Superman adventures the comic book price guide for. Superman adventures is a dc comics comic book series featuring superman. The new adventures of superman tv series 19661970 imdb. With george reeves, jack larson, noel neill, john hamilton. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. As a result, the series is probably the purest adaptation of late goldenearly silverage comic books out there. Adventure comics is an american comic book series published by dc comics from 1938 to 1983 and revived from 2009 to 2011. The new adventures of superman will find the show a little campy, thanks to some corny plots and the passage of nearly two decades since its start, but overall its fine to share this fun series with older tweens. Theres a fair amount of debate about the beginning of the golden age of comics. The new adventures of superman is an american superhero television series based on the dc comics character superman created by jerry siegel and joe shuster. The adventures of superman comic book dc comics no. The adventures of superman takes me back to my childhood and this first season of adventures started them all. An adaptation from the 60 of the superman saga, featuring the adventures of superman and superboy. As citizens of earth flee to the stars, kamandi tells the story of supermans earliest defeat one that haunted him for years.
If youre looking to remain unspoiled, time to get up, up and away. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Series intertitles in black and white 195254 and color 195558. Rising from the ashes of the final days of superman, awardwinning writer gene luen yang and ontherise art star viktor bogdanovic introduce readers to kong kenanthe new superman. What myra doesnt know is that she has been manipulated into a criminal scheme cooked up by her guardian jonas rockwell john eldredge, who intends to use superman as an unwitting courier for a set of. Expect a lot of peril and violence mostly in the form of clashes with supervillains or human catastrophes like fires and. George reeves is great at bringing the classic american hero to life from the comic pages. The doomsday showdown demonstrated the need to reignite interest in a superman. In those cases, success is largely a matter of superman simply getting there on time to save the day. The character regularly appears in comic books published by dc comics, and has been adapted to a number of radio serials, movies, and television shows superman was born on the planet krypton and was given. The animated series, and counterpart to the batman adventures. Modern age 1992now bronze age 197083 silver age 195669 copper age 19841991 graphic novels, tpbs.
Based on the comic book character created by jerry siegel and joe shuster created in 1938. Watch full episodes of the adventures of superman and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Superman, batman, deadpool, wonder woman, etc and the very first comic books that introduced them to the world. Journey into supermans past in a tale written by enders game author orson scott card and aaron johnson, with art by tom strongs chris sprouse and karl story. This is the old superman series from 19521958 with george reeves as clark kent superman. Superman and supergirl attempt to free their city via the phantom zone but learn that if they succeed, a. It is a sister title to the batman adventures based on batman. Adventures of superman the girl who hired superman tv. Bbc radio programs superman on trial, the adventures of superman and doomsday and beyond 19881995 australian superman radio program 19491954 australian superman radio series, inspired by the american program. One of the most favorite topics of mine during this course was about the insights, story and details of probably one of the most influential comic books of all time maus in 1992, maus became the first graphic novel. Here is an archive of all the comics featured so far.
Alex blood sport trent excellent likenew condition this item is shipped usps mail. If ordering more than one of our comics or magazines, contact us before submitting payment for a reduced shipping price. Developed for television by deborah joy levine, the series loosely followed the modern. Some of the strongest episodes in the series tend to be the ones. With bud collyer, joan alexander, jackson beck, jack grimes. This group is 40 files, a few being a few kilobytes of the start. Superman radio program 19401951 superman radio show episode list. Jun 20, 2006 adventures of superman 1952 1958 opening and closing theme with snippets hd duration. The series aired on abc from september 12, 1993 to june 14, 1997. The comic book price guide for great britain superman. Before official distribution in the uk of original superman comic from american in november 1959, one way to get your superman fix was through australian reprints which were then made available in the uk, cover priced 6d australian issues were cover priced 8d9d. Comic books, comic book podcast, silver age superman, superman podcast, superman fan podcast, action comics, supergirl, superman 145, may 1961, was published on march 16, 1961. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits.
In this column, mark ginocchio from chasing amazing takes a look at the gimmick covers from the 1990s and gives his take on whether the comic in question was just a gimmick or whether the comic within the gimmick cover was good. Dont miss the debut of this allnew, digitalfirst series starring the man of tomorrow, written and illustrated by some of comics finest talents. An impulsive act of heroism thrusts an arrogant young man into the limelight of shanghai as china begins to form its own justice league of powerful heroes. As waverider continues his quest to find the 20th century hero who will become monarch in his own time, he finds himself drawn to the man of steel for a thir. Adventures of superman last edited by pikahyper on 121119 01. It is different from other superman titles in that it is set in the continuity and style of superman. He was killed because his character was getting boring and d. A superman comic book series in the universe and style of superman. Based on the superman comic books, this liveaction series follows the lives of lois lane and clark kent more than clarks superpowered alter ego years ago, jonathan and. Superman protects metropolis and the world from a variety of threats while working at the daily planet as clark kent. They tend to be newsprint quality covers while the uk editions tend to have glossy covers. These files will help new and old readers understand whats happening to the man of steel. Like that book, it featured mostly doneinone, tightly focused and exciting superman stories that stayed away from the grimmer dark age tone, endless crossovers and continuity lockout of the main superman series. Formerly owned by a girl named alice janine perreau and purchased by the daily planet, joey has the potential to be a winner, but refuses to race unless alice is around.
We continue with 1993s polybagged and peelaway cover of adventures. The man of steel fights crime with help from his friends at the daily planet. New superman issue reveals major turning point for dcs. Witness supermans first encounter with the work of lex luthor, brought to you by jeff parker hulk and chris samnee daredevil. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Some peg it to 1933, when the format of newsstand comic books was codified, but others place the moment in june of 1938, when superman made his debut in jerry siegel and joe shusters first issue of action comics, whose cover featured the redcaped superhero from the planet krypton lifting a car over his. Season four of the adventures of superman opens with a sentimental story about a racing filly named joey. The show was the first television series to feature superman and began filming in 1951 in california on rkopathe stages and the rko forty acres back lot.
Superman in songs a list of songs mentioning superman. Excellent likenew condition this item is shipped usps mail. With a new year arrives another wave of television series based on comic books, with no fewer than eight returning adaptations joined by seven new shows, across broadcast, cable and streaming services thats to say nothing of those series like arrow, the walking dead, the gifted, riverdale and runaways, most of which are merely taking a traditional midseason hiatus before. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. Writers on the series included paul dini, mark evanier, devin grayson, scott mccloud, mark millar, and ty templeton. Much of the superman formula, in all forms of its media presentations, involves superman rescuing someone, either one or more of his colleagues or another person or persons. Dont miss this epic adventure spanning the entirety of supermans lifetime, from an allstar roster of talent. With george reeves, noel neill, john hamilton, bill kennedy.
Originally published in 1942, the adventures of superman was the first fulllength novel about the worlds first and most endearing comic book super hero. This facsimile is an exact reproduction of the original with the addition of a new introduction by bestselling superman comic book. It stars dean cain as clark kent superman and teri hatcher as lois lane. While superman is held captive aboard an intergalactic slaveship in space, on earth the cops would like to talk to clark kent about the charred body found in his apartment. Wealthy and spoiled myra van clever gloria talbott hires superman george reeves to entertain at a party. A cover gallery for the comic book superman adventures. As a result, a lot of the plots are carbon copies of comic book stories from the time for example, the story the phantom superman became the episode superman in exile. The animated series by warner brothers as opposed to the regular dc universe. Adventures of superman 19521958 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958.
Adventures of superman annual 3 a, dec 1991 comic book by dc. This is a list of comic books featuring superman and related characters. Unless otherwise noted in the description, our items are preowned. Dont miss the debut of this allnew series starring the man of steel, written and illustrated by some of comics finest talents.
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