Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years

Jerry Siegel · Grant Morrison

nov. 2013 · Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years · DC

Om denne e-bog

For seventy-five years, Lois Lane has been one of the most iconic characters in comics. In celebration of her contributions to the DC Universe and life as a pop culture icon, DC Comics is proud to present this new hardcover anthology collecting some of Lois Lane's greatest stories from creators such as Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, John Byrne, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, John Byrne, Phil Jimenez, Frank Quitely and many more! The Lois Lane Anthology collects stories from the following issues: Action Comics #1 - The Superman, Champion of the Oppressed... Action Comics #2 - The War in San Monte Action Comics #6 - Superman: The Man Who Sold Superman Action Comics #484 - Superman Takes A Wife Action Comics #600 - True Love Action Comics #662 - At Long Last... The Secret Revealed! Adventures of Superman #631 - Battery Part Five All Star Superman #2 - Superman's Secret Room All Star Superman #3 - Sweet Dreams Superwoman Man of Steel #2 - The Story of the Century Showcase #9 Superman #29, #33-34, #58, #168 Superman 80-Page Giant 2011 Superman: Lois Lane #1

Om forfatteren

Born in 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio, Jerome Siegel was, as a teenager, a fan of the emerging literary genre that came to be known as science fiction. Together with schoolmate Joe Shuster, Siegel published several science-fiction fan magazines, and in 1933 they came up with their own science-fiction hero ã Superman. Siegel scripted and Shuster drew several weeks worth of newspaper strips featuring their new creation, but garnered no interest from publishers or newspaper syndicates. It wasnt until the two established themselves as reliable adventure-strip creators at DC Comics that the editors at DC offered to take a chance on the Superman material ã provided it was re-pasted into comic-book format for DCs new magazine, ACTION COMICS. Siegel wrote the adventures of Superman (as well as other DC heroes, most notably the Spectre, his co-creation with Bernard Baily) through 1948 and then again from 1959-1966, in the interim scripting several newspaper strips including Funnyman and Ken Winston. Jerry Siegel died in January, 1996. Joseph Shuster was born in 1914 in Toronto, Canada. When he was nine, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Shuster met Jerry Siegel. The two became fast friends and collaborators; together, they published the earliest science-fiction fan magazines, where Shuster honed his fledgling art skills. In 1936, he and Siegel began providing DC Comics with such new features as Dr. Occult, Slam Bradley and Radio Squad before selling Superman to DC in 1938. Influenced by such comic-strip greats as Wash Tubbs Roy Crane, Joe Shuster drew Superman through 1947, after which he left comic books to create the comic strip Funnyman, again with Siegel. Failing eyesight cut short his career, but not before his place in the history of American culture was assured. Shuster died of heart failure on July 30, 1992.