内容简介
TheearliestadventuresofSuperman,from1940through1942,arecollectedforthefirsttimetogetherinonemassivehardcover.Intheseearlystories,Supermanbattlessocialinjusticeandpoliticalcorruption,fightingforthecommonman,takingoncrookedlanddevelopers,spoiledsocialitesandmuchmore.CollectsACTIONCOMICS#32-47,SUPERMAN#8-15,WORLD'SBESTCOMICS#1andWORLD'SFINESTCOMICS#2-4.
作者简介
Bornin1914inCleveland,Ohio,JeromeSiegelwas,asateenager,afanoftheemergingliterarygenrethatcametobeknownassciencefiction.TogetherwithschoolmateJoeShuster,Siegelpublishedseveralscience-fictionfanmagazines,andin1933theycameupwiththeirownsciencefictionhero—Superman.SiegelscriptedandShusterdrewseveralweeks'worthofnewspaperstripsfeaturingtheirnewcreation,butgarnerednointerestfrompublishersornewspapersyndicates.Itwasn'tuntilthetwoestablishedthemselvesasreliableadventurestripcreatorsatDCComicsthattheeditorsatDCofferedtotakeachanceontheSupermanmaterial—provideditwasre-pastedintocomicbookformatforDC'snewmagazine,ACTIONCOMICS.SiegelwrotetheadventuresofSuperman(aswellasotherDCheroes,mostnotablytheSpectre,hisco-creationwithBernardBaily)through1948andthenagainfrom1959-1966,intheinterimscriptingseveralnewspaperstripsincludingFunnymanandKenWinston.JerrySiegeldiedinJanuary,1996.,,