Shannon's Reviews > DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore

This is a collection of stories told by Alan Moore for DC Comics from 1985 to 1988. The stories are all over the board ranging from mediocre to exceptionally good with most of them falling in above average to somewhat good.

The story titles are as follows (compliments of Wiki):

1.1 "For the Man Who Has Everything"
1.2 "Night Olympics"
1.3 "Mogo Doesn't Socialize"
1.4 "Father's Day"
1.5 "Brief Lives"
1.6 "A Man's World"
1.7 "The Jungle Line"
1.8 "Tygers"
1.9 "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?"
1.10 "Footsteps"
1.11 "In Blackest Night"
1.12 "Mortal Clay"
1.13 "The Killing Joke"

Obviously “The Killing Joke” is the best of the bunch simply because it rocked DC Comics and was ranked by IGN Comics as the third best Batman graphic novel to read. I would say this one was the best of the bunch but soft stomachs would likely be upset. Note that this tale had some end influence on recent Batman video games.

“Footsteps” had the most promise but fell flat. I can only presume the series didn't go anywhere partly because the war between the angels was more interesting than the current tale.

“For the Man Who Has Everything” had some interesting spins on Krypton.

“Tygers” was good Green Lantern history.

“Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow” had a very interesting twist at the end.

“Mortal Clay” was a good play on insanity.

ARTWORK PRESENTATION: B minus to B; CHARACTERS/DIALOGUE: B; STORY/PLOTTING: B; CONCEPT/IDEAS: B to B plus; WHEN READ: early to mid August 2012; OVERALL GRADE: B.