Comic Of The Week: 12232012

Just a couple of days until Xmas, and this week's pick is apropos. Anyone who doesn't see the messianic / savior / baby Jeebus story in the Man of Steel's various origin stories is blind as a Bat(man).

So Comixology is having a Superman 101 sale on all things Kal-El. $0.99 issues of some of the best Superman stories ever written. Go on over and give it a look-see. You won't be disappointed. I wasn't.

I picked up the 2010 6-issue miniseries release of Geoff Johns' and Gary Frank's Superman: Secret Origin. Great read. Geoff Johns pulls in elements of old origin stories as well as weaving in some Smallville threads. Beautifully done. It also doesn't hurt that Gary Frank's depiction of Superman / Clark Kent is spot on with the Christopher Reeve portrayal. You can't help but hear the John Williams score when you read through some of this. Pulls a smile right out of you as you read it.

I'd say this is the best modern-day origin story for Superman. Sorry, DC New52, my Man of Steel will always wear his undies over his trunks and be a small-town Kansas farmboy. I appreciate what you're doing with the revamp. But this is classic Supes for this era right behind John Byrne's Man Of Steel from the 80s.

Pick up these six issues on Comixology.com. You won't regret it.