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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780811844352
ISBN: 0811844358
Label: Chronicle Books
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: September 15, 2005
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Sales Rank: 524767
Studio: Chronicle Books
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The world's most popular and enduring super hero and acclaimed novelist Tom De Haven come together to create the extraordinary It's Superman! a novel that reinvents the early years of the Man of Steel. Opening with the young Clark Kent on a date, the novel takes an entirely fresh approach to the emergence of his superpowers and the start of his newspaper career, following him from rural 1930s Kansas across america to Hollywood in its golden age, and then to New York City. He meets a worldly Lois Lane and conniving political boss Lex Luthor, and begins his battles against criminal masterminds, mad scientists, and supervillains inspired by fascists. Sure to appeal to fans of the TV show Smallville and the novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, as well as devoted comic book readers, It's Superman is a fun and fast-paced novel of thrilling invention, heroic escapades, ill-fitting costumes, and super-sized coming-of-age angst.
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I loved it, I finished it in two days and my fingers are crossed that a sequel will be written.
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Tom DeHaven took me to another time period where I could read and understand about Clark's confusion, hesitancy, and repeated bumblings. Lois is a sharp, modern gal of the times. Lex Luthor in this written form is the smart-mouthed, evil genius we all knew he was, but wasn't captured on film by any one actor well enough. Yes, the movies and tv shows are okay, but this book held me the entire 200 pages. More than anything else though, for myself, I completely understood Tom's Clark having to come ... Read More
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I came to this book as a fan of Tom DeHaven, not a Superman fanatic, and I think that definitely aided my enjoyment of the story. Like most modern Americans who follow pop culture, I'm pretty familiar with the Superman legend. However, I am not wedded to every detail of the established Superman "universe" and I was able to lose myself in the story despite its many departures from the original story. The story is multi-charactered, and all the characters are well-described, which makes Clark Kent/Superman ... Read More
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If you're a boomer who raptly watched the original Adventures of Superman television series with the late George Reeves in the title role, you need to read this book. If your after-school reading list included 10-cent DC comics featuring the Man of Steel, you need to read this book. Even if you think you're "grown up," and if you stopped paying attention to Krypton's most famous son decades ago, you especially need to read this book.
Tom DeHaven's novel "It's Superman!" is, in a word, fabulous. ... Read More
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I absolutely loved this book. It is easily the best written, most three-dimensional and sophisticated portrait of the Man of Steel and his world in any medium -- and I say that as a lifelong Superman fan. In fact, it's not merely a great Superman story, it's a wonderful book regardless of whether or not you're a fan of comics or the Last Son of Krypton.
The review that described the book as "Steinbeck meets Smallville" is dead on. This is Superman as he's never been seen before -- as an awkward ... Read More
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