Sonofjorel

As an enormous Superman fan, I had to reply to this post. I'm glad someone out there feels the same way I do about the Silver Age stories. There seemed to be a greater emphasis on philosophical ideas during that era, instead of long, drawn out arcs that never seem to go anywhere (which all comics have now adopted), and just feature loads of mindless action. There was a recent post on the Superman boards about the difficulty of writing for the character, but I can't remember the last time a modern writer took a situation based approach with the character, rather than simply coming up with more powerful/interesting villains. Superman is supposed to be powerful...what makes the character interesting, is what he does with it.

Also, there can never be enough said about Curt Swan's art.

I was just re-reading crisis and followed it up with the post crisis Legends mini series. How does Wally West have any knowledge of the events of crisis when the universe was supposedly rebooted? He mentions fighting the anti-monitor, but that doesn't make any sense. Does anybody have an explanation?

 
All of the artists are great, but I'm really glad someone mentioned Curt Swan:

The story concluded in Superman #22. It's the best (and most dramatic) part, being the final act. It's one of my all time favorite Superman tales, Post-Crisis or Pre-Crisis.    

"Modern age power set, with Silver Age power levels. I'd also have every other Kryptionian killed, so that Superman can be the ultimate force of destruction that he was once. "