In the tenth issue of All-Star Superman, Superman flies to the rescue, not to save a cat from a tree but a teenage girl contemplating suicide. “You’re much stronger than you think you are,” he tells her in a reassuring voice. This single page of just 25 words and four panels speaks volumes about the character of Superman. It’s little wonder the page makes the occasional rounds on Twitter and Tumblr, with anyone coming across it expressing wonderment towards its emotional elegance.
