I saw this is a book store today, it looked great, but they wanted full price for it, anyway, who actually got it?
review:
This affordable selection of stories from the first 10 years of Superman's comic-book career shows the character changing so much during that time that only his unmistakable blue-and-red costume seems constant (actually, it, too, was modified). The 18 stories range from the Man of Steel's first appearance in Action Comics No. 1 to the first full-length recounting of his origin on the doomed planet Krypton (which occupied a mere two panels in his Action debut). Other milestones here include Superman's archfoe Lex Luthor's first bow and an early appearance by Mr. Mxyztplk, the mischievous imp from an extradimensional world. The earliest pieces, by Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, possess a rough vitality, as the then less-powerful hero--he could only leap vast distances, not fly, and his strength was relatively limited--confronted real-world mobsters and arms dealers. By decade's end, Superman's exploits more closely resembled those of today, which may be more sophisticated stories but lack much of the character's original, appealing innocence. These -sometimes-hokey tales remain naively charming. Gordon Flagg
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