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Siegel and Shuster continued the hits and growth with Superman thorugh the early 1940s. In fact, Superman was such a hit that Shuster brought in some help with the art, including the brilliant Jack Burnley, among others. Shuster also pulled back on the political aspects of the series. Superman was still an activist, helping out widows and orphans, but he was also developing quite the rogues gallery. Most important of these, introduced in Action Comics #23, is Luthor. Unlike the Lex Luthor we know and love, the original Luthor, while a brilliant criminal mind, was pretty physical. He also wore a shock of red hair. Superman battled other science fiction based villains, including Zoltar, who wielded radium weapons. As the war in Europe escalated, Superman faced new foes in the form of fifth columnists and spies. Nothing like more of the good stuff from the golden age.

The Complete Peanuts is definitely complete! It's a real collectors' item! Hats off to Fantagraphics Books for initiating such an ambitious project though their release schedule (releasing only two books every year - it will take twelve and a half years before the entire collection is published) leaves one frustrated. Each book contains 2 complete years of Peanuts - one of the funniest comic strips of all time (IMHO). So this two-book set contains the first four complete years of Peanuts in its entirety and a little extra. Please note since the strip started in October 1950 as an added bonus we get extra three months (October-December 1950) of peanuts in addition to the four complete years (1951-1954). Did I mention that this is the complete collection. Note that both books included in the boxed set are exactly the same ones that are sold separately. The books also contain full book jackets (i.e. if desired can be shelved separately). As of this review date it is cheaper to buy the two-book set cheaper than to buy them separately and we get an added attractive slipcase with the two-book set. Recommended.

Having grown up in the 70s, this book features Superman stories which were new to me. These are the stories prior to Clark Kent's move to television and the creation of Morgan Edge. As the preface to the book says, many of the stories were told time and time again. It's interesting to see a time when comic books weren't always trying to be some dark statement. After all, Metropolis isn't Gotham City. This book helps you get a grasp of the changes the Superman franchise went through in the 60s, with dozens of new survivors of Krytpon, endless robots, an incredibly naive Jimmy Olsen, and a not-yet-liberated Lois Lane. Each story is "safe." Nice to look at, but if you're expecting anything of substance that you could, perhaps, ponder, hopefully a "Superman in the Seventies" volume will be coming out soon. Here you will see Clark, Lois, Jimmy, Morgan, Steve Lombard, and a less-important Perry White take on more human characteristics. Until then, this book will give you lots of super-simplistic stories that may or may not help you relive your youth.

Awesome storyline, good .......Best artwork I've ever seen and 160 pages all worth reading.

I do not have this book, but it is ironically in the reference section of my local library. The sections on the heroes and villains are good and explanatory. Along with good text descriptions, various pictures abound in this book. The book covers both major and minor characters in the DC universe. Admittedly, the book is before Identity Crisis and other major DC comic events, but covers 1930's Golden Age up to early 2000's Zero Hour. A great book for those with the intense desire or money.

"The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus" is a great example of editorial and sales having a fundamental inability to understand what makes a story great, and trying to make decisions based on what's flashy and will sell, instead. The result is profoundly dissatisfying. The Doomsday/Funeral For a Friend/Reign of the Supermen story is one of the great superhero epics ever written, with record-breaking sales and a generation of Superman fans who grew up with this as their foundation with the character. And while "The Death of Superman" was what drew people in, "Funeral For a Friend" is what made them care--and what guaranteed that the clever third act would be a success. Without "Funeral For a Friend," it's just a really long action movie. And while those can be fun, you're left with a story that has very little soul. And that, more than anything else, is what happened here. In an effort to keep costs down, DC opted to remove a ton of content from "Funeral for a Friend" (some other stuff, too, but mostly from FFaF) and ended up with a story where the most important, interesting part of the saga--how the world gets along without a Superman, after having had one--is almost completely lost. The emotional core of the story is shattered and all you're left with is the continuity stuff--this feels like a Cliff's Notes to the death and return of Superman. In that respect, though, it accomplishes what it set out to--it's a great companion…

The long awaited marriage of Lois and Clark is depicted masterfully in this collection. A superb way to fill in all the details you may have missed from the individual comic books. I highly recommend it!

An almost scholarly tome that I found myself reading sections from randomly when the mood strikes - this is surely a must for the fervent Superman fan and an interesting read for general comics aficionados.

Thorough and accurate, The Essential Superman Encyclopedia covers it all: From the Anti-Monitor to Zod, it's all here. Buy it, winners!

This gift is great, I plan on giving this as a gift along with a picture frame so they can switch out which poster they would want to display. The poster are a nice size and printed on nice paper. The only negative comment I would give is that they don't tell you what size the posters are, not a big deal though I just have to measure them.

this is an awesome graphic novel/trade paper back but to get the full impact and story you must get the other two volumes. Read them all to get the full story that shook the world in the 1990s.

The Superman: Doomsday Omnibus features the sequel to the Death of Superman, as well as various prequels to the DC mega event from the early 90's that saw the Man of Steel bite the big one. Superman/Doomsday: Hunter/Prey finds the Man of Steel learning that Doomsday is still alive and on Apokalips causing problems for Darkseid. This chapter reveals Doomsday's origin as well, as the two go toe to toe once again. While this section of the Omnibus is great on it's own, it's the other issues collected here that are disappointing. Among others, they feature a past meeting between Doomsday and Darkseid, as well as Doomsday slaughtering the Green Lantern Corps some years before. While these stories are compelling, they are basically non-sensical and make no sense for continuity's sake either. Doomsday Wars is by far the worst part of the book, which finds Superman and Doomsday becoming unlikely allies. While the Doomsday Omnibus has it's moments to be sure, the overall package is a mixed bag. There's solid action and great artwork throughout the Omnibus, but whether or not it's worth picking up is entirely up to you.

I regard this series as probably the best comic series of the past decade, and perhaps the best Superman series ever. It must be said, I'm not normally that much of a Superman fan, not, because the character is a goody, goody, boy scout type character, something which most critics of the character seem to constantly bemoan, but rather because I think most everything that can be done with the oldest and most recognisable superhero in all of fiction, has been done. Grant Morrison proves however, that there is life in the old dog yet! Morrison gives us a refreshing view on Superman for the new millenium, a character who has a universal philosophy and lives by it, spinning a story that draws from classic myth, modern philosophy as well as the superhero Gold and Silver Comic Ages. Just as Jesus was an inspiration for an entire religion, the Superman in this book is meant as a modern day, non-religious, messianic inspiration, the ideal human, perfect in philosophy and action, and something we should all aspire to. This actual absolute edition, is beautifully packaged with a new cover by Quietly, in an oversized format, I've fallen in love with this work all over again. I'm not one to spend money repeatedly on the same piece of work, but the fact that I own all of the original comics as well as the two hardbound volumes and now this Absolute edition, perhaps indicates just how much I care for this work. While an oversized representation of the original material would have been enough…

A companion to The Golden Age of Superman: The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '30s to the '50s, this coffee table book explores the four-color adventures of the "Silver Age" Superman (i.e. the Superman of Earth-One) as featured on the covers to _Action Comics_ from Nos. 200 (Jan. 1955) through 402 (July 1971). Waid again provides an introduction and one-page overviews to a series of thematic selections of covers.

This handsome set of books is one that I return to again and again. There is much to love about fan comic culture and there is much to love about enthused, hype-laden, personality-driven fan-boy internet comic culture. But. There remains a place for these book: a scholarly, accurate, well-designed, and authoritative assemblage of information. The writing here is accessible while the editorial scope and the organization of the content is sophisticated. The thrust here is largely successful or artistically-lauded comics in English with an emphasis on American creators and companies. Happily this is not just a super-hero book. There are entries not just for E.C. Comics and Will Eisner and Youth Culture in Comics but also for Funny Animal Comics, Burne Horgarth, Jungle Comics, Planetary, RAW, Concrete, and Seth. What these books do well, they do very well. There's about a two page entry for Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos and the entry provides basic background on the series, a summary of the characters, the mention of a couple of major events in the run, a placing of this book within its post-war/civil rights era context, references to guest star appearances by Reed Richards and Captain America, a discussion of how elements of the book continued into Nick Fury, and the distinctions between the book and the similar war title at DC (Sgt. Rock.) There's even room for this observation: "...the Howlers were anything but realistic professional commandos. They fought with their…