The Adventures of Superboy Book 1.

by Jerry Siegel

The original adventures of Superman when he was a boy are collected in this book. In his hometown of Smallville, the future Man of Steel learns responsibility as he deals with problems of every sort in the post-World War II Midwest.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 2010

About the author

Jerome "Jerry" Siegel, who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S. Fine, was the American co-creator of Superman (along with Joe Shuster), the first of the great comic book superheroes and one of the most recognizable icons of the 20th century.
He and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993.

Reviews

[Jean-Pierre Vidrine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun and interesting look back in time. Having read a number of Superboy comics from later years, this collection had some real eye openers. Early on in the book, before it was made more explicitly clear, I became aware that there was no mention of Smallville or Kansas. Young Clark lives in either a suburb or a small burrow of the city! Also, Mr. and Mrs. Kent are barely seen. The stories mostly center on Clark/Superboy and the diverse bunch of young people he encounters, none of whom is Lana Lang. There an innocent quality to these stories, giving us a Superboy who could fit right in with an "Our Gang" short or even hang out with the kids in Riverdale. Reading these comics was like discovering a new character that I thought I had already known.