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Superman: The Golden Age Dailies #1
Superman: The Golden Age Dailies 1942-1944
The premiere volume of Golden Age Superman dailies includes all strips from February 16, 1942 through October 28, 1944, and features the first appearance of the mischievous Mr. Mxyzptlk, the menace of The Monocle, the nefarious No Name, Miss Dreamface, "King" Jimmy Olsen, and the kidnapping of Santa Claus! More than 800 daily strips that are collected for the first time since their original appearance in newspapers more than 70 years ago!
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2017
About the author
Jerry Siegel
608 books76 followersJerome "Jerry" Siegel, who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S. Fine, was the American co-creator of Superman (along with Joe Shuster), the first of the great comic book superheroes and one of the most recognizable icons of the 20th century.
He and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993.
He and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993.
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October 20, 2022
DFN'd at 12%, which is... wow, a first that I've stopped at below 20%, I believe? I try my best to not DNF books, and if I do feel like it's going nowhere, I try to push for at least 25% to see if it picks up before I decide to finally stop bothering, but this book...
It wasn't as interesting as I'd hoped it would be. I admit that I'm not really the biggest DC or Marvel fan, and my interests for superhuman comics, or any graphic series, really, tend toward the off-the-beaten-path (Wicked+Divine, Giant Days, Octopus Pie, Carciphona) but I also have a bit of an interest in reading classics and what about it made it so everlasting, which was why I requested this book gracious given to me by IDW for a review. I guess I shouldn't have expected much from what is basically a collection of daily newspaper comics, but it was so... awkward. Poses, plot execution, climatic showdowns, they were all so silly that I couldn't take it seriously even as a piece of anti-Nazi/anti-fascist propaganda.
It wasn't as interesting as I'd hoped it would be. I admit that I'm not really the biggest DC or Marvel fan, and my interests for superhuman comics, or any graphic series, really, tend toward the off-the-beaten-path (Wicked+Divine, Giant Days, Octopus Pie, Carciphona) but I also have a bit of an interest in reading classics and what about it made it so everlasting, which was why I requested this book gracious given to me by IDW for a review. I guess I shouldn't have expected much from what is basically a collection of daily newspaper comics, but it was so... awkward. Poses, plot execution, climatic showdowns, they were all so silly that I couldn't take it seriously even as a piece of anti-Nazi/anti-fascist propaganda.
September 19, 2018
A fun mixture of World War II-era "protecting the homefront" thrillers and proto-Silver Age tomfoolery, although the post-Siegel scripts do have a bad habit of drawing certain sequences out long past their logical lifespan.
May 10, 2018
Marked it to read-it
March 11, 2020
Superman Daily comic strips from 1942-44. We get the classic story of how Clark Kent ended up not being drafted because of messing up the vision test with his X-Ray vision, and a few episodes with Superman fighting various spies and saboteurs. We also get the most unfortunate Superman stories in which the story defends the practice of Japanese Internment and uses a story with very stereotypical Japanese villains. Still, even there, they acknowledge that most Japanese citizens are loyal and good Americans. However, its still not a great moment.
The book begins to resemble post-War Superman stories towards the end of the book as wee meet a lying little girl named Susie, Mr. Mxyztplk appears for the first time in the strip, and Jimmy Olsen is kidnapped taken to a country where he's a double for a king.
Overall, these are good strips with pretty solid art. Be aware that its an artifact of its time, but even with that, there's some good art and fun stories to read.
The book begins to resemble post-War Superman stories towards the end of the book as wee meet a lying little girl named Susie, Mr. Mxyztplk appears for the first time in the strip, and Jimmy Olsen is kidnapped taken to a country where he's a double for a king.
Overall, these are good strips with pretty solid art. Be aware that its an artifact of its time, but even with that, there's some good art and fun stories to read.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews