Superman at fifty : the persistence of a legend / edited by Dennis Dooley and Gary Engle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dooley, Dennis, 1942-

Engle, Gary D., 1947-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Superman (Comic strip).

Superman (Fictitious character).

Superman.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

189 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : Octavia, [1987]

Summary:

An affectionate tribute to an authentic American folk hero and the little-known Cleveland boys who created him.

Contents:

The origins. The man of tomorrow and the boys of yesterday / Dennis Dooley

The evolution. Drawing Superman / Curt Swan ; The Man of Steel and me / Dennis O'Neil ; The man who changed the comics / cartoon panel by Harvey Pekar, illustrated by R. Crumb and Gary Dumm

From panel to panavision / Philip Skerry with Chris Lambert

The persistence of a legend. What makes Superman so darned American? / Gary Engle ; A flag with a human face / Patrick L. Eagan ; Superstar, supermom, super glue, superdooper, Superman / David B. Guralnik ; Female meets supermale / Joanna Connors ; Pop goes the hero / David Galloway ; St. Clark of Krypton / Edward Mehok ; The art and science of leaping tall buildings / John D. McGervey ; Superman and the dreams of childhood / Jane W. Kessler ; The good, the bad and the Oedipal / Lester Roebuck ; Necessary heroes / Lee K. Abbott

The unanswered questions / Lighthearted meditations and trivial speculations by Arvydas Berkopec [and others].

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Superman at fifty.

ISBN:

0940601001 :

9780940601000

OCLC:

15856296