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So a long time ago (the mid-1990s), the greatest writer in comics agreed to take over the writing duties for Image Comics' Supreme. He would radically reshape the character, the book, and due to forces beyond his control, a whole comic book universe. And it led to an award-winning run of comics, three additional titles (among several proposed) and ultimately led to the genesis of Moore's much better known America's Best Comics. And then it all went out of print and was forgotten by way too many.

Having gathered quite a bit of information about Moore's Supreme and Awesome runs, I decided to create a home for the forgotten Awesome. Over the course of a year, I put it all together here.

Each week I did a main "Weekly Reading" post that was a read-through of that issue. I followed that up with a couple of other posts about topics from that Weekly Reading or whatever else I came up with to talk about. You'll find the lost Youngbloods in the Youngblood section and the fan-edit of the last Supreme in After Awesome.

Below is the archive of posts broken up by book. Thanks for checking the site out!

Book 1: Supreme: The Story of the Year

Book 1: Judgment Day

Book 3: Supreme: The Return

Book 4: Youngblood

Book 5: Glory

Book 6: After Awesome

Book 7: 1963

Book 8: Night Raven

Book 9: A Small Killing

Friday, November 11, 2022

Fixing the Checker Supreme The Return hardcover

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Checker hardcovers of Supreme. So, when I saw a damaged Supreme The Return hardcover for sale for cheap, I picked it up and decided to fix it... but more than just the spine.


So, I added the lost page for Supreme: The Return #1...


I fixed the lettering in Supreme: The Return #2 (the relettered pages are here if you want them)...


added Supreme #63...


and added the fan edit of Supreme #64...


giving the collection a better ending...


I still prefer my custom binds from the issues, but this was still a fun project. What do you think?

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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 14, 2022 at 6:11 PM

    Any chance you could share a nice scan of the relettered page?
    Thanks in advance, and if you can't, thanx for the site.

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    1. MikeDecember 26, 2022 at 9:24 PM

      It's in here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kvh0wl93rriuorl/Supreme%20fan%20edit.pdf?dl=0

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    2. AnonymousDecember 27, 2022 at 12:51 PM

      Thank you!

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    3. AnonymousDecember 27, 2022 at 4:06 PM

      Whoops...thank you for the fan rewrite, but I was looking for the relettered page from the starlin issue...return 2

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    4. MikeDecember 28, 2022 at 8:11 AM

      Oh sorry. Here are the four fixed pages from Supreme The Return #2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h7ako14t7ra1wl9/Supreme%20Return%202%20fix.pdf?dl=0

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    5. AnonymousDecember 28, 2022 at 10:07 AM

      Thank you!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 26, 2022 at 7:22 PM

    I LOVE YOUR SITE!!!! I loved the fan finish to Moore's run and the Youngblood finish was "AWESOME" please keep up the amazing work on the site.... was dying to know if you and the team behind the fan finish were to "take over" after Larsen any thoughts on how to course correct the book?

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    1. MikeDecember 26, 2022 at 9:30 PM

      I liked the idea that Blue Rose saw the whole thing revised and open for creators to make something completely new. Without Moore, I'm not sure anyone could really keep Supreme going the way it was and not have it feel like it wasn't watered down. That's why I made an ending and not a continuation. :)

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    2. AnonymousDecember 26, 2022 at 10:30 PM

      Fair point :) I wont lie, I just miss the magic of it all

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    3. MikeDecember 26, 2022 at 10:42 PM

      You and me, both. Rick Veitch said that Moore had a third season planned, travelling into the Supremium meteor and visiting other versions of Superman, such as MiracleMan and Captain Britain. I think that could have been wonderful, but I have no idea how he would have done it. But the fun part is I can imagine how he might have, and that gives me a smile. With Supreme, the point was to open up the imagination for the reader, and I think leaving us all wanting more was a great way to do that!

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    4. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2023 at 3:51 PM

      Thank YOU! for keeping the light burning bright for all things Supreme!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2023 at 9:42 PM

    Hey! Love your site! I see you have the missing page from Supreme: The Return now with the dialogue. Have you posted that somewhere?

    Your pal in Milwaukee,
    Jim

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    1. MikeSeptember 21, 2023 at 6:40 AM

      Hey Jim! It's not real Moore dialogue, just some that I made up to fit the page. You can see it here: http://forgottenawesome.blogspot.com/2018/05/after-awesome-part-13-end-of-supreme.html

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