Superman: Sacrifice

Superman: Sacrifice 

By various

(DC Comics)  ISBN 1-84576-243-6

Rather humdrum conclusion to one of the major plot-lines of the Infinite Crisis event as Superman, mind-controlled by Maxwell Lord, architect of the plan to remove all super-beings from humanity, is compelled to attack his fellow heroes.

Reprinting Superman issues # 218-220, Adventures of Superman #442-443, Action Comics #829 and Wonder Woman #219-220, and featuring the efforts of nearly three dozen creators, this is still little more than a glossy but extended punch-up, culminating in what has been touted as an irreconcilable break-up between the DC Universe’s Big Three. As the volume ends – and I’m not being a spoiler by revealing this – those best of friends Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are alienated and apart – seemingly forever. Or at least until the next times sales dictate a team-up…

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