History YMMV / AllStarSuperman

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Christopher Drake's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EphFQelYhp8 fanfare]] rivals John Williams' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' fanfare.

* MemeticMutation: Lex's SpitefulSpit at Superman right after the Man of Steel expressed his belief that he still had good in him led to people joking about how that spit was the last of said good. It's the page image for the trope and even the caption there gets in on it.

* OneSceneWonder: Regan, the troubled teen goth girl who Superman touches down from the ledge, is on only one page, yet that one page is remembered for providing one of the most touching moments in comic book.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The entire concept of "[[BlackComedy Bizarro Batman]]" is so horrifically twisted and wrong that it's hilarious: He's dead because ''his parents shot him dead.''

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The entire concept of "[[DeadBabyComedy Bizarro Batman]]" is so horrifically twisted and wrong that it's hilarious: He's dead because, when he was eight years old, ''his parents shot him dead in an alley.''

** Superman saving the suicidal teen, a powerful moment often regarded as one of the greatest Superman moments of all time.

* MemeticMutation: Lex's SpitefulSpit at Superman right after the Man of Steel expressed his belief that he still had good in him led to people joking about how that spit was the last of said good.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The film changes Solaris' fate from [[spoiler: being captured and reprogrammed to being ''executed'' (maybe) by Superman,]] replacing [[PreMortemOneLiner one of Superman's most memorable lines]] in the process. It also changes the pacing of the prison riot so that Clark fails to save some convicts from the Parasite. The adaptation also cuts two of the comic's most affecting moments; where Superman [[spoiler: gets to say a final goodbye to his father]], and the famous scene with the attempted suicide.

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* EpilepticTrees: Many believe Leo Quintum is [[spoiler:Lex Luthor, having travelled backward in time from after the end of the series where he briefly copied Superman's powers and [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Went Sane From The Revelation]]]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The series is an absolute distillation of everything great about Superman and his mythos... except for Lois Lane. While the book makes some throwbacks to Silver Age Lois shenanigans like her suffering from {{Superdickery}} and receiving superpowers, the book never actually goes into detail about exactly ''why'' Superman fell in love with this woman besides vague lip service about "some things [he] just can't help."

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The film changes Solaris' fate from [[spoiler: being captured and reprogrammed to being ''executed'' by Superman,]] replacing [[PreMortemOneLiner one of Superman's most memorable lines]] in the process. It also changes the pacing of the prison riot so that Clark fails to save some convicts from the Parasite. The adaptation also cuts two of the comic's most affecting moments; where Superman [[spoiler: gets to say a final goodbye to his father]], and the famous scene with the attempted suicide.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: While Solaris is generally pretty horrible, him killing Superman's sun eater pet is pretty justifiable because it was in legit self-defense after Superman ''[[WhatTheHellHero denied his pleas for mercy]]''.

** The [[AdaptationDistillation streamlined]] origin retelling as well.
** The scene where Superman [[spoiler:cures cancer]] is up there, as well - particularly since it's an homage to one of the most notoriously silly Superman stories.
** The [[http://www.dccomics.com/sites/default/files/GalleryGraphicNovels_1900x900_AllStarSuperman_52af9dd1ba02e7.99277890.jpg image]] of Superman flying under the sun.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The entire concept of "[[DeadBabyComedy Bizarro Batman]]" is so horrifically twisted and wrong that it's hilarious. What is he? He's dead. When he was eight years old, ''his parents shot him dead in an alley.''
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Nasthalthia Luthor, despite being a previously forgotten Bronze Age Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} villain and making only a few appearances.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** An EpilepticTree-ish one about Leo Quintum has become an almost essential part of the story's mythos on the internet after being pitched in [[http://mountainofjudgment.blogspot.com/2008/09/all-star-superman-xs-and-os.html an article]] by Cole Moore Odell. ''If you've finished the story'', check it out.
*** "[[http://techland.time.com/2010/11/02/the-secret-of-all-star-superman/2/ The Secret of All-Star Superman."]]
** Does Jimmy know that Clark is Superman? His lines after Superman blasts Luthor with the gravity gun can either be seen as him genuinely guessing where Clark Kent is, or he's just saying it so that Luthor doesn't realize the truth through his super-hearing.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Lois had Superman's powers for a day. We could have had a really great issue that showcased not only Lois using his powers effectively but an excellent super-powered team up involving the two.

* WinBackTheCrowd: In the sense that the story allowed Morrison to use some of the concepts from their aborted ''Superman 2000'' pitch and bring back their''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' continuity.

* WinBackTheCrowd: In the sense that the story allowed Morrison to use some of the concepts from his aborted ''Superman 2000'' pitch and bring back his ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' continuity.

** [[spoiler: The same applies to Comicbook/LexLuthor concerning his imminent execution. Though in his case, it's very clear his escape was already planned.]]

* EpilepticTrees: Many believe Leo Quintum is [[spoiler: Lex Luthor, having travelled backward in time from after the end of the series where he briefly copied Superman's powers and [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Went Sane From The Revelation]]]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The series is an absolute distillation of everything great about Superman and his mythos...except for Lois Lane. While the book makes some throwbacks to Silver Age Lois shenanigans like her suffering from {{Superdickery}} and receiving superpowers, the book never actually goes into detail about exactly ''why'' Superman fell in love with this woman besides vague lip service about "some things [he] just can't help."

* RecycledScript: A few moments in this series will seem pretty familiar if you read Morrison's ''ComicBook/NewXMen''. There's a poignant scene involving a spaceship hurtling into the sun, a particularly nasty [[BaldOfEvil bald supervillain]] who [[spoiler:eventually gets [[HeelFaceTurn reeducated]] by the heroes]], a forward-thinking academic who wants to lead human society into a new era, and a story about a future generation of heroes who use TimeTravel to stop a villain from conquering Earth. Most noticeably: the series ends with the death of a MessianicArchetype thematically associated with the sun, with that character eventually [[AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence transcending time and space]] and traveling back in time to comfort one of the main characters at the grave of a loved one.

* UnintentionallSympathetic: While Solaris is generally pretty horrible, him killing Superman's sun eater pet is pretty justifiable because it was in legit self-defense after Superman ''[[WhatTheHellHero denied his pleas for mercy]]''.

* HypeBacklash: When the introduction to volume two contains a promise that chapter ten proves Superman is ''cooler than God'', well, this sort of hype has lead some fans to hold the story to an unreasonable standard.
* MagnificentBastard: Luthor as usual.

* AwesomeMusic: Christopher Drake's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EphFQelYhp8 fanfare]] rivals John Williams' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' fanfare.