff Brister
Oct 12, 2021Superman and the Authority #4 wraps up the miniseries with a kinder, more hopeful, but no less vicious team ready to take on the biggest threats. Read Full Review
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9.0
Lyles Movie Files - Jeffrey Lyles
Oct 12, 2021While this is the end for this mini-series, the team's adventures continue on in Action Comics. Morrison set up a very strong foundation and it'll be interesting to see how it's built on in the months to come. Read Full Review
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8.9
Graphic Policy - Logan Dalton
Oct 13, 2021Superman and the Authority #4 features the memorable action and one-liners of its predecessors while having a true heart thanks to the sequences with Superman deciding to move on to deal with other threats and letting his amazing, bisexual son Jon Kent defend Earth as Superman in his stead. There's a real Shakespeare/Prospero in The Tempest relationship between Morrison and Superman as they, Janin, and Bellaire put on one last spectacle, remark on how the old days weren't so great (I love Black's dialogue about JFK), and set up some threads for the next generation of DC Comics writers to play with. I personally think this won't be Grant Morrison's last DC story, but if it was, Superman and the Authority #4 is suitably entertaining and thought provoking and looks towards the future instead of being blinded by nostalgia, namely, bring on nb OMAC! Read Full Review
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Geek Dad - Ray Goldfield
Oct 12, 2021If this is Morrison's mic-drop at DC, it's a worthy celebration of the writer's eclectic body of work. Read Full Review
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8.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Oct 16, 2021Grant Morrison captures the simple fun of comic book superheroes battling comic book super-villains in this final issue, and it's a delight. It's a shame they couldn't make this an ongoing series. Read Full Review
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7.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Oct 13, 2021Superman and The Authority was an enjoyable ride with excellent character designs, engaging superhero scenarios, and plenty of social and literary awareness embedded in the writing. It's also a miniseries without much of a conclusion. Read Full Review
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6.0
Weird Science - Jim Werner
Oct 12, 2021Superman and the Authority eventually get to where it needs to be, heading off to Action Comics, but takes some odd detours along the way. Mikel Janin's art continues to look spectacular, but this mini was all about diminishing returns. Read Full Review
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Another great issue, with the right answers, new and intriguing questions and a perfect final connection to Action Comics. Oh, and I loved all the brawl!
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TILL WE MEET AGAIN KING MOZ! Loved the Brainiac reveal coming full circle from his Action Comics run. You have the threads, stick the landing PKJ!
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Damn. I hope Morrison's final DC story is not indeed their final one. DC should give them their whole imprint to tell incredible stories like this one. Nobody loves or understands the DCU better.
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What an absolutely wonderful end. The inclusion of Lois was very sweet, the update to Ultra Humanite was cool as hell, and the cliffhanger at the end leaves me wanting more.
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9.0
A properly exciting ending, but everything best about this series is so specifically Morrisonian that I'm not entirely sure that this is going to work in others' hands. But I like the team enough that I'm ready to be pleasantly surprised.
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7.5
This started out interestingly enough with Superman's confrontation with Brainiac & UH but limped to the finish with the meh battle between the Authority & UH's hired rogues.
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7.0
I mean, this all came together in the end... sort of. I think it's pretty clear that this was meant to be something it ended up not being. At this point, I'm really not sure why DC put this out beyond getting another Morrison series out there that presumably will sell well.
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6.5
I'm so bored.
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6.0
it was okay to be honest. Grant Morrison's stories tend to be confusing.
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6.0
I felt like this was really hyped up and while it was good, I think it could have been so much better.
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4.5
I expected more from this writer.
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Just bad all around and the premise that Grant promised to address was waved off like it was nothing.
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Complete crap! Thank God it's over!
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