89. Kingdom Come, by Alex Ross and Mark Waid.

My nerdy American friend recommended that I read this, as I haven't read many comics but enjoyed Watchmen. It's about what happens when superheroes retire, but their successors are too weak or bigoted or just plain stupid to keep the balance.

I have to admit that I think I would have enjoyed this more, had I had a better idea of what the interpersonal relationships were between the characters. I feel like I got the story just in its broadest strokes, missing a lot of subtle meaning and layers of veiled references in favour of he-said-she-said story. It was still a pretty interesting read, but it did disappoint me a little. I thought it would be better than it was. But I also know that I wasn't able to appreciate it to the full value that it represents. So there's fault on both sides, really. Nevertheless. Interesting to see a comic where the 'good guys' aren't necessarily good.