Nn1940 superman comic books

Nov 01, 2000 if you are in the mood for some simpler and straightforward superman stories, this is a great book for you. The fleischer cartoons were also responsible for giving superman perhaps his most singular superpower. The book features a key appearance, printed in black white, a rare foreign issue from the 1950s. George published his first article about baseball cards in 1990. If you want something more sophisticated, check out the superman the man of steel books by john byrne. I remember putting together the superman model kit in the mid1970s, and i may have seen ads for similar kits in silver age comics i later came across. The jerry ordway cover is a selfconscious reference to the model kit of 20 years earlier, my only uncertainty is if there is an earlier issue that predated the model kit. Unlike the comic book superman or the cartoon superman of the era, the comic strip superman for the most part steers clear of the politics of world war ii. The superman character was created by jerry siegel and joe shuster in 1933 before being sold to detective comics, inc. The first issue of the british comics magazine war picture library is published. Top 10 superman comic book stories of all time youtube. Some peg it to 1933, when the format of newsstand comic books was codified, but others place the moment in june of 1938, when superman made his debut in jerry siegel and joe shusters first issue. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. He adapted this supermanali article from his upcoming book, comic book fever, a love letter to the comic book era of 19761986.

The man of tomorrow debuts as a quarterly, allowing for a new superman comic to be published every week. Many of the ideas in the story would recur in future imaginary tales in the comic books. Get the best deals on superman golden age comics 19381955 when you shop the largest online selection at. When people who attend a concert at plymouth hall are robbed, seemingly without their knowledge, clark and lois attend the next evenings concert to see if lightning strikes twice. This includes cgc, pgx and cbcs graded comic books.

Superman is also featured in a onepage public service announcement, be a good citizen. Loot crate exclusive action comics no 1 superman unopened reprint new. They are a global medium that may be enjoyed by all. This would be great to display comic books in your man cave or in a store. If this tale fits in with existing trends in the superman family, it also breaks new ground. Superman s sweetheart, script by bill woolfolk, art by al plastino. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors. Since then, hes written books and dozens of articles for various outlets on a variety of subjects. Get the best deals on superman silver age comics 19561969 when you shop the largest online selection at. New superman issue reveals major turning point for dcs. Here are the top 10 best superman comic book stories of all time as voted by you, the members of the superman homepage. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. The great superman comic book collection comic books from dc. Plus they got creator credits on all comic books and film versions of superman.

Superman reading order where to start with supes comic book. It is my intention to include examples of the work of everyone who worked on the superman strip before the year 1970. It is great to see dc branch out and join this globalization trend. Then, six hundred children surrounded the comics and a student lit the cover of a superman comic and threw it on top of the pile. You can find out values of action issues by clicking here. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Superman and jimmy olsen travel to kandor to discover how normal sized kandorians are on earth and why they are attacking superman. The comic books had never made a connection between the s emblem and krypton. The death of superman was a major news story that was covered by the likes of cnn and time magazine.

Supermanwonder woman still has its fair share of problems to overcome. When the news came on the tv there was a loud roar of approval and tears of joy. Biographical information is provided for the most part courtesy of jerry bails whos who in american comic books. The item vintage comic book super hero spinner rack display man cave spiderman superman is in sale since sunday, january 12. Hopefully dc puts out a better series of 70s superman collections, because this one isnt nearly as good as it should have been. Superman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero superman as its main protagonist. What is the deal with superman in dc comics rebirth. Some peg it to 1933, when the format of newsstand comic books was codified, but others place the moment in june of 1938, when superman made his debut in jerry siegel and joe shusters first issue of action comics, whose cover featured the redcaped superhero from the planet krypton lifting a car over his. It is the first tale in the superman family books to look forward to a plausible future for superman and the other kryptonians p8. This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of superman s appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939. The cover and story revolved around prankster in this issue of superman. Superman saves a girl named kara on a dying asteroid city called argo city, from attacks by aliens.

Supergirl discovers why superman has begun to act evil at random intervals, and it all goes back to before krypton exploded. Jerry robinson had a party at his place on that night with a number of supporters in attendance. The story begins with superman s birth on the doomed planet krypton and follows him on his arrival to earth, his childhood in kansas and his career as reporter for the daily planet. In 1999 kitchen sink press and dc comics published a hardcover collection of the first years of the daily and sunday superman comic strip after several years of prior negotiations between greg goldstein of idw publishing and dc comics with the goal of getting the reprinting rights to the superman, batman and wonder woman comic strips, a deal was struck in 20 to finally include. As this was a quarterly book, no additional special books were published using this title. Get the best deals on superman comic books when you shop the largest online selection at. Superman accidentally escapes krypton, leaving behind lyla. If ordering more than one of our comics or magazines, contact us before submitting payment for a reduced shipping price. Mint copies can sell for much more than that, but are often difficult to find on the market. The deal was announced to the public on december 23rd, 1975 via walter cronkite on cbs news. Superman comic book covers for all superman comic books for sale. The story begins with supermans birth on the doomed planet krypton and follows him on his arrival to earth, his childhood in kansas and his career as reporter for the daily planet.

Superman comic books covers, scans of superman comic books. When the fleischers started work on the series, in the comic books, superman could only leap from place to place hence the classic phrase, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Superman takes on the persona of a fictional super hero in order to save the life of the characters creator from the nazis. Celebrate superman month historical timeline 1930s to 1960s. Jerry and joe made a story, but at the last minute the publisher stopped doing comic books. Superman cgc golden age comics 19381955 for sale ebay. If youre looking to remain unspoiled, time to get up, up and away. The strip proved so popular that national launched superman into his own selftitled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with. The display itself has 5 sides and each side has 10 spots for comics. Superman appears in the dc comics and dark horse comics miniseries superman vs. Superman s neighbors, script by bill finger, pencils by wayne boring, inks by stan kaye. Unfollow superman dc comics cards 1978 to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.

If you are in the mood for some simpler and straightforward superman stories, this is a great book for you. Jun 08, 2012 for nearly a month, students gathered books. A new, updated version of the popular comic book hero superman. Letter to the editor from comics writer bob rozakis. We accept returns within 14 days except for any professionally graded comic book. As of 1978, superman or his earth father dreamed up the emblem as part of the superboy disguise. This page is dedicated to providing examples of the work of the various artists who drew superman in the days before dc began adding credits to stories. Joe and jerry first tried to sell the superman in 1933.

We picked up a large collection of these australian copies of superman, superboy and worlds finest books stories, check out our other listings. Most comic fans know that superman actually began life in action comics. The great superman comic book collection jump to issue. I was a fan of 50s 60s superman, until spiderman and fantastic four showed the way for comics to be much better in the later 60s. Superman romances lyla and witnesses jonathan kents proposal to martha, while brainiac shrinks and steals kandor. The only other superman comic revealed was the new superman, which features neither version of clark, but a new character that somehow gains supermans powers. But, despite my misgivings, soule and daniel turn in legitimately solid work here, putting together a series that i would actually happily check out again. Celebrate superman month historical timeline 1930s to. Then, they piled the books up into six foot high stack in the yard of the school. They created a few different comic strip formats of superman. Supermanbatman was a series featuring dcs two most iconic characters. Superman s kryptonian romance superman s return to krypton. Superman s last hour starring superman, nails harrigan, and dan delta, script by jerry coleman, art by al plastino.

The fleischer superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated short films released in technicolor by paramount pictures and based upon the comic book character superman, making them his first animated appearance they were originally produced by fleischer studios, who completed the initial short and eight further cartoons in 1941 and 1942. It was the death of an icon probably the most famous character in all of comicdom. This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of supermans appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939. Theres a fair amount of debate about the beginning of the golden age of comics. Distributed by atlas publishing and distributing co. One of clark kents neighbors is monitoring his comings and goings. Once a chicago based humor publications was interested in publishing superman. See more ideas about superman comic, comics and superman.