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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780446823197
ISBN: 0446823198
Label: Warner Books Inc (Mm)
Manufacturer: Warner Books Inc (Mm)
Publication Date: 1981-06
Publisher: Warner Books Inc (Mm)
Sales Rank: 952543
Studio: Warner Books Inc (Mm)
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You know, I don't know if I'd call this a masterpiece. The plot was just _WEIRD_ and it took a while to get my mind around the world Maggin had created (working at a t.v. station, Jimmy Olsen is FAMOUS??). However, the witty banter that Maggin created between The Man and Lex Luthor kept me smiling and giggling throughout.
This is a fun book!
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In Elliot S. Maggin's Superman novels, Superman and Lex Luthor have a
strange sort of codependent relationship. Coming from their childhood,
and now grown men, they must work together to stop an alien threat, and
learn why philtrums, of all things, are important.
Ancient alien prophecies can certainly be annoying.
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Elliot S! Maggin was responsible for a great deal of the 1970's Superman mythos, and one of the creators influential in updating the character and making him the flagship of DC comics. With this novel and the sequel, Miracle Monday, he took the comic book characters and made them seem absolutely real. Maggin's Superman is THE Superman; the interpretation of the character that just feels right. The story is fantastic and the implications world-shattering, which is what should be the case when dealing ... Read More
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It seems that most of the reviewers of this book started reading Superman comics *after* the Post-Crisis retrofit, and have limited appreciation for how this book, and its followup, _Superman: Miracle Monday_ fit into the continuity of the day, and that's too bad, because they fit flawlessly.
I read each book when it was released--at the same time as the first two Superman movies--and in both cases, I felt that the books would have made better films than the stories the movies actually used. ... Read More
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I had forgotten about this novel and its sister title Miracle Monday, both scripted by Elliot S! (the 's' stands for superman)Maggin until I was searching for the novelization of Kingdom Come. These are great books and really emblematic of the classic Man of Steel. There is great characterization in "Last Son", particularly the Lex Luthor character who is portayed as a truly three dimensional character. The way Luthor stores his many revolutionary and futuristic weapons and inventions is inspired. It also ... Read More
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