Superman: Past and Future [Paperback]

Jerry Siegel (Author), Elliot S. Maggin (Author), Cary Bates (Author)

Book Description

Series: Superman | Publication Date: December 23, 2008

Experience the history of Superman with this series that reprints the early adventures of the Man of Tomorrow in chronological order.

The Man of Tomorrow moves into the 1940s in this fourth volume, featuring stories from the pages of ACTION COMICS, WORLD'S BEST COMICS and SUPERMAN. In these stories, Superman battles the grim spectres of inner city turmoil, political corruption and more, with Lois Lane at his side.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (December 23, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401219349
• ISBN-13: 978-1401219345
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #770,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A themed collection with no strong points, December 29, 2008

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Babytoxie (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Superman: Past and Future (Paperback)

It appears that Amazon has SUPERMAN CHRONICLES VOLUME 6 and SUPERMAN: PAST AND FUTURE linking to a single page of reviews. This review is for the latter book.

SUPERMAN: PAST AND FUTURE collects time-travel stories from various pre-Crisis Superman titles, and unfortunately, the majority of them serve to show just how bad those titles could be. For the most part, the stories featured here are uninspired adventures containing slapdash plots, ridiculous circumstance, and the occasional unfathomable conclusion. Superboy tries to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Olsen meets Adolf Hitler, Lois Lane flirts with Superman's father Jor-El - even as lighthearted fare, I couldn't stomach these stories. The so-called classic "Superman Under the Red Sun" left me scratching my head, and the epic "Superman of 2965" didn't make much of an impression. The '70s stories penned by Elliot S. Maggin were a step in the right direction, but they couldn't save the collection as a whole. This isn't a condemnation of the pre-Crisis Superman, as I've read many of those stories that are quite good. It's just that when a themed collection consists of material like this, it doesn't do anything for me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Childhood revisited, March 20, 2009

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M. Gold "Ageing kid" (Brittany, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Superman Chronicles, The: VOL 04 (Superman (Graphic Novels)) (Paperback)

First class is all I can say. It's wonderful to see how the character developed and the storylines improved as time went on. When I was a kid in England I grew up with the art of (mainly) John Sikela and Wayne Boring. The whole series is a joy, and I can't wait for volume 7, but I guess I'll have to!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 1940's..., October 13, 2009

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James Lansberry "Jamo" (Boise, ID USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Superman Chronicles Vol. 6 (Paperback)

Volume 6 of the Superman Chronicles reprints Action Comics #37-40, Superman #10-11, and World's Finest Comics #2-3.
While still sticking to simple crimes against gangsters and crooked businessmen, the art begins to take shape in the form of the familiar look that Superman was known for in the 1940's...