It's Superman! : a novel / Tom De Haven ; Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Haven, Tom.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Siegel, Jerry, 1914-1996.

Shuster, Joe.

Steven Rothman Collection of Comics, Cartoons, and Graphic Novels (University of Pennsylvania)

Comics Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Superman (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Superman.

Superman (Fictitious character).

Fantasy fiction, American.

Genre:

Fiction.

Fantasy fiction, American.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Rothman, Steven D. (donor) (RBC copy)

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

425 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2005]

Summary:

The world's most popular and enduring super hero and acclaimed novelist Tom De Haven come together to create the extraordinary "It's Superman!" a novel that reinvents the early years of the Man of Steel. Opening with the young Clark Kent on a date, the novel takes an entirely fresh approach to the emergence of his superpowers and the start of his newspaper career, following him from rural 1930s Kansas across america to Hollywood in its golden age, and then to New York City. He meets a worldly Lois Lane and conniving political boss Lex Luthor, and begins his battles against criminal masterminds, mad scientists, and supervillains inspired by fascists. Sure to appeal to fans of the TV show "Smallville" and the novel "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," as well as devoted comic book readers, "It's Superman" is a fun and fast-paced novel of thrilling invention, heroic escapades, ill-fitting costumes, and super-sized coming-of-age angst.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0811844358

OCLC:

60373698