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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553569308
ISBN: 0553569309
Label: Spectra
Manufacturer: Spectra
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: October 01, 1994
Publisher: Spectra
Release Date: October 01, 1994
Sales Rank: 156660
Studio: Spectra
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
"Superman-dead!"--The Daily Planet. On November 18, 1992, news of Superman's death shocked the world as the legendary Man of steel was killed defending Metropolis from the monster called Doomsday. Here at last is the dramatic story behind the best-selling comic book of all time: the fates of Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Ma and Pa Kent, the Justice League, and the reign of the four super-beings who mysteriously appeared after Superman's funeral, each claiming to be the real Last Son of Krypton. And finally, here is the complete incredible story of Superman's triumphant retum! In this thrilling novel, Roger Stern, a veteran writer of Action Comics, chronicles the most amazing comeback in comic book history--told with more gripping detail and background than ever before.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
The first comic I ever read was the beginning of the Death of Superman story line. I was young, and at the time all I really knew about Superman was from the classic Donner movies. I guess I was a little lost at some of the concepts (Lex Luthor has red hair? Supergirl can shape shift??) but I stuck it out, and it's still one of my favorite comic story lines. Then came this book, and although it adapts the Death and Return story line brilliantly, it does something even greater. It intersperses ... Read More
Rating:  -
Stern produced quite a good novel out of all the hoo-hah surrounding this DC comics publicity stunt.
He takes the whole saga from the comics, and retells the story of Doomsday arriving and plowing through first the Justice League, then Superman.
Then you see how the world reacts to the death of their premier hero, and what happens when multiple other 'supermen' try and replace him.
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For those of you who don't know the plot, here's a basic summary:
Kal-El was the Last Son of Krypton, an unknown planet that exploded sending bits and pieces crashing down to Earth. Along with rocks, Jor-El and Lara (from Krypton) sent down their newborn son in a spaceship, so he would be saved. The rocks and the spaceship landed in the country town of Smallville. Jonathan and Martha Kent had been driving home that day where the meteors hit, and they found the young boy that was in the ... Read More
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Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's my copy of "The Death and Life of Superman" flying out the window!
Holy jumpin' jeez! Sum of youz guys might be wonderin', "Hey! What's wit da one-starred review ya got goin' dere, pal?! Aintcha got no respect for Sooperman?!" Please! I love Superman! Quite possibly the greatest comic book superhero ever created! However, Roger Stern's "The Death and Life of Superman" is 528-pages of mind-numbingly, amateurish dreck! It took ... Read More
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This is the first comic book novel I have read, and I was not disappointed. Roger Stern does a great job of bringing certain aspects of the epic story to life. His descriptions of the epic battle between Superman and Doomsday are even more vivid than the comics themselves.
On the downside, there are times when the dialog comes across as awkward and stilted, to the point that it becomes a distraction. His portrayal of Luthor and his girlfriend Supergirl is almost painful; thankfully it a ... Read More
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