Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years

When Superman debuted seventy-five years ago it was not merely the beginning for one character but for an entire genre. The phrase "super hero" had yet to be coined when ACTION COMICS #1 hit newsstands in 1938 but once Superman entered the scene effortlessly lifting a car above his head on that first iconic cover the character paved the way for each of the hundreds (if not thousands) of super-powered heroes written since. SUPERMAN: A CELEBRATION OF 75 YEARS gathers a range of stories featuring the first and greatest super hero highlighting the many roles the Man of Steel has played over the decades. In these celebrated stories Superman is in turns the Herculean champion the lonely alien survivor the super-powered Boy Scout and the soul-searching leader. Over the course of seventy-five years watch as the character grows from a simple strongman to the beloved international symbol he is today! This Volume Collects: ("Superman Champion of the Oppressed") / ("War in San Monte") -- ACTION COMICS #1-2 (1938) Writer: Jerry Siegel Artist: Joe Shuster "How Superman Would End the War" -- Look Magazine (1940) Writer: Jerry Siegel Artist: Joe Shuster "Man or Superman?" -- SUPERMAN #17 (1942) Writer: Jerry Siegel Penciller: Joe Shuster Inker: Joe Sikela "The Origin of Superman" -- SUPERMAN #53 (1948) Writer: Bill Finger Penciller: Wayne Boring Inker: Stan Kaye "The Mightiest Team in the World" -- SUPERMAN #76 (1952) Writer: Edmond Hamilton Penciller: Curt Swan Inker: John Fishchetti "The Super-Duel in Space" -- ACTION COMICS #242 (1958) Writer: Otto Binder Artist: Al Plastino "The Girl From Supermans Past" -- SUPERMAN #129 (1959) Writer: Bill Finger Penciller: Wayne Boring Inker: Stan Kaye "Supermans Return to Krypton" -- SUPERMAN #141 (1960) Writer: Jerry Siegel Penciller: Wayne Boring Inker: Stan Kaye "The Death of Superman" -- SUPERMAN #149 (1961) Writer: Jerry Siegel Penciller: Curt Swan Inker: George Klein "Must There Be a Superman?" -- SUPERMAN #247 (1972) Writer: Eliot S. Maggin Penciller: Curt Swan Inker: Murphy Anderson "Rebirth" -- ACTION COMICS #544 (1983) Writer: Marv Wolfman Artist: Gil Kane "The Living Legends of Superman" (excerpt) -- SUPERMAN #400 (1985) Writer: Elliot S. Maggin Artist: Frank Miller "For the Man Who Has Everything" -- SUPERMAN ANNUAL #11 (1985)Writer: Alan Moore Artist: Dave Gibbons "The Name Game" -- SUPERMAN #11 (1987) Writer/Penciller: John Byrne Inker: Karl Kesel "Doomsday" -- SUPERMAN #75 (1993) Writer/Penciller: Dan Jurgens Inker: Brett Breeding "Whats So Funny About Truth Justice and the American Way?" -- ACTION COMICS #775 (2001) Writer: Joe Kelly Pencillers: Doug Mahnke Lee Bermejo Inkers: Tom Nguyen Dexter Vines Jim Royal Jose Marzan Jr. Wade Von Grawbadger Wayne Faucher "Question of Confidence" -- Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross (2003) Writer: Chip Kidd Artist: Alex Ross "The Incident" -- ACTION COMICS #900 (2011) Writer: David S. Goyer Artist: Miguel Sepulveda "The Boy Who Stole Supermans Cape" -- ACTION COMICS #0 (2012) Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Ben Oliver