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Cosa conterrà il volume Action Comics #1000: 80 Years of Superman

Come ormai sapete, il prossimo 18 aprile uscirà l'albo Action Comics #1000 che celebrerà il personaggio di Superman e presenterà diverse storie e cover. L'albo avrà 80 pagine e costerà 7,99$. Contemporaneamente, uscirà anche il libro Action Comics #1000: 80 Years of Superman che avrà 384 pagine e costerà 29,99€. Il volume hardcover è curato dall'ex editor DC Paul Levitz e includerà una nuova storia originale di Levitz e di Neal Adams intitolata "The Game" e una storia di Superman di 12 pagine mai pubblicata di Jerry Siegel e del Joe Shuster Studio intitolata "Too Many Heroes".

Vediamo, dunque, cosa conterrà il volume. Riguardo gli editoriali, abbiamo:

  • An editor's note by Levitz
  • A tribute to Action Comics by Laura Siegel Larson (daughter of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel)
  • An introduction by Jules Feiffer
  • And essays by by Tom DeHaven (It’s Superman!), David Hajdu (The Ten-Cent Plague), Larry Tye (Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero) and Gene Luen Yang (Superman, New Super-Man, and American Born Chinese)

Le storie ristampate, invece, sono:

  • “The Coming of Superman,” from Action Comics #1, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Joe Shuster
  • "Revolution in San Monte,” from Action Comics #2, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Joe Shuster
  • “The Terrible Toyman!,” from Action Comics #64, written by Don Cameron with art by Ed Dobrotka and George Roussos, featuring the debut of Toyman
  • “The Super-Key to Fort Superman,” from Action Comics #241, written by Jerry Coleman with art by Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye, featuring the first appearance of the Fortress of Solitude
  • “The Super-Duel in Space,” from Action Comics #242, written by Otto Binder with art by Al Plastino, featuring the debut of Brainiac
  • “The Supergirl from Krypton!,” from Action Comics #252, written by Otto Binder with art by Al Plastino, featuring the debut of Supergirl
  • “The World’s Greatest Heroine!,” from Action Comics #285, written by Jerry Siegel with art by Jim Mooney
  • “The Superman Super-Spectacular!,” from Actoin Comics #309, written by Edmond Hamilton with art by Curt Swan and George Klein, featuring an appearance by President John F. Kennedy
  • “Superman Takes a Wife,” from Action Comics #484, written by Cary Bates with art by Curt Swan and Joe Giella
  • “If Superman Didn’t Exist…” from Action Comics #554, written by Marv Wolfman with art by Gil Kane
  • “The Game,” a new original story written by Paul Levitz with art by Neal Adams
  • “Squatter,” from Action Comics #584, written by John Byrne with art by Byrne and Dick Giordano
  • “Ma Kent’s Photo Album,” from Action Comics #655, written by Roger Stern with art by Kerry Gammill and Dennis Janke
  • “Secrets in the Night,” from Action Comics #662, written by Roger Stern with art by Bob McLeod
  • “A Hero’s Journey,” from Action Comics #800, written by Joe Kelly with art by Pasqual Ferry, Duncan Rouleau, Lee Bermejo and others
  • “The Boy Who Stole Superman’s Cape,” from Action Comics #0, written by Grant Morrison with art by Ben Oliver
  • “The Mystery of the Freight Train Robberies,” from Action Comics #1, written by Fred Guardineer with art by Guardineer, featuring the debut of Zatara
  • “The Origin of the Vigilante,” from Action Comics #42, written by Mort Weisinger with art by Mort Meskin, featuring the debut of the Vigilante
  • “The Assassin-Express Contract!,” from Action Comics #419, written by Len Wein with art by Carmine Infantino and Dick Giordano, featuring the debut of the Human Target

Di seguito trovate la cover del volume.

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(Via Newsarama)

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