Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years Author: JERRY SIEGEL GEOFF JOHNS JOE SHUSTER Various | Language: English | ISBN:
B00ET887RC | Format: EPUB
Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years Description
When Superman debuted seventy-five years ago, it was not merely the beginning for one character, but for an entire genre. The phrase "super hero" had yet to be coined when ACTION COMICS #1 hit newsstands in 1938, but once Superman entered the scene, effortlessly lifting a car above his head on that first iconic cover, the character paved the way for each of the hundreds (if not thousands) of super-powered heroes written since.
SUPERMAN: A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS gathers a range of stories featuring the first and greatest super hero, highlighting the many roles the Man of Steel has played over the decades. In these celebrated stories, Superman is in turns the Herculean champion, the lonely alien survivor, the super-powered Boy Scout and the soul-searching leader. Over the course of seventy-five years, watch as the character grows from a simple strongman to the beloved international symbol he is today!
This Volume Collects:
("Superman, Champion of the Oppressed") / ("War in San Monte") -- ACTION COMICS #1-2 (1938) Writer: Jerry Siegel, Artist: Joe Shuster
"How Superman Would End the War" -- Look Magazine (1940) Writer: Jerry Siegel, Artist: Joe Shuster
"Man or Superman?" -- SUPERMAN #17 (1942) Writer: Jerry Siegel, Penciller: Joe Shuster, Inker: Joe Sikela
"The Origin of Superman" -- SUPERMAN #53 (1948) Writer: Bill Finger, Penciller: Wayne Boring, Inker: Stan Kaye
"The Mightiest Team in the World" -- SUPERMAN #76 (1952) Writer: Edmond Hamilton, Penciller: Curt Swan, Inker: John Fishchetti
"The Super-Duel in Space" -- ACTION COMICS #242 (1958) Writer: Otto Binder, Artist: Al Plastino
"The Girl From Superman's Past" -- SUPERMAN #129 (1959) Writer: Bill Finger, Penciller: Wayne Boring, Inker: Stan Kaye
"Superman's Return to Krypton" -- SUPERMAN #141 (1960) Writer: Jerry Siegel, Penciller: Wayne Boring, Inker: Stan Kaye
"The Death of Superman" -- SUPERMAN #149 (1961) Writer: Jerry Siegel, Penciller: Curt Swan, Inker: George Klein
"Must There Be a Superman?" -- SUPERMAN #247 (1972) Writer: Eliot S. Maggin, Penciller: Curt Swan, Inker: Murphy Anderson
"Rebirth" -- ACTION COMICS #544 (1983) Writer: Marv Wolfman, Artist: Gil Kane
"The Living Legends of Superman" (excerpt) -- SUPERMAN #400 (1985) Writer: Elliot S. Maggin, Artist: Frank Miller
"For the Man Who Has Everything" -- SUPERMAN ANNUAL #11 (1985)Writer: Alan Moore, Artist: Dave Gibbons
"The Name Game" -- SUPERMAN #11 (1987) Writer/Penciller: John Byrne, Inker: Karl Kesel
"Doomsday" -- SUPERMAN #75 (1993) Writer/Penciller: Dan Jurgens, Inker: Brett Breeding
"What's So Funny About Truth Justice and the American Way?" -- ACTION COMICS #775 (2001) Writer: Joe Kelly, Pencillers: Doug Mahnke, Lee Bermejo
Inkers: Tom Nguyen, Dexter Vines, Jim Royal, Jose Marzan, Jr., Wade Von Grawbadger, Wayne Faucher
"Question of Confidence" -- Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross (2003) Writer: Chip Kidd, Artist: Alex Ross
"The Incident" -- ACTION COMICS #900 (2011) Writer: David S. Goyer, Artist: Miguel Sepulveda
"The Boy Who Stole Superman's Cape" -- ACTION COMICS #0 (2012) Writer: Grant Morrison, Artist: Ben Oliver
- File Size: 200076 KB
- Print Length: 384 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics (November 26, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00ET887RC
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Few Superman stories resonate as deeply as “For the Man Who Has Everything,” written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons a year before they changed everything with WATCHMEN. This Superman story, debuting in the summer of 1985, was one of the last ever to feature Superman before his revamp after the events of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. In a way, it was as if DC was saving the best for last. In all of Superman’s complex and incredibly voluminous tales, is there anything more heartbreaking than Kal-El holding his son while telling him, “I’ll always love you. Always. But…I don’t think you’re real.” Or a moment that more solidifies his absolutely terrifying power than the panel in which he towers over a bewildered Robin, asking,
“Who…did this…to me?”
“For the Man Who Has Everything” falls roughly halfway through SUPERMAN: A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS, which is fitting. With so many amazing stories about the Man of Steel to choose from, it is difficult to cull them down to just 19, but DC has done a nice job of it. The very first appearance, from Action Comics #1, is included here, of course, as are three other tales from the ’40s. The outrageously sensational stories of the 1950s and ’60s are represented in five blockbusters, two of which are drawn by legendary Superman pencil Curt Swan, and two of which are done by another legend, Wayne Boring. Much of the ’70s are wisely skipped over, except for Elliot S. Maggin’s seminal 1972 story “Must There Be a Superman?”
Getting to the ’80s means getting a fresh new perspective on Superman, especially in “The Living Legends of Superman,” also by Maggin, which appeared in the 400th issue of Superman’s monthly comic.
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