Author: Marc Tyler Nobleman Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 044981064X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 42
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Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school misfits in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote his own original stories and Joe illustrated them. In 1934, the summer they graduated from high school, they created a superhero who was everything they were not. It was four more years before they convinced a publisher to take a chance on their Man of Steel in a new format--the comic book. The author includes a provocative afterword about the long struggle Jerry and Joe had with DC Comics when the boys realized they had made a mistake in selling all rights to Superman for a mere $130.
Author: Marc Tyler Nobleman Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 044981064X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 42
Book Description
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school misfits in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales. Jerry wrote his own original stories and Joe illustrated them. In 1934, the summer they graduated from high school, they created a superhero who was everything they were not. It was four more years before they convinced a publisher to take a chance on their Man of Steel in a new format--the comic book. The author includes a provocative afterword about the long struggle Jerry and Joe had with DC Comics when the boys realized they had made a mistake in selling all rights to Superman for a mere $130.
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In time for the 75th anniversary of the Man of Steel, comes the first comprehensive literary biography of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, creators of the DC Comics superhero Superman and the inspiration for Michael Chabon's Kavalier and Clay Drawing on ten years of research in the trenches of Cleveland libraries, boarded-up high schools, and secret, private collections, and a love of comic books, Brad Ricca's Super Boys is the first ever full biography about Superman's creators. Among scores of new discoveries, the book reveals the first stories and pictures ever published by the two, where the first Superman story really came from, the real inspiration for Lois Lane, the template for Superman's costume, and much, much more. Super Boys also tracks the boys' unknown, often mysterious lives after they left Superman, including Siegel's secret work during World War II and never-before-seen work from Shuster. Super Boys explains, finally, what exactly happened with the infamous check for $130 that pulled Superman away from his creators—and gave control of the character to the publisher. Ricca also uncovers the true nature of Jerry's father's death, a crime that has always remained a mystery. Super Boys is the story of a long friendship between boys who grew to be men and the standard that would be impossible for both of them to live up to.
Author: Marc Tyler Nobleman Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1434216136 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 42
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When lightning strikes deep in the middle of the forest, the creatures who live there gain a terrible new power and destroy humans! Can Mary and her best friend, Isabel, stop them?
Author: Danielle Steel Publisher: ISBN: 0399179534 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
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One day after the school's annual Halloween event, a student lies in the hospital, her system poisoned by dangerous levels of alcohol. Everyone in this sheltered community: parents, teachers, students, police, and the media are left trying to figure out what actually happened
Author: Zeina Abirached Publisher: Graphic Universe ™ ISBN: 1467772828 Category : Young Adult Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 96
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Zeina Abirached, author of the award-winning graphic novel A Game for Swallows, returns with a powerful collection of wartime memories. Abirached was born in Lebanon in 1981. She grew up in Beirut as fighting between Christians and Muslims divided the city streets. Follow her past cars riddled with bullet holes, into taxi cabs that travel where buses refuse to go, and on outings to collect shrapnel from the sidewalk. With striking black-and-white artwork, Abirached recalls the details of ordinary life inside a war zone.
Author: Julian Voloj Publisher: Super Genius ISBN: 1545801924 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 183
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Everyone knows Superman, but not everyone knows the story of two youngsters from Cleveland who created Superman. Based on archival material and original sources, "Truth, Justice, and the American Way: The Joe Shuster Story" tells the story of the friendship between writer Jerry Siegel and illustrator Joe Shuster, and puts it into the wider context of the American comicbook industry.
Author: Geoff Johns Publisher: Titan Publishing Company ISBN: 9781848567801 Category : Graphic novels Languages : en Pages : 144
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While Conner reunites with Wonder Girl, Lex Luthor and Brainiac form a partnership that will cause havoc throughout the DC universe. On the hunt for Luthor, Conner turns to his friend Tim Drake. But Tim's now travelling the globe as Red Robin, & Conner discovers that Tim has been hiding secrets that could destroy their friendship.
Author: Marc Tyler Nobleman
Author: Brad Ricca
Author: John Sazaklis
Author: Marc Tyler Nobleman
Author: Danielle Steel
Author: Aubrey P. Andelin
Author: Zeina Abirached
Author: Julian Voloj
Author: Geoff Johns