Superman got his own self-titled book in June of 1939, a
couple months over a year after the character debuted. And while the comic
features five stories, it doesn’t have very much originality.
The comic features five stories: “Clark Kent Gets a Job,”
The Coming of Superman,” Revolution in San Monte,” “The Blakely Mine Disaster,”
and Superman, Gridiron Hero.” All of these are reprints of stories featured in
the first few issues of Action Comics. However, the first story actually has a
few new pages.
The cover is… also kind of bland, with Superman leaping up
and looking down with text boxes proclaiming full color exploits of Superman.
The Action Comics #1 cover was better in every possible way.
The only aspect of the stories comic worth mentioning is the
few original pages that added to the story found in Action Comics #1. And it’s
pretty interesting in that it showed that Clark has used his persona as
Superman to aide in his reporting since the beginning, including getting a
story that got him his job at the Daily Star. (Before it became the Daily
Planet). It’s also a good tie in to where the original comic opened.
This comic really should have been full of new stories
rather than just a compilation of stories that had already been published.
DC Comics: resisting writing new material and figuring out
ways to soak everyone’s money since 1939.
Superman #1 – 3/5
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