Thursday, March 21, 2013

Superman and Batman origins in eight words

In All-Star Superman #1, writer Grant Morrison retold the origin of Superman in only eight artfully chosen words:


On Twitter, Dave Lartigue (@daveexmachina) retold the origin of Batman in only eight artfully chosen words:


I call this All-Star Bill Finger.

11/24/21 addendum: In Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target #2, Aquaman gets the eight-word origin treatment (though it is actually a body-swapped Oliver Queen):


3/24/22 addendum: In Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target #6, the real Aquaman gets the eight-word origin treatment:

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