Daniels, Les. Superman: The Complete History. Art direction and design by Chip Kidd. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998. 192pp. ISBN 0-8118-2162-5 (cloth). 
[NOTE: This design of this book includes numerous brief side-bars. For completeness' sake, these side-bar pieces are included below, although they do not appear in the book's official Table of Contents.]
1 - CREATION ... 10
Pulp Fiction ... 13
"The Reign of the Superman" ... 14-15
The Super Sailor ... 18
Another Lois Lane ... 20
The Making of Metropolis ... 27

2 -  EXPLOSION ... 34
May I Use Your Cape? ... 37
[A dozen early Superman Newspaper strips, January 1939 - November 1941] ... 38-40
In Our Last Episode ... 52
Superman's Naughtiest Nemesis ... 67
Superman by the Book ... 70
Who the "L" Is Lana Lang? ... 73
Complete Comics Story
"Powerstone" (Jerry Siegel (s), Sikela (a); Action Comics 47, April 1942) ... 77-89

3 -  TRANSFORMATION ... 90
Who Loves Lucy? ... 93
Pilot to Copilot ... 97
The Dream Team ... 105
Everthing You Know Is Wrong ... 110
Complete Comics Story:
The Shrinking Superman" (Otto Binder (s), Wayne Boring (a); Action Comics 245, October 1958) ... 117-29

4 - REINCARNATION ... 130
Never-Never Land? ... 135
Company's Coming ... 140
A Challenge to the Champ ... 147
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Turkey! ... 148
Complete Comics Story
"Metropolis 900 mi" (John Byrne (s and p), Karl Kesel (i); Superman (2nd series) 9, September 1987) ... 151-57

5 - RESURRECTION ... 158
Blowing Up Superman ... 163
The Steel Shaquille O'Neal ... 176
Armageddon: Ready for the Big One ... 182
Superman's Pal, Jerry Seinfeld ... 185

 Acknowledgments ... 190
Index ... 191
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