Superman Exposed: The Incredible Story of the Man of Steel

by Dean King

Book Description
Publication Date: August 5, 2012
‘Superman Exposed:The Incredible Story of the Man of Steel

How much do you really know about Superman? Why is considered a cultural icon? Why does he wear his briefs over his pants? How many Supermen are here really? Has he really been married to Lois Lane? Did they ever have any children? Why don’t you know all the answers to these questions?

The answer to the last is simple, really. You have not read a comprehensive guide to the Superman mythos which will tell you all you need to know about his history, exploits and contributions to life as we know it.

Here is your chance. This is the one ebook you would not want to pass up on of you have questions about the Man of Steel.

What’s Inside?

Included in this ebook is the publication history of the Man of Steel, his origins, his personality, his allies, his rogue's gallery and his appearance in different mediums- from the 1930's comic books to modern cinema.

Table Of Contents

Introduction
Part 1 – Up, Up and Away!
Chapter 1 – The Early Days
Chapter 2 – The Golden Age
Chapter 3 – The Silver Age
Chapter 4 – The Bronze Age
Chapter 5– The Modern Age
Chapter 6 – The Post-Modern Age
Part 2 – The Man of Steel
Chapter 7 – Who is Superman?
Chapter 8 – The Fortress of Solitude
Chapter 9 – Friends and Foes
Part 3 – 'S' Marks the Superhero
Chapter 10 – Look! Up in the Sky…
Chapter 11 – The Superman Effect
Afterword

Start Reading Now...

If you think you have seen, heard and read all about there is about the Man of Steel, you know nothing until you add this ebook to your collection. Its 30 pages of juicy information about the worlds first superhero is also adorned with artwork and pictures spanning seven decades of Superman's incredible career in various mediums.

49 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 5, 2012

About the author

I like to read, wander cross-country, travel in cultures I don't understand, cycle, play squash, and I'm a foodie. But most of all I like to be in the throes of writing a book. This is invigorating work. The moment when the hard-won research combines with a bit of sweat and blood and occasionally a tear to become a fluid paragraph is like no other. What I hope to achieve is to suspend time and disbelief for the reader and carry her or him into another world, where they live more fully and in the moment.

Reviews

[Pei-jean Lu · Rating 2 out of 5]

While interesting, this book didn’t tell me anything more than I already knew about the history of Superman. It’s a a good starting point if you are just starting to delve deeper into the history of the Man of Steel.

[Roopkumar Balachandran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superman, the Man of Tomorrow, Man of Steel is one of my favourite Super Hero characters. After reading this book I came to understand that I know very little about Man of Steel. This book is a good read. Joe Shuster derived the name for Superman alter ego "Clark Kent" from two movie actors Clark Gable and Kent Taylor. Superman' love interest Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane character was modeled from Jerry Siegel's wife Joanne Carter. The fictional city Metropolis was named after the Fritz Lang movie Metropolis (1927).

I came to know that the concept of Superman was made way back in 1933, but it took nearly 5 years to reach the print. Jerry and Joe prepared the story for comic book adaption but when they were turned down they changed it for paper strip for Newspaper, but again they were unfortunate.

In earlier stories Superman's personality portrayed by his two creators (Jerry and Joe) as rough, aggressive, with loose moral code and violent. Nowadays we may find this fact as unbearable, as his early depiction of Superman is quite different. In Action comics #1, his character championed for the oppressed and the helpless against munitions manufacturers, hit-and-run drunk drivers, con-men, corrupt businessmen, crooked cops and domestic offenders like wife beaters and child abusers.

Later the change in story department and time, Superman who was once able to leap tall buildings now started to fly around the world. During the earlier part of 1950s Superman was given more powers like heat vision and the ability to breathe in space. He was also shown as being able to travel through time. Subsequently his opponents became more fantastic and powerful as well. On his eating habits, not only that Superman has been depicted as a vegetarian but in some comics he is depicted as an omnivore.

The famous phrase "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap building in a single bound", was first coined by Jay Morton for the Superman radio serials.

Earlier Man of Steel's home is known as Secret Citadel, then it got changed to crystallized building "Fortress Of Solitude" which lies some where in Polar region.

The author Dean King has neatly given the details of when the radio show was broadcasted, insights into several cartoon shows from 1940s to 1990s, the actors who took the mantle of Superman in TVs and as well in movies.

This book has less pages, is treasure trove for Superman fans.