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Where can I buy American Alien in the UK?
Kai Thompson
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For those that don't know - it's a fresh new take on Superman written by Max Landis (Chronicle, American Ultra) and seeing as I love Max Landis and Superman I'm super excited to read it. But it appears it's not being distributed in the UK?
http://www.dccomics.com/comics/superman-american-alien-2015/superman-american-alien-1
http://www.dccomics.com/comics/superman-american-alien-2015/superman-american-alien-1
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Check eBay, Disposable Heroes, Forbidden Planet, Travelling Man, Comixology and your Friendly Neighbourhood Local Comic Shop...
https://forbiddenplanet.com/?q=american+alien
It's a limited series so another option is just to wait for the collected edition...
https://forbiddenplanet.com/?q=american+alien
Its definitely available in UK comic shops as I have picked up issues 1 and 2 from Travelling Man in Manchester as part of my regular order after I asked them to hold copies for me.
Unless they do a reprint. It's always worth asking, basically.
It's not out until the 13th.
I wonder if it'll keep getting bumped up in number - it was originally a 6-issue series but has already been bumped up to 7 and I'm sure I spotted that 8 is a possibility but can't find the link now...
Got it on ebay! One of the sellers had one copy left although he hadn't listed it on ebay (he initially tried to get me to buy it through his website site, eh, no thanks!) But as I noticed he had sold issues before i got in touch and he messaged me as soon as it was posted.
i actually tried to get issue 4 end of Feb/beginning of March and couldn't get it even then. I had no idea they sold out so quickly! Currently trying to get issue 5 as well now.
I've been trying to avoid the collected edition for this series simply because each issue plays as random little moments from Clark's life, not a cohesive origin that tells us why he becomes Superman and so I prefer to read it the way it's intended if that makes any sense.
Issue 5 is the weakest, I think. I get that it was supposed to be Clark establishing why he fights and what he stands for but it wasn't as fun as the other comics. Issue 3 is still the best.
Also, American Alien started out as snap shot of Clark's life but now seems to be becoming an arc that explains how he becomes Superman which I think is good.
Just ordered issue 6 and 7 so hope to see some improvement. Issue 7, from the cover, looks to be where he becomes The Superman so looking forward to that one the most.