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Supermen! : the first wave of comic-book heroes 1936-1941
- Title
- Supermen! : the first wave of comic-book heroes 1936-1941 / edited by Greg Sadowski ; foreword by Jonathan Lethem.
- Publication
- Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2009.
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- Additional Authors
- Sadowski, Greg.
- Description
- 191 pages : chiefly color illustrations; 27 cm
- Summary
- Supermen! contains 9 covers and twenty full length stories featuring the earliest comic book superheroes, including Marvelo, The Flame, Silver Streak, Spacehawk and Blue Bolt.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Dr. Mystic / story by Jerry Siegel ; art by Joe Shuster (Comics magazine no. 1, May 1936) -- The Clock / cover by George E. Brenner (Funny picture stories vol. 1, no. 1, Nov. 1936) -- Murder by proxy / story and art by George E. Brenner (Detective picture stories no. 5, Apr. 1937) -- Dan Hastings / story by Ken Fitch ; art by Fred Guardineer (Star comics no. 5, July 1937) -- Dirk the Demon and Skyrocket Steele / cover by Bill Everett (Amazing mystery funnies no. 3, Nov. 1938) -- Dirk the Demon / story and art by Bill Everett (Amazing mystery funnies vol. 2, no. 3, Mar. 1939) -- The Flame / cover by Will Eisner and Lou Fine (Wonderworld comics no. 7, Nov. 1939) -- The Flame / story by Will Eisner ; art by Lou Fine (Wonderworld comics no. 7, Nov. 1939) -- Yarko the Great / story and art by Will Eisner (Wonderworld comics no. 8, Dec. 1939) -- Rex Dexter of Mars / story and art by Dick Briefer (Mystery men comics no. 4, Nov. 1939) -- Cosmic Carson / story and art by Jack Kirby (Science comics no. 4, May 1940) -- Samson / cover by Will Eisner and Lou Fine (Fantastic comics no. 3, Feb. 1940) -- Stardust the Super Wizard / story and art by Fletcher Hanks (Fantastic comics no. 12, Nov. 1940) -- The Shield / cover by Irv Novick (Pep comics no. 1, Jan. 1940) -- The Comet / story and art by Jack Cole (Pep comics no. 3, Apr. 1940) -- Flint Baker / cover by Will Eisner (Panet comics no. 2, Feb. 1940) -- Fero, planet detective / story and art by Al Bryant (Planet comics no. 5, May 1940) -- Fantomah, mystery woman of the jungle / story and art by Fletcher Hanks (Jungle comics no. 4, Apr. 1940) -- Charlie Chan, Joe Palooka, and Marvelo / cover by Ogden Whitney (Big shot comics no. 2, June 1940) -- Marvelo, monarch of magicians / story by Gardner Fox ; art by Fred Guardineer (Big shot comics no. 1, May 1940) -- The Face / story by Gardner Fox ; art by Mart Bailey (Big shot comics no. 1, May 1940) -- The Skyman / story by Gardner Fox ; art by Ogden Whitney (Big shot comics no. 2, June 1940) -- The Claw / cover by Jack Cole (Silver streak comics no. 6, Sept. 1940) -- Silver Streak / story and art by Jack Cole (Silver streak comics no. 4, May 1940) -- The Claw battles The Daredevil / story and art by Jack Cole (Silver streak comics no. 7, Jan. 1941) -- Spacehawk / cover by Basil Wolverton (Target comics vol. 1, no. 7, Aug. 1940) -- Spacehawk, superhuman enemy of crime / story and art by Basil Wolverton (Target comics vol. 1, no. 11, Dec. 1940) -- Sub Zero / story and art by Bill Everett (Blue bolt comics vol. 1, no. 5, Oct. 1940) -- Blue Bolt / story by Joe Simon ; art by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby (Blue bolt comics vol. 1, no. 10, Mar. 1941).
- ISBN
- 9781560979715 (pbk.)
- 1560979712 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- ocn227016677
- 227016677
- SCSB-5467491
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries