Superman: Peace on Earth
by Paul Dini (Author), Alex Ross (Illustrator)
The World's Greatest Super-Heroes (1), Superman
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Comics painter Alex Ross and writer Paul Dini, both among the most acclaimed talents in the field, join forces to create an unusual look at the world's greatest super-hero and his attempt to improve the world.Tags
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Wow. This book was very poignant. The story is well-told, and Alex Ross' magnificent illustrations really add punch to the storytelling. It starts out with Superman helping one homeless girl, and seeing that he can do more, reaches out to the world to help feed the hungry. Of course, he himself volunteers to deliver donated food to needed locations. Many are grateful for his aid, but of course there are these jerks who don't want to see him doing any good, including a dictator who insists that Superman leave the food with him so that he can then distribute the food to his own people. Naturally, Superman knows he is lying.
This is a beautifully-told story, but with some very harsh truths which leave the reader thinking a good while after show more they have read this book. I applaud the people responsible for this book, it truly was a worthy project. show less
This is a beautifully-told story, but with some very harsh truths which leave the reader thinking a good while after show more they have read this book. I applaud the people responsible for this book, it truly was a worthy project. show less
"DÊ AO HOMEM UM PEIXE E ELE SE ALIMENTARÁ POR UM DIA. ENSINE UM HOMEM A PESCAR E ELE SE ALIMENTARÁ POR TODA A VIDA."
Realmente você termina o quadrinho almejando ser um ser humano melhor, se o Superman o ser mais poderoso do planeta não conseguiu acabar com a fome no planeta, não por ser algo impossível, mais o desafio é lidar com o fator humano, esse é o real desafio, mesmo ele tendo toda boa intenção de fazer o bem, nem todos vão interpretar uma boa ação como uma boa ação, e isso só mostra em mundo o egoismo e o cinismo é regra, ser alguém gentil é um ato de Punkrocker!
Realmente você termina o quadrinho almejando ser um ser humano melhor, se o Superman o ser mais poderoso do planeta não conseguiu acabar com a fome no planeta, não por ser algo impossível, mais o desafio é lidar com o fator humano, esse é o real desafio, mesmo ele tendo toda boa intenção de fazer o bem, nem todos vão interpretar uma boa ação como uma boa ação, e isso só mostra em mundo o egoismo e o cinismo é regra, ser alguém gentil é um ato de Punkrocker!
Dec 28, 2025Portuguese (Brazil)
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Alex Ross was born in 1968. He attended St. Alban's School in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Harvard University in 1990. It was there that he studied under composer Peter Lieberson and was a D.J. on the classical and underground rock departments of the college radio station. He earned a Harvard A.B. in English summa cum laude for a thesis on show more James Joyce. From the years, 1992-1996, Alex Ross was a music critic at the New York Times. He also wrote for the New Republic, Slate, and The London Review of Books. In 1993 he started contributing to The New Yorker and became a staff writer in 1996. In 2007 his released his first book in the U.S. entitled The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, a cultural history of music since 1900. This book received widespread crritical praise in the U.S. and earned a National Book Critics Circle Award, a spot on New York Times list of the ten best books of 2007, and a finalist citation for the Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction. His second book - Listen to This- was published in September 2010. Alex Ross has also received a Holtzbrink fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Superman: Peace on Earth
- Original title
- Superman: Peace on Earth
- Original publication date
- 1998-11-04
- People/Characters
- Superman (Clark Kent | Kal-El)
- Important places
- Metropolis, USA
- Important events
- Christmas
- Dedication
- For Superman himself, who inspires us all.
- First words
- I still think back to the farm.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I tell them not every seed will make it -- but all of them deserve the chance to grow.
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- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
- LCC
- PN6728 .S9 .R677 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
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- 5 — English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil)
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