Action Comics 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition : 80 Years of Superman

Action Comics 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition : 80 Years of Superman
ISBN: 9781401278878
Publication Date: 17 April 2018

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Superman's debut in Action Comics #1 -- and DC is celebrating this date with the publication of the new hardcover Action Comics 80 Years of Superman! It's an extraordinary party as we revisit stories from across the decades, featuring key character debuts, essays and more in a collection curated by Paul Levitz! ((Please note, this hardcover DOES NOT contain Action Comics #1000!))

Highlights of this collection include:
-A new cover by legendary artist and DC Publisher Jim Lee
-A never-before-published twelve-page Golden Age Superman story believed to have been written by Jerry Siegel with art by the Joe Shuster Studio
-Text pieces including: an editor's note by Paul Levitz, a tribute to Action Comics by Laura Siegel Larson (daughter of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel), an introduction by Jules Feiffer, plus essays by Tom DeHaven ("It's Superman!"), David Hadju ("The Ten-Cent Plague"), Larry Tye ("Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most EnduringHero") and Gene Luen Yang (SUPERMAN, NEW SUPER-MAN and the National Book Award finalist "American Born Chinese")!
-The new five-page story "The Game," written by Paul Levitz with art by Neal Adams

The Superman stories from this collection include:
-"The Coming of Superman," from Action Comics #1, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Joe Shuster
-"Revolution in San Monte," from from Action Comics #2, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Joe Shuster
-"The Terrible Toyman!" from Action Comics #64, written by Don Cameron with art by Ed Dobrotka and George Roussos, featuring the debut of Toyman
-"The Super-Key to Fort Superman," from Action Comics #241, written by Jerry Coleman with art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye, featuring the firs...