Superman by Weldon, Glen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Superman: The Unauthorized Biography Copyright Contents Introduction 1. "And So Begins . . ."

In a Single Bound Jerry and Joe Secret Origin Building the Hero: Superstrength

Persona Costume Secret Identity A Strange Visitor from Another Planet

Introducing: Superman First Outing Our Story So Far

2. Truth, Justice . . . (1938–1941)

Superman, Bully for Peace Out of Costume All the Elements in Place—Down to the Boots "You're a Superman" Superman vs. Urban Decay The Clark/Lois/Superman Triangle Superman vs. Torture, Stockbrokers, and . . . Reckless Driving? The Deluge A Book of His Own See You in the Funny Papers A First Look at Krypton Funny Page Firsts Up, Up, and Away: The Radio Adventures Begin Superman the Secret Weapon The First Public Appearance Fleischer Cartoons Meanwhile, Back in the Comics The First Supervillian Enter . . . Luthor The Turning Point

3. . . . And the American Way (1942–1945)

Birth of a Super-Patriot The American Way Taking the Good Fight to the Silver Screen Radio Days A Meteoric Rise . . . and Fall A Glowing Green Symbol Superman and the Supersecret Super-Collider Escapism . . . on the March! Captain Marvel: The Big Red Cheese Operation: Whimsy Send in the Clowns Birth of a Notion A Changing of the Guard The Legion of Super-Pests Expands Enter . . . the Boy of Steel Superman the Phenomenon The War Ends; the Never-Ending Battle Continues

4. "Strange . . . I . . . I Feel All the Strength Draining Out of Me . . ." (1946–1949)

The Incredible Shrinking Audience Atomic Anxieties Domestic Hijinks Unhappy Trails New Blood New Origin for a New Era The Boring Superman Kryptonite Comes to Comics Operation: Intolerance From Cereal to Serial Meanwhile, Back in the Comics

5. Powers and Abilities Far Beyond Those of Mortal Men (1950–1959)

Superman Stays Stateside—Again Television: The Serial Killer Superman and the Mole Men Our Flag Was Still There Selling Superman Changing of the Guard Fawcett Fallout The Doctor Is In The Predawn of a Silver Age Return of the Superheroes Superman (on Television) Goes Dark He's No Krypto Traumas, Tricks, and Transformations: The Silver Age of Superman To Be Continuity-ed The Fortress Goes North There Goes the Neighborhood: The Kryptonian Influx "Great Krypton!" "Me Hate Lois! Hello Forever!" Adding Melo- to the Drama Daily Planet of the Apes "Look Again, Superman! It's Me . . . Supergirl! And I'm real!"

6. Not a Dream! Not a Hoax! Not an Imaginary Story! (1960–1969)

Enter: Supergirl Here Comes the Sun It's Bizarro's World, and We're Just Livin' in It Back to the Salt Mines Return to Krypton The Valiant Taste of Death but Once. Twice. Okay, Three, Maybe Four Times, Tops. A Levittown of Solitude (Another) New Origin for a New Age Our Numbers Are Legion Swan Dives In With Great Power Come Limited Possibilities Camelot The Silver Age Begins to Tarnish The Times, They Are a-Changin' How to Make Comics the Marvel Way Superman Goes to Camp The Smell of the Greasepaint The Fanboys Are Coming A Job for Bud Collyer I Am I Am I Am Superman Silver Wear and Tear

7. Kryptonite Nevermore! Briefly! (1970–1977)

"There's a New Kind of Superman Coming!" Fortress of Lassitude "Let's Rap!" "Kirby Is Coming!" "Kryptonite Nevermore!" Kryptonite? Some More! Behold the (Super) Man Taking It Seriously The Terra-Man with No Name Easy Like Saturday Morning Man of Tomorrowland? The Saga of the Super-Sons! Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes Sp-Sp-Sp-Speedos Vindication, of a Sort Superman on the Air "Who Took the Super out of Superman?" The Battle of the Century An Unserious Book Takes Superman Seriously Explosion and Implosion

8. The Year of Superman (1978)

Super-Smackdowns Float Like a Kryptonian Snagriff, Sting Like a Kryptonian Fire-Snake Red vs. Blue Vivisecting the Unicorn You Will Believe a Man Can Fly An Offer He Couldn't Refuse A Streetcar Named Dinero Star Search Tensions and Timetables Superman: The Movie "You Will Believe a Man Can Fly"

9. Superman Agonistes (1979–1986)

The New Normal Grow for Me Origin, Again: Last Stop before the Crisis Enter . . . Mongul "So Fresh-Roasted! So Creamy! So Yummy!" Superman II : The Adventure—and the Headache—Continues You Will Believe a Man Can F*** (Not So) Enormous Changes at (Almost) the Last Minute The New Luthor-Brainiac Team "Superman vs. the King of Computerized Crime!" Superman III Standout Stories Who Runs the (Super)World? "Her First Great Adventure" End(s) of an Era The Crisis Approaches For the Man Who Has Everything "You Turn in Battle, Girl? That Is a Fatal Mistake!" Dark Knight vs. Blue Stooge Waiting Out the Clock Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

10. The Never-Ending Battle . . . Ends. For a While. (1986–1993)

Three Titles, No Waiting Museum Piece The Nuclear Winter of Our Discontent Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Byrne-ing the Midnight Oil Golden Anniversary To the Small Screen After-Byrners Night in America Boy, Interrupted Engage! "Clark Kent, Now There Was a Real Gent" Chronicle of a Death Foretold Doomsday Scenario Death of a Hero A World without a Superman The Four Horsemen of the Supe-ocalypse Back in Business?

11. Faster Than a Speeding Mullet (1994–2001)

The Else of All Possible Worlds Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Meanwhile, Back in the Comics Endings and Beginnings I Now Pronounce You Superman and Wife Re-Animated Kal-El Goes Electric A Place in the Pantheon Superman Red and Superman Blue 2: Electric Boogaloo Back to Basics Superman Now Superman at the Millennium "What's So Funny about Truth, Justice, and the American Way?" Return to Krypton (Bring a Headband) "Where Was Superman?"

12. Secret Origin, Re-Redux (2001–2005)

A Buffy-Shaped Vacancy Somebody Saaaaave Meeeee Justice League Transitions Superman: Birthright A Tale of Two Supermen From Both Sides Now Countdown to Infinite Crisis Crisis Management, Twenty-First-Century Style

13. All-Star (2006–2012)

"A Vitruvian Man in a Cape" All-Star Superman Arachnophobia: The Long Road Back to the Big Screen "Don't Be Afraid of It" Superman Returns A Hugely Successful Failure The Donner Party Caviling over Continuity Final (No, Seriously) Crisis Super-President That Kan-Dor Spirit New Krypton A Change of Address Origin, All Over Again Grounded "Hipster Superman?" The Un-American Way Flashpoint A Hot Dog—an Armored Hot Dog

Epilogue: Man of Tomorrow (2013 and Beyond)

Superman at Seventy-Five

Acknowledgments Bibliography Index