IN THIS VOLUME: More than 800 daily strips are collected for the first time since their original appearance in newspapers more than seventy years ago! The stories were written by Jerry Siegel and Whitney Ellsworth, and drawn by Joe Shuster, Wayne Boring, and others. These tales from Earth-N (for Newspapers) are edited and designed by Dean Mullaney, with an introduction by John Wells, and special cover drawings by Pete Poplaski. • • • • • The Man of Steel’s newspaper adventures ran for more than twenty-five years, from 1939 until 1966. These strips have been among the rarest of all Superman collectibles, Now, in a partnership between The Library of American Comics and DC Comics, these long-lost treasures are being comprehensively collected and preserved for future generations. This volume of the Superman Golden Age daily newspaper strips presents the complete comics from February 1942 to October 1944, at the height of the Second World War. Featured is the first appearance of the mischievous Mr. Mxyztplk, the menace of The Monocle, the nefarious Noname, Miss Dreamface, “King” Jimmy Olsen, and the kidnapping of Santa Claus!
Superman was created in 1938 by two ambitious Cleveland youngsters, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Their defender of the oppressed became an enduring smash sensation in comics, radio, animation, television, and motion pictures. He remains the little guy's White Knight, battling terrestrial and extra-terrestrial menaces while standing for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
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