Supermen!: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes

(Fantagraphics, 2009)

(from the publisher)

Of the 22 stories appearing in SUPERMEN! the vast majority haven’t seen print since first publication, including the notorious 1939 Wonder Man debut by Will Eisner. Wonder Man lasted one issue after a successful DC Comics lawsuit cited the similarity to its son of Krypton.

This lawsuit inspired more individual and offbeat approaches, and it’s on these mavericks and oddballs we focus this collection. The roster features such notables as Basil Wolverton, Jack Kirby, Jack Cole, Fletcher Hanks, Ogden Whitney, Lou Fine, Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, and Dick Briefer. Fighting villiany is hard work and in SUPERMEN! it’s downright ruthless.

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Supermen!: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes #1

February, 2009
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Jonathan Lethem

Supermen!: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes #1 - 2nd printing

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Jonathan Lethem