DC Comics begins its line of low-priced, massive black-and-white collections. The Superman mythos begins to solidify in these 560 pages, from the introduction of the Fortress of Solitude to the arrival of the bottle City of Kandor . Additionally, new menaces such as Braniac and Metallo arrive to join Lex Luthor and the Phantom Zone prisoners in terrorizing the Man of Steel. This volume also includes the introduction of Supergirl.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Super Stories, Super Price:
Taken from the wealth of material from 1958 and 1959, the stories pack a ton of fun; this is Superman battling bad guys and finding a way to seize victory in the end. With 560 pages - and opponents like Metallo and Bizarro - the Man of Steel has his hands full in the comic strips that are reproduced as if pulled from the pages of newspapers. The art work is great and the story lines go back to the days when good versus evil did not have to be so gloomy. These are super stories at a super price and... more info
Fun Fun Fun Fun!!!:
I own several of the other Showcase Presents featuring more esoteric characters (Phantom Stranger, Jonah Hex, Enemy Ace, Metamorpho) so this is the first "mainstream" DC book I've bought, and I love, love, love it. So much of the Silver Age can be tedious, but each story was so much fun that I could barely set this book down. See the first appearance of Bizarro and Supergirl! Marvel at the lengths Lois Lane will go to marry Superman! Witness the embarrassment Clark Kent will endure to protect his... more info
Black & white reprints of classic four-color comics...?:
I honestly don't get the appeal of these books. Why bother making (or reading) black & white reprints of classic four-color comics...? I mean, yeah, the stories are still great and the original comics are hard to find, but a huge part of what made these comics great was the eye-popping artwork, including the bright primary colors: reading them in dull B&W is just plain wrong. Sure, the printing costs are lower, so you can get more pages for your money, but it's more pages of boring, not more pages... more info
Good stories, but falls short:
I wanted to leave a message where someone from DC might see it. The superman chronicles are 5 star excellent, but these black and white Showcase books are very distracting. I, for one, would be willing to pay a higher price for color. Release Superman, and for that matter, Batman chronicles more frequently, or add color and jack the price up on the showcase books. Then, this silver age fan would be happy.
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