Superior by Mark Millar (2012) - Comic Story Explained

Full Comic Story and Review/Recap for Mark Millar's Superior written in 2010-2012.
Twelve-year-old Simon Pooni was a normal kid with a great life, until multiple sclerosis hit. He lost the ability to walk, went blind in one eye and sometimes could barely speak. Every night, Simon would pray his multiple sclerosis somehow would go away. "Somehow" turned out to be a magic monkey named Orman, who granted Simon one wish. And with that, Simon stood transformed into a real-life version of Superior, the legendary comic-book hero. Simon spent one glorious week saving those in need, averting natural disasters - becoming the most-beloved man on the planet. But Orman ominously cautioned Simon all would be explained in one week. Will Simon be forced to go back to life in a wheelchair after being the world's greatest hero? Faced with adversity, will he prove himself to truly be...Superior?
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Writer: Mark Millar
Artist: Leinil Francis Yu
=== TIMESTAMPS ===
0:00 - Intro
2:04 - Issue 1 - One Magic Wish
7:26 - Issue 2 - Testing Powers
10:18 - Issue 3 - Saving People
14:54 - Issue 4 - Meeting The World
22:12 - Issue 5 - Seven Days Are Up
27:58 - Issue 6 - Little Kids vs Killer Robot
36:16 - Issue 7 - The Gloves Are Finally Off!
46:50 - Final Thoughts
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#Superior #Comic

[@undeadditto]

I feel like if ormon said he hasn’t had a pure, perfect soul in 500 years would make that whole soul thing a little more believable.

[@m3vm3]

true

[@baddragonite]

Maybe Ormon was too slothful in those 500 years

[@gibby3767]

"Thats like a kid having lex luthor or darksied on his wall, you know a kids messed up if he has that" 💀😭 had me dying

[@BrotherWulfe]

I loved this story. It was just a regular demon who grants a wish for a soul story but man it was great. Heart touching. I thought the reporter was trash until what happened.

[@thecustomizer2008]

Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s more of a “satire” of Shazam in its story about a kid becoming a superhero after a magical wish, but it does take elements from Superman. I’m glad I discovered your channel, way better than any of the other comic book explained channels

[@HeyVagabondMusic]

Regarding the soul to lives conversion... The way I see it is like this; A soul is eternal. Many cultures have interpretations of reincarnation, and almost all involve the soul living on beyond the physical form. So while you can end a hundred billion lives, those souls continue on. They may live again, or they may just join the afterlife/ collective "whatever". Each one is a unique and powerful soul. By relinquishing one, a human is handing over everlasting "life".

[@123r97]

26:29 His wish was to be superior man. Which probably included having disasters to save people and feel like a hero. Things being wrapped up nice and easily just being part of being that character rather than actually being that easy. I think Ormon also misspeaks. Rather than saying he hasn't gained a soul in 500 years he probably meant a pure soul. He doesn't want the bullies' soul and he talks about how his kind are way too paranoid now and how a bucket of gold or a woman would have done it before. The whole conversion rate on soul to lives I feel like it might have to do with reincarnation? The soul is now gone from the cycle so it's like taking an infinite number of future lives away.

[@mr.marooned6318]

I think when he says “a human soul is worth more than 100 billion lives”, it’s because in many religions a human soul is considered eternal, and a normal human life expectancy is 76 years. So the exchange rate would be something like: 100,000,000 < ∞

[@striderreborn1467]

In response to the whole "Supervillain Poster" thing. I remember seeing various comedies in the 80's and 90's of people wearing T-shirts of the Joker or the Cobra Logo from GI:Joe. To me, It's no different than a Star Wars fan wearing a Darth Vader T-shirt.

[@Sam-ep2yo]

28:49 I mean, normally I'd say that I wouldn't give up my soul for any price, but if a Dannymalt in a space suit offered me infinite high-quality comic reviews, I'd be hard pressed to say no

[@StriderBaron]

Glad I found your channel, thanks to Millar's "Big Game" and Nemesis. Your vids are entertaining and legitimately pulled me back into Millar's works. Keep up the good work, man! :)

[@rustybuckets2143]

So nice to see a Mark Millar story without his typical cynicism, it looks like overall he has a lot of respect for Superman

[@zaberfang]

It's a good story overall, it's a story of doing your part and hoping for the best despite the lot given to you. The Afghanistan war is viewed from the eyes of those who didn't understand what really happened IRL during those those times so it really would appear off.

[@avataryellow]

I mean I think the entire montage of him doing things to "save the world" was over simplistic, but in a book with space monkey demons I don't think realism is really the aim.

[@therealmr.incredible3179]

@@avataryellow The lesson should always be Real.

[@kloa4219]

there should be a comic with that premise?

[@datboi864]

I hope you had a safe trip, I’m glad to see you back. We all missed you Danny

[@cookie13yaar]

Hello Danny, how much you enjoyed your trip ? Picture shows you had lot of fun . Glad to see you back . Thanks for sharing your hardwork with us .

[@dannymalt]

It was a good short low key trip to Calgary. Main purpose of the trip was to see my Grandma who is getting up there in years, so most of it I just spent with her and other family I have out there.

[@doomguydemonkiller]

Wow, this was really great Dannymalt! Superman is one of my favorite heroes, or is my favorite hero of all time, and it was amazing to see this comic pay tribute to the Christopher Reeve movie.

[@DazzlingMrScratch]

Glad you are covering this one. I think this and Starlight are my favorite Mark Millar books by a fucking long shot. I like to think of Millar’s stuff as akin to The Fast and Furious movies in the sense that they are fun books with cool ideas that are easily digestable and aren’t too high concept or deep. Starlight and Superior aren’t “deep” or “high concept” per se, but they definitely stand out as two of the most heartfelt books Millar ever wrote, and where it actually seems like he had something he wanted to say. I’d also put Reborn and Huck up there, but I don’t think they end nearly as strong as the other two.

[@jasonfields7058]

Do "100 Bullets" next. great freaking series. assassins, secret organizations, conspiracy lore, the whole 9 yards.

[@dannymalt]

I like that series a lot too. It’s another one I want to do. Although from what I remember it declines in quality as you get further into it. But the first few volumes are really great cause of all the mystery elements.

[@yosavior4263]

Mark Millar comics are so unique

[@TEEGOTIT]

It wasn’t that he just needed a soul it’s that he needed a pure soul

[@piyakhebisonii1001]

What a fun comic! Simple! Easy! And a great love letter!

[@joshuagraham2843]

no wonder the director of shazam borrowed superior

[@RecountDaFox1]

@@joshuagraham2843 What do you mean by this?

[@KnowsHisSong]

Great work as always! Thank you for covering this book.

[@anthonylynch423]

So proud of you and tie journey Danny! This has been a comic I’ve been waiting for you to cover. Thank you for all the hard work you put in and the great content. So excited for this!

[@misha7829]

Good book! Love to hear a wholesome feel good story once in a while. Glad to have you back!

[@jakeeis2923]

Thanks for the great video Danny. I always get excited when I see you release something new. Keep it up!!

[@ericstewart4577]

Danny , you are a inspiration and great story teller keep up the fantastic work!

[@roquetolozajr3296]

Thanks for the amazing work

[@tonystarks5098]

Glad u put this on here never finished the last two issues when it first came out and totally forgot about it

[@djm2A]

You callin’ me messed up Danny 😂

[@jwraper1498]

Enjoyed it. Thank you!

[@matthewrobbins663]

So im back here after Big Game. Im digging out my old Millarworld books like this one to put in context with whats happening.

[@Slop_Dogg]

Thanks Danny! Time to kick back & relax

[@DeaundreMJ]

Great stuff as always Danny!

[@powerbad696]

Hey Danny,glad your grandma is doing,my NANNA(grandmother)passed away over 12yrs ago.Miss you NANNA-RIP.My grandmother was a minister and a christian who was very serious about serving theLord and Jesus Christ-I really admired her for that.Spend as much time with loved ones as POSSIBLE.Life is sooo precious and short.Dude I really like your channel,you do GOOD work.I bought the SUPERIOR series after its print run from HASTINGS video-ANYONE REMEMBER THEM??? Got the series for LEINIL FRANCIS YU's artwork,which is very good.Bought the issues for $1.00 each-not bad huh??Haven't read these issues in years tho.BUT,I liked your retelling and the artwork is even better than I remember.Look forward to more videos from ya partner(I LIVE IN TEXAS)PEACE.

[@bobbyleopard5837]

Thanks Danny!!!

[@BebieHachi]

Love this book, glad you're covering it. Just in case some were unaware of its existence.

[@senoadjiaditya1535]

I need to get this comic! Thanks for the review.

[@alexandersessions7457]

Love this thank you

[@MPPharaoh]

This gotta be the best one off comic I’ve ever seen you cover. This was great. A movie to this by the right studio and director would go so crazy 🔥🔥🔥

[@dannymalt]

This one is good. Check out my Starlight video if you haven’t, I really liked that one as well, it’s by the same writer.

[@MPPharaoh]

@@dannymalt I’m actually about to watch that one next 🙏🏿💯

[@shamarbarrett9958]

Bruh i can see the similarities of this and shazam 😂😂😂

[@davidlewis492]

That was brilliant.

[@battlekidx2599]

I usually find that the less edgy the Mark Millar comic is the more I like it.

[@NickelAntonius]

Do Transmetropolitan next, please!

[@fardin3m39]

tnx man it was fun

[@tobiasvicher7724]

damn, Tad Scott is a real one

[@Dragonsrage012]

How long until that superman theme song gets copy write clamed? On a happier note. Glad you are hitting this up as I love a lot of Mark Millar's work.

[@dannymalt]

I know I couldn’t resist using the official Superman theme song tho. I think it will be okay tho, i had an earlier Superman video I put the song in and they never claimed it, so I think they don’t monitor that song. Worst case I reupload with another song replacing it.

[@likhithkumarn2390]

I love all of ur videoes and would also love to see graphic novel reccomendation videoes.

[@dannymalt]

Yeah I’ll think about that. Because I definitely have a whole list of stuff I really like I may never get to cover.

[@grindsetman488]

Yay your back

[@benedekbalazs2950]

This was so cute! I absolutely loved it! I expected Simon to not want to help Chris with his bullies cause "secret identity" and that'd lead to a fight between them, but it's so good that didn't happen and they remain freinds all the way through! :) The one thing I don't like is the amount of destruction in the final battle. That was like Man of Steel levels of buildings crumbling, a lot of people must have died unfortunately. I wouldn't really mind if Superior made more of an effort to maybe try not to cause destruction? But he just throws them into builidings and stuff that was weird. And can I just say how great it is that there were no sarcastic assholes in this story? Everybody is a kind, brave, awesome person. No Rick Sanchez, no Deadpool, no Joker. It's just a happy story.

[@lildae24]

ur an awesome story teller

[@partofthetribe3277]

I like that u played the super man music while they were watching the movie

[@WildArtistsl]

Oh man this story is kinda sweet it's shazam but with a disabled person

[@irvingramirez2335]

Omg yesss this one 🙏🏼😁 your hitting all the comics I love dude

[@OBIONEBARRONI]

Great book. With I knew about it back when it came out.

[@jefferickson5833]

Good job. Fun story. Didn't make a whole lot of sense, but still fun.

[@stevenlane5018]

Good work friend. I like channels that actually explore the books and not just the films. Which is funny (to me) because I've always seen Millers work as attempting to sell screenplays with illustrations. I can't say I'm a fan...But I respect his talents. Bonkers ideas and he writes douchebags like no other. I mean..He managed to make the Avengers quite unlikable even while they were saving the world. And I won't even go into his Authority run. Again though, good work.

[@heisenberg6690]

The cover the issue 5 where superior is flying with all those planes goes hard.

[@greenentertainment3428]

Thank you for cover comics besides the main marvel and dc. I'm at a point that I'm tired of the main stuff and want to focus on the other stuff

[@GaryTurbo]

Crazy how Mark Millar write something out of the norm, like the refferences(Caddyshack, Beverly Hills Cop, NBA 2K poster)

[@slntvrs5]

if 1 soul is equal to 100 billion lives than saving a million lives puts Ormon in DEEP debt

[@theunwantedcritic]

Hey Danny, I haven’t been following your channel for a past few months or so. I remember you took a little hiatus after the whole Invincible debacle. Kirkman should cut you a check for all the publicity that you gave him and his character. Anyway I’m glad to see that you did not shut down your channel. As for the story? It kind of sucks! The only good thing about it is the penciling and the inking. I’m really not too crazy about those flat colors. The blending is almost nonexistent and the highlights are too high contrast.I’m gonna see if there’s anything else that you posted recently that I haven’t watched. Keep your head up dude!

[@gokuraku387]

This was good

[@mr.a8351]

Great video! Also this is one of the best comics made by Marvel! Maybe you could do the original Hellblazer comics? Or the Alan Moore Swamp Thing run? Or Fables? Or the Animal Man comics by Grant Morrison? Or Doom Patrol also by Grant Morrison? Or Astro City? Or the original The Dreaming series? Or Hitman from the '90? Or the Grant Morrison X-Men run? Or All-Star Western from The New 52? Or the Punisher run by Grant Ennis? Or Saga? Or the newest Lucifer run? Or the first Vigilante run? Or Wonder Woman by George Perez? Or The Flash by Geoff Johns? Or The Walking Dead?

[@dannymalt]

Lot of suggestions!! Many of those are ones I want to get to.

[@mr.a8351]

@@dannymalt Thanks!!!🤩🤩🤩

[@denisewilliams9987]

@dannymalt welcome back 💜 💜💜

[@frocurl]

Madilin big knockers. Very cool! Didn't even watch the shazam movie.

[@outqast]

Shoulda left Sharpie in the North Pole , but just for a bit , to ya know... freak him out and plan on coming back and returning him; However, it actually goes horribly wrong... and he is eatin' alive by a polar bear... The plot holes and predictability in the writing is a bit odd? I would love to see them turn it all upside down as a reveal for the true story? Or something...( like above? ) Madeline should have been a Angel for the twist Vs just a dumb immortal twist and starts a whole spiritual war ;)

[@12380738]

Its crazy that this takes place right after kick-ass 3 they dont feel like they should be connected at all

[@Mr.Manhattan-capta1n]

Yeah, very odd.

[@marlinavallejos2258]

Bravo!!!Bravo!!!😁👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@sarimsarhan3937]

Hey, Danny if you get time please, cover Brian K Vaughan's Ex-Machina it is a really good comics after Y- The Last Man this comic book is also popular and won a couple of award

[@LoganDX1990]

After you finish the millerverse, you should do transmetroplitan.

[@packerman7410]

Underrated comic honesty

[@bobkelsh8277]

Hope ya had a good week off bro

[@timothymoore71]

He couldn't get a soul in 500 years because he monologues.

[@benjaminboudreau2675]

So if Superior is set in the same universe in Wanted, Kick Ass, etc wouldn't the actor that played him be the real Superior after the Fraternity rule the world and made people forget superheroes existed?

[@SeptienPatterson]

Give me Ormon's powers and I'll clear out WonderCon in a New York minute.

[@guldi3]

I kinda like the idea that the demon had so much trouble finding someone to sell him their soul. It makes sense if you go through step by step. He is a magical being telling people to sell him their soul. Meaning every time he tries this people basically get the confirmation that souls and demons are real so they can expect god and heaven,hell to be real too. Under those circumstances i think it would be hard to find anyone that wants to trade their soul. To put it simply what could you offer them in a mortal world that would measure up to infinity?

[@brokengodm688]

You should do this comic called irredeemable it's really good

[@dannymalt]

Been on my to-cover list for a while.

[@eansba88-]

@@dannymalt have you considered "the invisibles"? Its a bit of an odd run, a little psychedelic, a little psychosexual... but after "the boys" I don't think it would be too much of an issue.m

[@dannymalt]

@@eansba88- never heard of that one. Will have to check it out.

[@eansba88-]

@@dannymalt its from Grant Morrison. So, a real quick summery is; a secret society (the invisibles) of magicians work in the modern world to subvert the machinations of an evil cabal of politicians, police, businesses. There's time travel, homeless gurus, John Lennon (of The Beatles) being summoned as a god, 1960s spy parodies, fly demons... its a super weird and fun read.

[@paulrusso2427]

Please do the comic irredeemable

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

A Lois Lane-pastishe rejecting to publish the truth after finding out and mourning of a fallen hero by nations across the world Definitely inspired SnyderVerse's Superman (collateral damage already was in Last Son by Donner and Johns before this comic was even written)

[@capricornmadjai6556]

ALSOME I loved this rip Christopher reaves🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@RawB242]

i would love to smoke a blunt with Danny and pick his brain about comic book stuff lol

[@FirstnameLastname-my7bz]

25:13 kids have giant posters of Darth Vader, who is notorious for being actually much worse than most of Lex Luthor or Darkseid versions, literally blew up a planet and by the time of that comic already literally killed all the children in jedi temple. Personally. And what (Lex , () since he wasn't always "Lex" before Silver Age) Luthor or Darkseid did? Kill couple thousands at best, all mostly adults, and kids only died in collateral at best. Nowhere near entire planet. Although, ultimately any unjust and evil murder is bad so in any case, kids ALREADY have posters of Darth Vader and dress like him.

[@miguelmiguel336]

Hey, Danny! Try to make The Magic Order, please.

[@dannymalt]

Tune in this Sunday 10am EST Time, or join my Patreon to watch it right now. www.patreon.com/posts/58043185

[@m3vm3]

the 4:00 mark is so heart-wrenching already. I kinda dont want to go on

[@blackpotatomaster]

Give me those powers ill round up some ppl to

[@Erebus0001]

It doesn't matter what I'm doing in the morning every Sunday it's your videos and coffee which I'm usually working

[@dexdomain6406]

It makes sense for them to have a hard time with mordern religions. Even if you were the most anti rel8gious extremist on earth if a magical being whisked you away and offered you the perfect life in excnange for your eternal soul you would immediatley be a beliver.

[@johnwilson5465]

Danny the comic 🐐

[@Testsubjex]

No Luther strode? ;( but this was dope! you should also do kick ass comics

[@dannymalt]

Both of those would be good videos. I haven’t forgot about them, I just don’t know when I’ll get to it. So many comics, so little time.

[@Testsubjex]

@@dannymalt Ayeee thanks Danny you the man love your videos hope you enjoyed your trip... I was there for the invincible videos you put me on invincible thanks for that as well

[@Testsubjex]

@@dannymalt also no rush brotha take your time

[@SavantPete]

The two kids in the beginning Chris and Simon, look like Chris and Greg from Everybody Hates Chris- 2:47

[@fridayblues216]

So many plotholes though. If the soul is so valuable and Simon did agree to sell his soul, even if the monkey is gone, wouldn' the devil himself come and claim Simon's soul after he turned back into Simon?

[@Akshayj143]

Shazam mixed with ghost rider

[@gibby3767]

"You give me ormons powers ill round up some souls in couple hours" lmao💀😭

[@MrQdiddy85]

Mark Miller is the edge lord of comic books

[@dhnation4975]

Garth Ennis: Hold my beer 🍻

[@killian9314]

34:57 the empire state did not become one of the tallest buildings on earth at a point in time to be called just “a large building”

[@BCoats]

Nemesis do Nemesis next nemesis

[@johnw7565]

Are you covering one and dones fora while?

[@dannymalt]

I think a few more. I want to eventually move away from Millar but tackle a few other one and dones. Not sure yet. I’m also debating covering Hawkeye by Matt Fraction in time for the Disney show in a few weeks, cause it’s a great short run, but I’m not sure yet if I want to bother. It’s a good run though.

[@johnwalsh4857]

love superior. I wonder how millar will fit superior in the Big game.

[@TRTMN-vs3ew]

If they ever do a film adaptation, I would change Ormon's scheme and motivations a bit. Let's say that demons have been making pacts with humans throughout history so they can become part of Hell's legions in preparation for Judgement Day. However, Satan has become increasingly dissatisfied with recruits. Alcoholic bums, greedy bastards, and lecherous fools ain't going to guarantee his victory against the Heavenly Host. Ormon, seeking to elevate his status, comes to Satan himself with a plan. He'll turn a desperate mortal into the most powerful sueprhero on the planet (Superior). Once their soul is his, Satan can use that heroes power as a spearhead to breach the Heavenly Gates, destory the angels, and take the throne for himself. Satan allows Ormon to carry out this plot, promising great reward for him should he succeed. However, should he fail, he'll be consigned to the lowest pit for all eternity. When Ormon does fail, Satan himself appears before them all. He has Ormon dragged off to Hell while sparing Simon and Madeline. Satan assures them neither he nor his demons shall try something like this again. The cost for such a venture outweighs any benefit Hell could reap. They'll just be sticking to low-down sinners from now on.

[@AleTitan]

45:30 no one sits like that lmao

[@baddragonite]

Maybe Ormon was too slothful in those 500 years