Maximan’s defeat was only kept secret by the nuclear bomb which destroyed both men. Forty-plus years later, and twenty years after a generation of ’60s British super-powered heroes came and went, the teenage pop star Zenith is the only superhuman left – and his only interest in women, drugs, alcohol and fame. Berlin, 1945: The allies unleashed the second world war hero Maximan upon the German super-soldier Masterman. Previously in ZENITH: “Grant Morrison’s first comics masterpiece with unforgettable art by Steve Yeowell, has been unavailable to trade for twenty years, but is published again here in a stunning new hardback edition. It’s still worth discussing, so let me dive in and talk about a book way, way ahead of its time! The first “phase” or volume has now been released, if somewhat late. It was in a Comics Portal column a few months back that I talked about the return of Zenith, the first Grant Morrison story I ever read.
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