Available to comics shops for the first time! It's the finale of Tom King and Andy Kubert's Man of Steel epic and Superman is captured off-planet, with Earth's remaining heroes left to fend off an alien robot invasion! If Superman can break his bonds and rise up against the diabolical mastermind who unleased the attack, he can save his adopted home, even from several galaxies away, and begin the long journey back with the little girl from Metropolis whose kidnapping initially sent him on this epic sojourn through the cosmos. Originally published in Superman Giant #15 and #16.
Andy Kubert's art is amazing throughout this issue. From large, beautifully detailed action scenes to quiet, character based moments between Superman and Alice, Kubert infuses the art with style, energy and heart. There are some beautiful visuals in this issue. Read Full Review
This is a sweet ending to a series that often had a bitter edge, and it feels like an experiment that worked about fifty percent of the time. There were moments of brilliance, and moments that felt completely wrong for a Superman story " especially one geared towards a wide audience of casual new readers. Read Full Review
Again, this is Tom King's love letter to Superman. But it is also a testament to all that is good about the world. And what a great homage to Clark's upbringing. In totality, it really is a love letter to Ma and Pa Kent! And that is what makes Superman: Up in the Sky so great! Read Full Review
The art is largely beautiful and, while sometimes the moment-to-moment storytelling can suffer (those scenes of Earth's heroes being decimated by the invasion could maybe have been punched up by some different choices by Kubert), the layouts and emotions are always top notch. Read Full Review
The story itself is a good idea. I would like to see it revisited someday with more care and detail. Read Full Review
If you've enjoyed this meandering, rip-off series so far ($5 a pop, people, despite this already being released at Walmart), this will come across as profound to you. I wish I did, because after six issues, I don't find Superman any more interesting than before. In fact, it makes me realize why so many people find him boring to begin with. Reader, if you haven't read any or much of Up in the Sky"please save your money. Invest in Brain Michael Bendis's stellar work on the character. Read Full Review
One of the most beautiful Superman issues ever, what an ending
Turns out King should've switched places with Bendis.
I'm reviewing the series as a whole. I rank it with "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" as one of the best Superman stories ever. It unwinds sort of like the 12 challenges of Hercules (or whatever that's called.) Each issue revealed a different facet of Superman: His compassion, that every life matters, his indomitable will, his moral code, the two sides - the "super" and the "man" needing each other, his bravery and morality when stripped of his memory, and his basic decency. Each issue encapsulated one aspect of him in original ways. The ending brought a lump to my throat. Bravo.
Superman in absolutes, much like Year One, but done much better.
What did a learn after six issue of this and six issues of Batman: Universe? That Bendis should be writing Batman and King should be writing Superman
Ten. This book redeems the series as it gets the character of Superman. I don't give a book a perfect score lightly. Everything in this issue is on point from the story to the art work. I really enjoyed this issue as it was the perfect ending to the mini-series.
That was all kinds of wonderful. When Tom King is great, he is SO great. A perfect issue of Superman.
Up in the sky is one of my favourite mini about Superman. And the final sticks the landing. Contrats.
Perfect final, King's work with Superman is far superior to his work with Batman, I hope he replaces Bendis in Superman and Action Comics titles in a near future.
This series has been terribly disjointed since it began. Starting good then getting really bad. However this was a very satisfying ending.
Very good imo, and I'm not a king apologist. I don't like his Batman run, but I don't hate it either, this is much better than his Batman run but not even close to what he has written in the past. The reason this works, and this is the same reason why Batman universe works, is the format doesn't allow for any decompression at all. The narrative must keep moving forward in service of good plot and character moments when constricted to 12 pages, which was how long the original Walmart comics were. Therefore, this tells its story, and does so in a way where it's accessible and easy to follow, while also allowing the reader to understand why Superman does what he does. Good recommendation as a stand alone out of continuity story
Man, King's dialogue is just atrocious. I know what he's going for. I can feel the feelings. But you don't need to rely so much on repetition and platitudes, you know? That's my biggest issue here. If that were better, and if the kid were less annoying, this would be a solid comic. But as it is, it just makes Superman sound... how do I say this nicely? Socially-challenged? It's real bad, you guys.
“Will you miss Superman Up in the Sky?” “No sir, I will not.”
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