Outside of self help books, I don't think I've read anything for years in which the characters didn't speak in word balloons. I just read a collected edition of Supreme #41-52, titled "Story of the Year," which very intelligently and entertainingly turned the charater of Supreme into a Superman tribute. I don't know what he was before, but in this story every aspect of the Superman mythos from the 40's to the 60's was given a modern twist; Superboy, the Legion of Super-Heroes, Smallville, Krytonite, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, the Justice League and Society, his friendship with Batman, Krypto, Supergirl, the Fortress of Solitude, the Superboy robots, Lex Luthor... everything! Great fun, especially for a long time collector like me who knew what was being referenced.