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Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 Free FREE SUPERMAN: CHRONICLES VOL.1 PDF Joe Shuster,Jerry Siegel | 208 pages | 30 Mar 2006 | DC Comics | 9781401207649 | English | New York, NY, United States DC Chronicles - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Superman: Chronicles Vol.1. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — The Superman Chronicles, Vol. The Superman Chronicles, Vol. Joe Shuster Illustrator. For over sixty years he has been one of the most recognizable American icons. An instant hit from his first appearance, Superman's popularity has grown through the decades -- and today he is known worldwide as the defender of Truth, Justice and the American Way. But his earliest stories Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 a Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 who took no prisoners, made his own laws and gleefully delivered his own brand of justice -- even if it meant dangling a crook by the ankle from above Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 city, or giving a Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 a taste of his own medicine. This was a Superman who embodied pure wish fulfillment, with his early adventures showing a raw super-hero in the making -- and the development of an enduring classic! DC Comics is proud to present this definitive and affordable collection of Superman's first stories. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 Superman Chronicles 1Superman 1. Other Editions 4. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Superman Chronicles, Vol. Be the first to ask a question about The Superman Chronicles, Vol. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Superman Chronicles, Vol. People who say that 'super heroes have always been about social justice' can Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 to these early Superman stories as exhibit A. Except, "social justice" Superman is a menace to society. He smashes cars, buildings, commits stock fraud, cheats at football spies on people, threatens them with death. It might be funny to list each and every sadistic or destructive thing in these 'chronicles,' but in the end, I just wanted to be done with them. There was one above average story where someone pretends People who say that 'super heroes have always been about social justice' can point to these early Superman stories as exhibit A. There was one above average story where someone pretends to be Superman's agent, so he can market Superman gas, Superman breakfast cereal, etc. Clark Kent's reporting busts that story wide open. Also, I don't know if it was the times, or competition with Batman, but Supes seems to get even nastier toward the end of this run. At one point, he's flying a guy around to frighten him, and when the guy tries to knife Superman, he loses his grip, and both fall. Superman grabs the side of a building, and his victim plunges to his death. View 1 comment. I grew up watching Superman cartoons but I never read the comics. I did some research and Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 found the very first issues of Superman! Issue 1 was written in June I really liked the classic artwork of these comics. The stories were fun and Superman never failed to impress. These comics were written for kids, but over time Superman grasped Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 attention of kids and adults. I read a few reviews of this volum I grew up watching Superman cartoons but I never read the comics. I read a few reviews of this volume and I had to laugh at a lot of them. I thought Superman never failed Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 help those in need, and the villains always got what was coming to them. However, not all the bad guys were put in prison. Some of the villains were shown the error of their ways by the Man of Steel and they completely changed. These comics were enjoyable and fun! Jan 12, Adam Graham rated it really Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 it. This story tracks Superman's first fifteen stories beginning with Action Comic 1 through Action Comics 13 and also includes the New York World's Fair Comics 1 story and a few pages that Superman 1 added to its reprints of the stories in Action Comics 1- 4. These Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 stories features Superman as defender of the weak against a variety Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 foes including munitions dealers who Jerry Siegel charged with starting wars to line their own pockets, heartless mine owners, gangsters, and slum lords. Superman's tactics were far rougher than they would become as Superman became a little more mild during the s. Superman,like Batman struck fear in the hearts of criminals. Though Batman needed a cool name and a scary costume, all Superman needed to was to Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 dropping and catching suspects until they talked. Superman's rough edge would begin to get out of line. In Action Comics 8, he decided to solve the problem of slums by Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 them down forcing the government to rebuild as they had during recent hurricanes. The police responded by putting a warrant out for him for understandable reasons. The stories serve as an almost cautionary tale of the danger of someone with unstoppable and no humility. It reflects the brashness of a year old writer. Thankfully Superman would grow in the s into a character that inspired by hope than by fear. However, despite the Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 menacing Superman in this book, there are some fun stories in here. My Absolute favorite is Action Comics 6 which features an agent pretending Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 represent Superman and selling merchandising rights for the Man of Steel, which turned out to be prophetic of the merchandising machine Superman would become. Action Comics 7 features another story of Superman helping out somebody whose just in trouble and needs help. Action Comics 13 introduces the Ultra-Humanite, the first real Superman: Chronicles Vol.1, though we only get to meet him briefly. Overall, this is great for adult Superman collectors who want to read all of his stories. For kids, I'd probably recommend Superman in the Forties for a more balanced look at the Man of Steel. Jul 18, Printable Tire rated it it was amazing. Superman, Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 originally imagined, is a fascinating figure: a sort of Super Marxist or anarchist, a fighter of "oppression" rather than a proponent to the "American way," as he seems indifferent or even hostile towards authority. Right at the start of Action Comics 1 Superman is bringing a wife-beater to justice, and in ensuing issues he is tackling big business and warmongers and con artists and even publicists who Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 the Recently read Batman Chronicles 1 and now I've read Superman Chronicles 1. Right at Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 start of Action Comics 1 Superman is bringing a wife-beater to justice, and in ensuing issues he is tackling big business and warmongers and con artists and even publicists who use the name of Superman in vain. He razes a slum, forcing the government to Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 a neighborhood that will keep underprivileged kids from turning into juvenile delinquents. He tackles prisoner exploitation and resists being tackled when leading a team to victory in football. One of my favorite stories in the lot concerns Superman tricking a group of bored millionaires to party in a mine, at which point he inflicts on them the horrible conditions experienced by miners. There is a certain "everyman's revenge" aspect to Superman in these stories, and he will often be wearing disguises or enlisting in work as a normal Joe, perhaps suggesting that Superman is everywhere and everybody, much like the nameless stars of the Battleship Potempkin. Superman is a progressive figure who could only have emerged from the Depression. Then there is what I call the "government bailout" episode, in which Superman saves a struggling circus by becoming its greatest attraction, to the detriment of all the other performers. If the old guy's circus is struggling, Superman, maybe it deserves to go out of business? What's going to happen when you get sick of showboating and go home? Superman's fighting for the little guy, sure, but we all know what happened in Communist Russia and there's a streak of a dictator in him. Consider an issue concerning auto safety, in which Superman takes it upon himself to smash through walls, hijack radio stations, destroy impounded cars, and terrify motorists, all for his own sick idea of justice. Living under the whim of The Police State of Superman seems terrifying, and it makes one wish for a hero to arrive on the scene Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 take on this big, self-righteous bully, someone who embodies the independent, capitalist, and free market spirit of America I also like how Clark Kent isn't mild-mannered but actually a sniveling coward Lois Lane actively despises. Why Superman feels the need to keep up such an unlikable persona is a mystery, although if I were to get all Monday Night Superman: Chronicles Vol.1 I would say he must get some sort of masochistic enjoyment out of being tortured by Lois after totally dominating the rest of the world.
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