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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 700.451
EAN: 9780786431663
ISBN: 0786431660
Label: McFarland
Manufacturer: McFarland
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: October 03, 2007
Publisher: McFarland
Sales Rank: 824621
Studio: McFarland
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Product Description:
First introduced in a 1938 comic book, Superman has since become an iconic character in American entertainment. This complete history covers Superman's appearances in film and television, from the 1941 introduction of the first Superman cartoon to the 2006 live-action film Superman Returns. The book includes several rarely seen photographs of the actors who have brought Superman to life for over seven decades, including Clayton "Bud" Collyer, Kirk Alyn, George Reeves and Christopher Reeve. Multiple appendices provide a complete listing of Superman-related books and websites, along with a comprehensive list of the cast and characters featured in Superman films, television shows, and radio programs since 1941.
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I really like this book!! I expected it to be thicker, but it has very few pics in it so it is not as thick. I like the detail it has. I am just happy it's available!! I've wanted it since I found out it was comming out. I recommend this to any Superman fan!
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Superman is something that I grew up with and can't imagine not havng around. This book provides a comprehensive telling of the superman legend and how it came to be. Superman and his various creators/portrayers showed that through hard work and perseverance the american dream can come true. Sometimes with a price.
If you are a fan of Superman then this is the book for you.
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As someone who owns Mr. Scivally's great James Bond: The Legacy, I was really looking forward to receiving my copy of his latest, Superman on Film, Television, Radio and Broadway.
The cover showcases the title exploding out from the Man of Steel's chest as he rips open his shirt - PERFECT!! I am a huge fan of that iconic image and couldn't think of a better choice for the cover.
The book itself is 240 pages long (of that about 50 pages at the end are appendices, chapter notes, ... Read More
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Although to some observers the cultural phenomenon known as Superman, now just a year shy of his 70th birthday, is a static thing, a blue, red and yellow trademark that seems to have always been with us in his present form, the truth is that the Man from Krypton has not only undergone a myriad of changes since his comic book debut in 1938, but has, in one form or another, made the rounds of just about every medium of entertainment available. Only a scant two years after his premiere on the printed ... Read More
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Bruce Scivally has done a masterful job of linking almost 80 years of history into a gripping narrative. This book looks behind the hype and into the stories of Superman's origins and most movingly, into the lives of those who created the Superman myth. We discover how the Man of Steel challenged those who tried to bring him to life on the radio, in movies, on television and the stage--the very media where life was breathed into the simple character from the comics. What unfolds is an amazing story ... Read More
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