Many of the best Superman comics (including Mark Waid and Leinil Yu's Superman: Birthright, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Superman For All Seasons and John Byrne's original Superman: Man of Steel storyline) are devoted to exploring the hero's origin and formative years. At this point it's enough to wonder if there's anything left to be said on the subject. Luckily, Max Landis seems to have found another novel approach. Rather than try to cover the entire saga of Superman from his fateful rocket flight to his early days in Metropolis, each issue of Superman: American Alien focuses on a different moment in Clark Kent's early life. This first issue doesn't attempt to cover too much ground, instead focusing on the shock, fear and excitement that arises when Clark flies for the very first time.
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