one of the biggest pieces of news coming out of james gunns recent slate of dc studios announcements is the reveal of superman legacy a film written by gunn himself which will launch a whole new superman movie franchisebut inside the superman legacy announcement were hidden some clues about what dc fans can expect from the film including its apparent strong ties to the classic comic story allstar supermanthose ties were hinted at through the inclusion of art from the story in the films announcement and a followup tweet from gunn indicating directly that allstar superman is one of superman legacys main inspirations at least in tone and visual style and perhaps in story as wellallstar superman is widely considered one of the best superman comics of all time so many fans are already excited about what its use as a direct inspiration for superman legacy could mean but for those who havent read it yet what are you waiting for heres what you need to know about allstar superman the comic inspiring the upcoming new superman movie superman legacywhat is allstar supermanimage credit dclaunched in 2005 allstar superman is a 12issue limited series comic by writer grant morrison and artists frank quitely and jamie grant set outside of normal continuity the story covers a huge cast of supermans most famous villains and supporting characters focusing on the socalled 12 labors of supermanin the story superman becomes so overcharged with solar radiation after a daring rescue of deep space astronauts that his cells begin to decay meaning that superman is dying as he fails to find a cure he also undergoes 12 missions meant to leave the world a better place after his death taking the nickname the 12 labors from the classic myth of the 12 labors of herculesacross the series superman encounters lex luthor bizarro and many other villains and forges an even closer relationship with lois lane than ever before all against the backdrop of a world where every single one of supermans adventures even the silly ones from the 50s are considered canon and have an influence on allstar supermanas a result allstar superman feels a lot like a rundown of supermans history as well as the final days of his life leading all along to a bittersweet finale which seems to set up a future for superman even after his impending death something that could be a particularly interesting theme in superman legacy as implied by its titlewhy is allstar superman so importantimage credit dcin the years since its release allstar superman has become a kind of goto comic for people who want to get into superman even more than stories that retell versions of his actual origin beyond that several pages and scenes from the story have gone viral on their own over the years as examples of what superman should and could mean to people when presented in the right wayfor those reasons allstar superman has become a beloved example of the