|
List Price: $15.00Amazon.com's Price: $10.20 You Save: $4.80 (32%)as of 11/24/2009 21:36 EST details
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Now!
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780345493927
ISBN: 0345493923
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: August 29, 2006
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Studio: Ballantine Books
Features:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Coming of age in rural 1930s America with X-ray vision, the power to stop bullets, and the ability to fly isn’t exactly every boy’s story. So just how did Clark Kent, a shy farmer’s son, grow up to be the Man of Steel? Follow young Clark’s whirlwind journey from Kansas to New York City’s Daily Planet–by way Hollywood. This ace reporter is not the only person leading a double life in a teeming metropolis, just the only one able to leap tall buildings in a single bound–a skill that comes in handy when battling powerful criminal masterminds like scheming Lex Luthor and fascist robots. But can Clark’s Midwestern charm save the day and win the heart of stunning, seen-it-all newspaperwoman Lois Lane? Or is it a job for Superman? Look deep into the soul of a pop-culture legend brilliantly reimagined in this novel, which is as inventive and thrilling as it is touching and wise.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This book is totally different than any depiction of Superman I have come across. It has the feel more of the Dark Night Batman tales. In this one Clark is a type of rebel that has a difficult relationship with his father. Clark is an ultra farm "hick" who works for the local newspaper part-time (the newspaper is a weekly edition) and covers very mundane things like an old lady who designs color postcards.
Clark's father is an outcast from the town because he spurned the church and ... Read More
Rating: -
I don't know if I can praise this book enough. The atmosphere De Haven creates with his dusty, detailed Depression setting merges with the well-known Superman origin story to create something of an entirely different style, but with the same lasting poignancy. His sharp present-tense prose has the punch of a comic strip, and he takes his time with both setting and characters. This book is a commentary not just on Superman, but also on the hero's influence in American culture--and, even more prominently, ... Read More
Rating:  -
For the love of Krypton, what kind of Superman book is there? I STOPPED reading it half way! This book is just a little over 400 pages long and half way through the book, Superman hasn't even been introduced! Clark comes off as uncertain, lost and just wandering around the first 200 pages. No mention of Metropolis, becauses half the novel takes place in New York City....excuse me, but Metropolis IS part of Superman, NOT New York. I decided to skip ahead and read nothing interesting. The "S" stands ... Read More
Rating: -
well, I found it hard to read and follow. The dialog often didn't make much sense to me, and trying to follow the thoughts characters were thinking around the dialog was also very disjointed. The plots progression was therefore hard to follow. Some of his choices, like making Clark not so smart or sure of what he wants to do, doesn't work for me. Best thing was Luthor. A dead on characterization of a true criminal except for the baffling bit about the super-suit at the end.
I didn't get ... Read More
Rating: -
This was an interesting read, and well written. It brought to mind Philip Wylie's `Gladiator'.
I most enjoyed the `30s atmosphere - that, and the `40s, and `50s, are still my favorite time frames for Superman.
I began reading Superman back in the `50s, when I was a kid. That said, I am not a fan of what he - and other super heroes - have evolved into, today. This story is about Clark Kent, and he is not the same Clark Kent that I grew up on. Neither is Luthor. As written, this tale ... Read More
Television Show
Collectibles
Movie Searches
|
|
|
Search for posters,
art prints, photos, collectables, merchandise, toys, t-shirts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TV Guide
Program listings, celebrity profiles, industry
gossip, movie reviews, puzzle.
More
Entertainment
& TV Magazines
This site is
Hosted
by Bluehost
Read
my Bluehost Review
Most Popular TV collectibles
|
|
Home
Articles
Images
Forum
Search
Shopping
TV Trivia
Watch TV
Wallpaper
