"Well, I've TRIED to be a model citizen, General Lane. I KNOW I promised I wouldn't waste my intellect on Kryptonite robots and elaborate super-death traps. I KNOW that.But three months ago, I looked in the mirror at those nasty little spiderwebs of lines around my eyes, and I realized something.- Lex Luthor, from Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely's "All-Star Superman", coming in November.
I'm getting older and...
...and HE ISN'T.
So, if I want to die happy, it's time to get serious about killing Superman.
Don't you think?"
Morrison (the writer) & Quitely (the artist) are the same folks who brought you JLA:Earth 2, the sublimely sophisticated New X-Men, and, one of the most revolutionary comics (in terms of visual storytelling techniques) that I've ever had the pleasure to read, We3.
Click the link above to read Morrison's take on Superman and see just a taste of Quitely's mad art-fu.
Oh, and that's Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor in next year's "Superman Returns", directed by Bryan Singer, who did "The Usual Suspects" and the first two "X-Men" movies.
[UPDATE] Here's a link to Grant Morrison, talking about the story in a bit more detail, and Frank Quitely's artwork depicting the difference between Superman and Clark Kent.
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