The atomic age Superman : featuring thirteen super-Sunday adventures--1956 to 1959!
(Graphic Novel)

"June, 1958: "Superman duels the Futuremen!"--Title page.

"Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. By special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family."--Title page verso.

"Alvin Schwartz wrote the strip into 1958. Bill Finger is reported to have taken over, writing the Futuremen story (which he also wrote for comic books). Finger may also have done most on the continuities through mid-1959. By that point, Jerry Siegel was back at DC and might have written the "Kiss of Death" story."--Title page verso.

"The strips reprinted in this volume were produced in a time when racial and social caricatures played a larger role in society and popular culture. They are reprinted without alteration for historical reference."--Title page verso.

"Superman's newspaper comic strips are among the rarest of all Superman collectibles. This comprehensive series helps remedy that gap in the Superman by bringing back into print every one of the Sunday newspaper strips. The Man of Steel stars in thirteen classic adventures as the 1950s "Atomic Age" comes to a close. Some of the stories are original to the newspaper strip, while others were alternate versions of tales that were simultaneously published in the regular comic books. One of the featured adaptations is "Superman Versus the Futuremen, " written by Batman co-creator Bill Finger, which retells Superman's origin. This concluding volume of Superman's Atomic Age Sundays reprints all strips July 1, 1956 to October 11, 1959."--provided by publisher.

Superman s newspaper comic strips are among the rarest of all Superman collectibles. This comprehensive series helps remedy that gap in the Superman by bringing back into print every one of the Sunday newspaper strips.