Superman: Birthright

Superman: Birthright

Author: Mark Waid

Publisher: DC Comics

Published: 2005-10-11

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1401243754

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This volume collects the 12-issue miniseries that features the entire modern-day retelling of Superman by writer Mark Waid and artists Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan. Plus, an introduction by Smallville television producers Al Gough and Miles Millar and a sketchbook section!


Superman

Superman

Author: Mark Waid

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Presents the origin of Superman, a farmboy from Kansas who works as a newspaper reporter and a superhero. Superman battles to save Krypton's legacy and Metropolis' future.


Is Superman Circumcised?

Is Superman Circumcised?

Author: Roy Schwartz

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2021-05-19

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1476644411

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Superman is the original superhero, an American icon, and arguably the most famous character in the world--and he's Jewish! Introduced in June 1938, the Man of Steel was created by two Jewish teens, Jerry Siegel, the son of immigrants from Eastern Europe, and Joe Shuster, an immigrant. They based their hero's origin story on Moses, his strength on Samson, his mission on the golem, and his nebbish secret identity on themselves. They made him a refugee fleeing catastrophe on the eve of World War II and sent him to tear Nazi tanks apart nearly two years before the US joined the war. In the following decades, Superman's mostly Jewish writers, artists, and editors continued to borrow Jewish motifs for their stories, basing Krypton's past on Genesis and Exodus, its society on Jewish culture, the trial of Lex Luthor on Adolf Eichmann's, and a future holiday celebrating Superman on Passover. A fascinating journey through comic book lore, American history, and Jewish tradition, this book examines the entirety of Superman's career from 1938 to date, and is sure to give readers a newfound appreciation for the Mensch of Steel!


Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 5

Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 5

Author: John Byrne

Publisher: DC Comics

Published: 2006-11-28

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1401243568

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The fifth collection of Superman tales from the 1980s, featuring ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #432-435, ACTION COMICS #592-593 and SUPERMAN #9-10! Superman encounters the new hero Gangbuster, faces the menace of the Joker, teams up with Mister Miracle and Big Barda, and inadvertently becomes Metropolis's greatest menace!


It's Superman!

It's Superman!

Author: Tom De Haven

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0345493923

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The world's most popular and enduring super hero makes a smashing literary debut. This novel takes an entirely fresh approach to the emergence of his super-powers and his newspaper career, following him from Kansas to New York City.


The Man of Steel

The Man of Steel

Author: Brian Michael Bendis

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2019-07-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1401291732

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From New York Times best-selling writer Brian Michael Bendis comes a new story of Superman. The Last Son of Krypton is about to meet his home planet's nemesis! A remorseless killer called Rogol Zaar has arrived on Earth, bringing wide-scale death and destruction in his wake. Only Superman and his cousin, Supergirl, stand between Zaar and the completion of his mission--the complete annihilation of the Kryptonian race. But even as Kal-El and Kara struggle to contain this new existential threat, the world's greatest superhero faces a completely different challenge in his adopted home city of Metropolis, where Clark Kent still lives and works--but without his wife and son. The stage is set for a reckoning like nothing Superman has ever faced--and everything that matters to the Man of Steel hangs in the balance! Collects The Man of Steel #1-6 and stories from DC Nation #0 and Action Comics #1000.


The Superman Files

The Superman Files

Author: Matthew Manning

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781449447151

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The Superman Files reveals the secret life of the man named Clark Kent and the world of the greatest superhero. It’s a comprehensive account of his history, employing clippings from the Daily Planet, journal entries, surviving artifacts from Krypton, schematics for the Fortress of Solitude and other technology, files from Stryker's Island Prison, as well as hundreds of "photographs" of Superman's enemies and allies culled from modern Superman comics. The Superman Files offers a complete, in-depth life story of the Man of Steel, from his birth on Krypton as Kal-El through his present, as Clark Kent and Superman, and even onward into the future. One thousand years from now, a group of superpowered teenagers is inspired by Superman’s legacy. They band together and form the Legion of Super-Heroes, a crime-fighting group dedicated to protecting the citizens of the United Planets. One of these teens is Brainiac 5, a highly intelligent descendant of Superman’s arch foe, the original Brainiac. Like many people in the 31st Century, members of the Legion idolize Superman. They frequent the Superman Museum and marvel at tales of his past. A few of them even travel back in time to Clark Kent’s teenage years. They recruit him to their team, thereby jumpstarting the adventures of Superboy, the Boy of Steel. In a future without precise records of the 21st Century, Brainiac 5 takes it upon himself to compile a tribute to his hero and friend. Collecting accounts from a myriad of sources, he compiles the universe’s greatest historical record of the life and times of the Man of Steel. The Superman Files chronicles seventy-five years of adventures in one easy-to-understand history of the Last Son of Krypton. Appealing to Superman fans of any age—from new collectors just starting out with the New 52 to longtime readers who have followed the character from his very first adventures—there is something for everyone. With a modern tone and a deep respect for his legacy, The Superman Files is not only entertaining, but it is also a complete and thorough history of the Man of Steel. SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. (s13)


Superman

Superman

Author: Mark Waid

Publisher: Titan Books (UK)

Published: 2004-11-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781840239638

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Since his debut in 1938 Superman has become one of the most recognisable fictional characters in existence. Now, prepare for a fresh take on Superman, courtesy of at team up between two of comics' brightest talents...Imagine Superman comics were beginning again and you could read the first adventures of the Man of Steel - but reinvented from top to bottom to reflect today's world and today's sensibilities. That's Birthright; it's the Story of Superman--from Krypton to Metropolis (via Smallville ) and beyond. Master scribe Mark Waid demonstrates his love for, and knowledge of, the Superman mythos whilst the graceful illustrations of Leinil Francis Yu bring the story to life.