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Adventures of Superman: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez Volume 2
José Luis García-López continua a reinventar o Superman nesse volume especial da coleção Lendas do Homem de Aço! Aqui o lendário desenhista apresenta alguns de seus desenhos mais memoráveis ao lado de roteiristas como Gerry Conway, Martin Pasko e Len Wein. Essa edição inclui fabulosos e emocionantes encontros do maior de todos os heróis com o Nuclear, o Desafiador, o Flash, o Robin e muitos outros!
300 pages, Hardcover
First published February 4, 2020
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José Luis García-López
319 books35 followersJosé Luis García-López was born in Spain in 1948 but moved to live in Argentina. In the Sixties he worked for Charlton Comics and in 1974 he moved to New York where he met DC editor Joe Orlando. He began to draw interiors, but mostly covers, for Superman, Batman, Hawkman, Tarzan and Jonah Hex amongst others. He is primarily known for his work on the DC Superheroes style guide, which has graced numerous and sundry products over the last thirty years.
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May 4, 2021
This is a case of the second volume being much better than the first. And I LOVED the first volume.
Most of the stories in this book cover Garcia-Lopez's Superman work from the eighties to the present. He had established his reputation as true master of his craft. On top of that, you had gone through a serious upgrade in the printing used on comics in the 70s and the present. It wasn't faded newsprint. It was a high paper stock that allowed Garcia-Lopez's art- the work of the colorists- to really shine.
One story in this volume aside, he wasn't just being brought in to salvage a middling to lame fill in. You had writers who had grown up reading his work. Writer's who sought him out and wanting to write stories that played to Garcia-Lopez's strengths. Not only that... the three Elseworld tales included here: Superman: Kal, Superman Inc. and Real Worlds: Superman were all prestige format books. Done on high quality paper.
I'm not usually one who likes 'reconstucted' versions of old comics. But I sorta feel it would be amazing to go back and recolor Garcia-Lopez's old work... to see what some of his classics would have looked like. After all, a lot of the techniques he was bringing to DC Comics of the time were... well... at least a decade if not two ahead of their time.
So I REALLY recommend this one. Or really ANYTHING drawn by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. He could go and draw almost any comic- even something incredibly dumb like a Cap'n Crunch comic book, and I would want to read it just for the art. He's that good.
Most of the stories in this book cover Garcia-Lopez's Superman work from the eighties to the present. He had established his reputation as true master of his craft. On top of that, you had gone through a serious upgrade in the printing used on comics in the 70s and the present. It wasn't faded newsprint. It was a high paper stock that allowed Garcia-Lopez's art- the work of the colorists- to really shine.
One story in this volume aside, he wasn't just being brought in to salvage a middling to lame fill in. You had writers who had grown up reading his work. Writer's who sought him out and wanting to write stories that played to Garcia-Lopez's strengths. Not only that... the three Elseworld tales included here: Superman: Kal, Superman Inc. and Real Worlds: Superman were all prestige format books. Done on high quality paper.
I'm not usually one who likes 'reconstucted' versions of old comics. But I sorta feel it would be amazing to go back and recolor Garcia-Lopez's old work... to see what some of his classics would have looked like. After all, a lot of the techniques he was bringing to DC Comics of the time were... well... at least a decade if not two ahead of their time.
So I REALLY recommend this one. Or really ANYTHING drawn by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. He could go and draw almost any comic- even something incredibly dumb like a Cap'n Crunch comic book, and I would want to read it just for the art. He's that good.
September 9, 2022
I had been holding off buying thi book because I knew a lot of it was filled with cover and not story but I gave in and got it and I am glad I did. You still have the amazing art but because most of these stories were new to me I had a more enjoyable reading experience. I would actually say the art i the FIRST volume is better because you get José inking his own work or having better inkers who kept his fine lines. I personally think José's art is best when there is delicate inking with it. There are whole stories in this volume that lose his magic because the inking is too heavy handed.
But the stories were a lot of fun. Yes - we get the World's Finest done by my most hated of writers Bob Haney. I will try not to hate rant but this hack ruined some of my favourite comics in that era. He was given World's Finest, Teen Titans, Brave and the Bold - all comics I gravitated to because I loved hte characters - and he could barely put a coherent plot together. In this collection you get to see José's beautiful art with a story that makes little to no sense. The one where Superman is framed by a man from the future who is trying to destroy the world but also decided to shoot some criminals to test his weapon is a perfect example of why it is comic's great mysteries that Bob Haney was employed for so long.
Then we get some DC Presents (I loved that comic growing up - it was Brave and the Bold with Superman) which are fun and some okay stories from Superman. then we get three VERY long Elsewhere stories of Superman. I had never even heard of them before and the last two are by a writer I never had heard of. The first written by Dave Gibbons is an excellent Elsewhere tale of Superman landing in medieval times and Luthor being the evil land baron. It was far and away the best and kept the heroic Superman but in a fun new setting. The second written by whatshisname was a solid tale of "what if Superman never got raised by the Kents and had a more troubled childhood?". I really liked it and it had a satisfying conclusion. The third by whatshisname again was horrible. I am surprised it got published. It was Superman only in name but it was really about a loser who was given a Superman tattoo when he was passed out and ... wow...thinking how to summarize it makes me hate it more. Literally there is nothing about Superman in this story except the tattoo.
And then you get 30+ pages of covers.
Overall - a fun collection. Because of the two great Elsehwere tales I give it a slightly higher rating than the first volume but recommend the first volume if you are just interested in the art. And you might just be since - together - these 2 volumes remind us all what a genius José Luis Garcia-López was.
But the stories were a lot of fun. Yes - we get the World's Finest done by my most hated of writers Bob Haney. I will try not to hate rant but this hack ruined some of my favourite comics in that era. He was given World's Finest, Teen Titans, Brave and the Bold - all comics I gravitated to because I loved hte characters - and he could barely put a coherent plot together. In this collection you get to see José's beautiful art with a story that makes little to no sense. The one where Superman is framed by a man from the future who is trying to destroy the world but also decided to shoot some criminals to test his weapon is a perfect example of why it is comic's great mysteries that Bob Haney was employed for so long.
Then we get some DC Presents (I loved that comic growing up - it was Brave and the Bold with Superman) which are fun and some okay stories from Superman. then we get three VERY long Elsewhere stories of Superman. I had never even heard of them before and the last two are by a writer I never had heard of. The first written by Dave Gibbons is an excellent Elsewhere tale of Superman landing in medieval times and Luthor being the evil land baron. It was far and away the best and kept the heroic Superman but in a fun new setting. The second written by whatshisname was a solid tale of "what if Superman never got raised by the Kents and had a more troubled childhood?". I really liked it and it had a satisfying conclusion. The third by whatshisname again was horrible. I am surprised it got published. It was Superman only in name but it was really about a loser who was given a Superman tattoo when he was passed out and ... wow...thinking how to summarize it makes me hate it more. Literally there is nothing about Superman in this story except the tattoo.
And then you get 30+ pages of covers.
Overall - a fun collection. Because of the two great Elsehwere tales I give it a slightly higher rating than the first volume but recommend the first volume if you are just interested in the art. And you might just be since - together - these 2 volumes remind us all what a genius José Luis Garcia-López was.
September 21, 2020
Overall the stories and art are good and fun. I wasn't a huge fan of the "Elseworlds" stories, but they were interesting concepts.
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