Action Comics 80 Years of Superman HC

Action Comics 80 Years of Superman HC

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This year marks the 80th anniversary of Superman's debut in ACTION COMICS #1 - and DC is celebrating this date with the publication of the new hardcover ACTION COMICS #1000: 80 YEARS OF SUPERMAN! It's an extraordinary party as we revisit stories from across the decades, featuring key character debuts, essays and more in a collection curated by Paul Levitz! Highlights of this collection include: A new cover by legendary artist and DC Publisher Jim Lee A never before unpublished twelve-page Golden Age Superman story believed to have been written by Jerry Siegel with art by the Joe Shuster Studio Text pieces including: an editor's note by Paul Levitz, a tribute to ACTION COMICS by Laura Siegel Larson (daughter of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel), an introduction by Jules Feiffer, plus essays by Tom DeHaven ('It's Superman!'), David Hadju ('The Ten-Cent Plague'), Larry Tye ('Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero') and Gene Luen Yang (SUPERMAN, NEW SUPER-MAN and the National Book Award finalist 'American Born Chinese')! The new five-page story 'The Game,' written by Paul Levitz with art by Neal Adams The Superman stories from this collection include: 'The Coming of Superman,' from ACTION COMICS #1, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Joe Shuster 'Revolution in San Monte,' from from ACTION COMICS #2, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Joe Shuster 'The Terrible Toyman!' from ACTION COMICS #64, written by Don Cameron with art by Ed Dobrotka and George Roussos, featuring the debut of Toyman 'The Super-Key to Fort Superman,' from ACTION COMICS #241, written by Jerry Coleman with art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye, featuring the first appearance of the Fortress of Solitude 'The Super-Duel in Space,' from ACTION COMICS #242, written by Otto Binder with art by Al Plastino, featuring the debut of Brainiac 'The Supergirl from Krypton!' from ACTION COMICS #252, written by Otto Binder with art by Al Plastino, featuring the debut of Supergirl 'The World's Greatest Heroine!' from ACTION COMICS #262, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Jim Mooney 'The Superman Super-Spectacular!' from ACTION COMICS #309, written by Edmond Hamilton with art by Curt Swan and George Klein, featuring an appearance by President John F. Kennedy 'Superman Takes a Wife,' from ACTION COMICS #484, written by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and Joe Giella 'If Superman Didn't Exist...' from ACTION COMICS #554, written by Marv Wolfman with art by Gil Kane 'Squatter,' from ACTION COMICS #584, written by John Byrne with art by Byrne and Dick Giordano 'Ma Kent's Photo Album,' from ACTION COMICS #655, written by Roger Stern with art by Kerry Gammill and Dennis Janke 'Secrets in the Night,' from ACTION COMICS #662, written by Roger Stern with art by Bob McLeod 'A Hero's Journey,' from ACTION COMICS #800, written by Joe Kelly with art by Pasqual Ferry, Duncan Rouleau, Lee Bermejo and others 'The Boy Who Stole Superman's Cape,' from ACTION COMICS #0, written by Grant Morrison with art by Ben Oliver Other key ACTION COMICS stories in this title include: 'The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies,' from ACTION COMICS #1, written by Fred Guardineer with art by Guardineer, featuring the debut of Zatara 'The Origin of the Vigilante,' from ACTION COMICS #42, written by Mort Weisinger with art by Mort Meskin, featuring the debut of the Vigilante 'The Assassin-Express Contract!' from ACTION COMICS #419, written by Len Wein with art by Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano, featuring the debut of the Human Target ACTION COMICS #1000: 80 YEARS OF SUPERMAN HC (DEC170241) is a 384-page title. It has a new Final Order Cutoff of February 5 and an on-sale date of April 11. Please note that the poster mentioned in the original solicitation will no longer be included in this title. The poster, which features all one thousand ACTION COMICS covers, will be offered as a separate item with ordering details to come soon.
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