Ok, now I see what the big deal with this novel is. It is one of the best I've read. While I wouldn't consider it the undisputed greatest ever (I'd have to put BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN up there as well), it's definitely unique. The story was absolutely fascinating and nothing like I've ever read before. It was fantastic to be able to see superhero's doubt themselves, not want to save people all the time, feel underappreciated. Basically this is the opposite of every other comic book out there. My favorite part, probably more towards the beginning, is when a character would be doing a voice over and the reader would be switching between two different panels at the same time. My biggest beef with the book was the stupid TALES OF THE FREIGHTER comic book within it. I really hated that story and found it a lazy way of telling the current story.