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Dooley, Dennis,
and Gary Engel, eds. 1988. Superman
at Fifty!: The Persistence of a Legend! New
York: Collier. 190pp. ISBN 0020429010 (paper). [Originally
published in 1987 by Octavia Press (Cleveland, OH.)]
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Preface ... 11
THE ORIGINS . . .
- The Man of Tomorrow and the Boys of
Yesterday - Dennis Dooley ... 19
THE EVOLUTION . . .
-
Drawing Superman - Curt Swan ... 37
- The Man of Steel and Me - Dennis O'Neil ... 46
- The Man Who Changed the Comics, cartoon
panel by Harvey Pekar - illustrated by R.Crumb and Gary Dumm ... 59
- From Panel to Panavison - Philip Skerry
with Chris Lamber ... 62
THE PERSISTENCE OF A LEGEND
- What Makes Superman So Darned American? - Gary Engel ... 79
- A Flag with a Human Face - Patrick L.
Eagan ... 88
- Reading Superman - Frederik N. Smith ... 96
- Superstar, Supermom, Super Glue,
Superdooper, Superman - David B. Guralnik ... 103
- Female Meets Supermale - Joanna Connors ... 108
- Pop Goes the Hero - David Galloway ... 116
- St. Clark of Krypton - Edward Mehok ... 123
- The Art and Science of Leaping Tall
Buildings - John D. McGervey ... 130
- Superman and the Dreams of Childhood -
Jane W. Kessler ... 137
- The Good, the Bad and the Oedipal - Lester Roebuck ... 143
- Necessary Heroes - Lee K. Abbott ... 153
THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
-
Lighthearted meditations and trvial
speculations - Arvydas Berkopec, John J. Boyle, Rosa Maria DelVecchio,
Dick Feagler, Tim Gorman, Mary Grimm, Buster Jackson, Stuart Kollar,
Scott Raab, Melissa Spirek and John H. Tidyman ... 161
Contributors Notes ... 183
Index ... 186
Reviews
- Luciano, Dale. "Two
Out of Cleveland, Two Out of Obscurity." [Reviews of Superman at Fifty,
American Splendor 12, Cynicalman: The Paperback, and Mechthings.] The
Comics Journal 120 (March 1988): 45-48 (45-46).
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