The Man from Krypton A Closer Look at Superman

by Yeffeth, Glenn

• ISBN13: 9781932100778
• ISBN10: 1932100776
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-10
• Publisher: Smart Pop

Summary

Superman has returned. The prototypical superhero and original icon, Superman is as American as baseball and apple pie and as ubiquitous as Mickey Mouse; he's been a part of our lives for more than six decades through comic books, the small screen and feature films. Yet there is much about Superman that has never been examined. Until now.

Author Biography

Glenn Yeffeth is the editor of many anthologies in the Smart Pop series, including Anthology at the End of the Universe, Farscape Forever!, Five Seasons of Angel, Navigating the Golden Compass, Taking the Red Pill, Seven Seasons of Buffy, and What Would Sipowitz Do? He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents

Previous Issues	p. 1
A History of Violence	p. 9
You Will Believe a Man Can Walk	p. 23
Jewel Mountains and Fire Falls	p. 33
Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex (Reprinted from All the Myriad Ways)	p. 51
Actor and Superactor	p. 59
A Tale of Two Orphans	p. 69
God, Communism and the WB (Reprinted from The Believer)	p. 77
Supermyth!	p. 93
Six Things That Plain Don't Make Any Sense About Superman	p. 101
Is Superman a Superman?	p. 115
The Mirror of Gilgamesh	p. 127
The Golden Shield	p. 137
Superman by Moonlight	p. 149
Speeding Bullets and Changing Lanes	p. 161
A Word of Warning for Brandon Routh	p. 175
Superman's Moral Evolution	p. 181
Brains Versus Brawn	p. 199
Superman, Patriotism and Doing the Ultimate Good	p. 211
This is a Job for...	p. 221
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