Dr. Karl Stern's story is an often overlooked, yet fascinating examination of the claims of Catholicism from a Jewish perspective.

Growing up as a Jew in Germany, prior to and during World War II, Stern offers great insights into Judaism and Catholicism under Hitler.

This compelling book, and Stern himself, played a major role in the conversion of Dr. Bernard Nathanson to the Catholic faith. Nathanson is a former abortionist and the former head of NARAL who published his own book, "The Hand of God."

The last chapter, Stern's letter to his brother, is alone worth the price of the book.

At one time, in the 80's, I had a comic book collection numbering in the 1,000's. Thanks to the first Superman film, his exploits were among my "must buys" every month. However, for economic reasons and due to the rigors of college, I stopped collecting comics on a regular basis by the time this storyline first saw print in single issue format in the 90's. Special events in my favorite heroes "lives" may briing me out of retirement for a brief time-if I was intrigued enough. Even though, I knew it was an event, that was in part, created to boost sales-The Death Of Superman story qualifies as too cool to pass up. When I was out looking in the bargain bin in a comics shop, I came across all three parts of the story as trade paperbacks, at a good price, given that I forged ahead...

The story picks up right after Superman's deadly battle with Doomsday. Originallly titled Funeral For A Friend and published in single issue format, I must admit that World Without A Superman, is the most satifying part of the trilogy. All of the contributing Superman writers in the book have a handle on the characters. All of Superman's secondary characters and heroic "guest stars" get a chance to have a few moments. Even though the ultimate outcome of the man of steel's return was never really in doubt. The writing is very effective and I imagine that if the world really had superpowered beings to lose-it would go something like this. Lois Lane's grief is captured in a real way, even as not so real things are going on around her. At it's core, the story will resonate, even as I said, the outcome is never in doubt. Lex Luthor and Supergirl play key roles as well. The different writers do a fine keeping everything connected, which can sometimes be problematic, as seen in part III

As with the other books in the trilogy, the art varies, throughout the graphic novel. There's no doubt that the work done here was completed by some talented folks, it's just that some of the art stands out more than over the rest. The work by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding is among the best. There crisp style serves the multipart story quite well. There are a number of panels that I would not mind framing if I could

The book is the best in the trilogy of trade paperbacks. This is one that I'm glad I own There are 240 pages in the collection

What happens when a Superman dies? This is the second trade paperback after The Death of Superman. The series was orginally titled Funeral For A Friend. Basically, it picks up after Superman's death. We watch how many lives are touched by it everyone from a street peddler to his parents. When I started reading comics in 1993, I picked up part three of this series. The scene that did it for me was when his parents decided to hold their own memorial and bury the things that meant that most to him (things that included a teddy bear and a baseball glove). This is the middle block between the Death and the Return. It is worth a read.

Superman has met his match with one of the strongest. tries his hardest to save this new world. You must get this comic The death of superman, the return of superman and hunter/prey. these are the best comic books you will ever read and it is definetly worth the money.

Crossovers are not always well-developed, and it is necesary to admit that there were many details that far from perfeection, but these "amalgam-books" were a pretty nice idea and I really enjoyed reading them. They are not going to change the way you look at the world, but you'll have fun.

I think this is a very original idea. The stories are of varied quality, from so so to the ones that leave one wishing for more.

This book is so good. Especially the spider boy character. There is a story with like 200 characters in it and it is hilarious. Buy it today

In Flight from Woman, psychiatrist Karl Stern gives a penetrating description of several modern philosophers from Rene Descartes to Jean Paul Sartre, and presents a fascinating contrast with the classical ways of knowing, which included poetry and religious faith. He does this drawing upon personal insights from a lifetime of practising psychiatry.

The plot: Lex Luthor II is dying because of some clone deseases, and he desides to create another superman clone and put his mind on it. The clone obviously ends up a bizarro, escapes luthor and things happen. He tries to re-create his world (in an abandoned warehouse, not like in the 38's Superman), with Lois in it.

The story is nice to read, but it's most definitely not what I would have expected when I saw the title. The excuse to re-create Bizarro was stupid. Bizarro's World wasn't another misformed planet, but some sort of old warehouse. Plus, it's a 5-issues story when it could have been a lot less, they just made it bigger to sell more.

Anyway, it's not boring. I would just read something better, like "Erradication!".