Note: This series was originally published in 2013 on my old site, www.berkeleyplaceblog.com, which is now devoted 100% to music. I have reprinted the series here, for posterity.
In Superman: Birthright, another great Superman story, we see him engaged in saving the world from itself: If a guy has superpowers, why doesn’t he actually improve the planet? Warren Ellis did this as well in the pages of The Authority. In this issue, he stops a war. In the panel above, we get to see how people feel when God (i.e., Superman) steps into their lives.
Issue #206 continues the theme: Why should God even bother being God? The conversations between Superman and Father Leone are deep, and require multiple readings. This is truly an example of comics-as-literature.