Books : Superman: Bottle City of Kandor

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- Great Silver Age Superman!
The Kandor stories may be some of the best Silver Age Superman and this is a great collection of what are probably the best Kandor stories of the Silver Age. These stories are classic. I greatly enjoyed this collection.

Rating:

- More than the Bottle City
Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor trade paperback; don't pass this one by. While some of the stories dwell directly on the bottled Kryptonian city of Kandor; many others deal with it in only in a passing nature.

The bottled city of Kandor was one of those small innovations that had a big impact on the DC Universe. When Brainiac came and shrunk several earth cities (Super-Duel in Space, Action Comics #242 1958); Superman comes to the rescue and by the end of the story almost nonchalantly puts the bottled city of Kandor (containing a living remnant of his once mighty civilization onto a shelf in his Fortress of Solitude as casually as we would a vacation souvenir away.

But like a genie once the bottle is opened.....

The stories that follow (mostly form the late 1950's and 1960's) deal with: Kryptonian identical twins of Superman and his supporting cast; Superman and Jimmy Olsen in super drag as Nightwing and Flamebird (the bottled city's own dynamic duo); Lois and Lana falling in love with someone from the bottled city; Jimmy Olsen not only being trapped in the bottled city but also being snubbed once again by the ever fickle Lucy Lane. (and her duplicate to boot).

To say this is a mere slice of silver age magic (drawn largely by master artist Curt Swan) is an understatement.

Well worth the $14.99 cover price.

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