Set in Superboy’s Kansas hometown of Smallville, these stories taught the future Man of Steel responsibility as he learned to deal with problems of every sort in the post-World War II midwest.
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A Revelation,
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This review is from: Adventures of Superboy (Hardcover)
This book reprints Superboy's earliest adventures in More Fun comics and Adventure comics, most of which have never before been reprinted.
The stories are a great look at the original concept of Superboy. The Superboy I grew up with, during the Silver Age, was a teenager, but he is no teen here - he celebrates his tenth birthday in one of the stories! The concept of Smallville has not yet emerged - Clark lives on the outskirts of Metropolis, and Ma and Pa Kent are pretty much cyphers. Clark is a real kid, with friends that he actually plays with! Although he is still the timid Clark we know, he still has adventures with his friends, like the story in which they have a "pirate ship" on the river. Superboy is a kid who does kid things - check out the marble tournament! The stories are entertaining and well written, with most having an underlying moral without being "preachy". If you've a Superboy fan and have never seen this concept of him, I urge you to pick this book up. You'll see him like you've never seen him before. (And if the book is successful enough, maybe DC will reprint some more of these great, early yarns!)
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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The archive that never was,
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This review is from: Adventures of Superboy (Hardcover)
About 10 years ago, when the DC Archives program was really picking up steam, a future title was announced, Superboy Volume 1. But then DC became embroiled in a lawsuit with the heirs of the late Jerry Siegel about the rights to the Superboy title and publication was cancelled although restoration of the material was completed.
Now the lawsuit seems to have reached a point where DC can reprint Superboy stories and use the Superboy name so the material is finally seeing the light of day. Unfortunately, the DC Archives series seems to be all but dead and DC decided to reprint this in their generic non-branded line. This line consists of books with both dust jackets and laminated covers with newsprint like paper. The book has 224 pages with a table of contents but no introduction. The restoration is first rate and the reproduction is fine but one does miss the archive quality paper. Frustratingly, there is a guttering problem that is consistent throughout the book. It isn't horrible but is annoying. It does seem worse than other books in this line. Perhaps Golden Age pages were slightly bigger? The dust jacket cover captures the tone of the stories perfectly. Superboy acts as a typical kid and is involved in matters that kids are involved in. There is little sense of continuity here. Clark is the age that the plot requires him to be. Usually that is around ten or so; sometimes around 16 or maybe more. He has no supporting cast. Ma and Pa Kent are virtually invisible. Superboy has not yet settled into the comfortable environs of small town America represented by Smallville; that is still in the future. The stories start out relatively unsophisticated but do get better as the book progresses. By the end the short 10 page stories are quite heavily plotted. The art also improves but is still well below what would be considered merely adequate today. This can only be recommended to comics fans who are comfortable with late Golden Age standards. The stories are too dated for today's kids and too unsophisticated for today's adults. There is no "Volume 1" or any other hint that there will be a follow up to this volume; it seems to have been published because the material was available and had already been restored. This is a pity because Superboy had a long and successful run holding down two books at one point.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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The Original Superboy. This Book is Also Great as a for Young Readers.,
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How many comic books today are published for young readers? Not many. This book contains the original "Superboy " stories by Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster as they originaly appeared in "Adventure Comics." This book is not only great for adult comic book fans, it is also great for young readers. It would make a great gift.
The stories are simple. Many of the stories in this book average abou seven pages long. The stories, however, are not silly like some of the current attempts by comic book companies to produce comic books for young readersa.
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