{"id":11639,"date":"2018-01-13T20:28:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T01:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=11639"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:57:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:57:48","slug":"supreme-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/supreme-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

{4.5\/5} “With all the things I can do, all the ways things can go wrong, I think it would be a really good idea if I learned to relate to other people. What do you<\/strong> think?”<\/p>\n

Supreme Power<\/strong> (3 volumes) by J. Michael Straczynski & others, published in 2004-05<\/p>\n

A baby from another planet lands on Earth in the 1970s. He has special powers so he’s raised by a man and a woman in a secret government facility. When Mark gets older the US uses him as a military asset. Eventually President Clinton decides to reveal Mark to the world — but still pretends he was born on Earth, in the US. And no one knows that Mark’s not the only one.<\/p>\n

We see the different origins of several superheros, and we see several presidents’ involvement with one of them. It was a bit odd at times but I enjoyed it a lot.<\/p>\n

It’s about figuring out what to do when everyone you’ve known your whole life has lied to you. It’s about how people with power choose to use it — the US government, and various individuals who have special abilities.<\/p>\n

The story doesn’t exactly come to a conclusion. The artwork is terrific.<\/p>\n

This is the 2nd time I’ve read the 1st volume.<\/p>\n

I previously reviewed Straczynski’s Superman: Grounded<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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