The Great Superman Book: The Complete Encyclopedia of the Folk Hero of America

Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes #3

by Michael Fleisher

Complete with a bibliography and recommended reading list, this practical and perceptive guide, written by a teacher of exceptional children, discusses current educational alternatives, enriching activities, and interesting case histories

Genres: Superheroes, Comics, Reference, Dc Comics, Nonfiction, Childrens, Superman

Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Michael Lawrence Fleisher's comic-book writing career spanned two decades in which he authored approximately 700 stories for DC, Marvel, and other comics publishers. His work on series such as The Spectre and Jonah Hex is still highly regarded, as is his work on the Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes. After a widely reported libel case his comic output declined, with his last published comic assignment appearing in the UK anthology 2000AD in 1995.

Reviews

[Tavia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Replacing my lost copy of the original edition. Adore these references listing all of the old-time characters in these comics.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 4 out of 5]

No sé muy bien con qué criterio se debe puntuar una enciclopedia, pero cuando conseguí este libraco a 14$ hace década y pico me puse tan contento que lo devoré en gran parte, de paso mejorando mi inglés, que en aquel entonces era bastante básico. Los mapitas que incluía eran muy instructivos y siempre recuerdo con una sonrisa que fue gracias a su entrada que conocí a "El Gaucho", el Batman argentino que hace poco resurgió gracias a Morrison. Cuando relea algunos fragmentos seguro vaya sumando curiosidades a esta simplona reseña.

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing catalogue of stories and characters. Loved this as a kid.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ejemplar con la portada dañada pero encuadernado impecable. Conseguido gracias a Pad Al.

[Ribrarian Not]

Libro sobre historietas con ISBN propio. Aparentemente contó con varias ediciones pero nunca se editó en castellano.

[Liedzeit Liedzeit · Rating 5 out of 5]

If there is one thing that deserves the description labor of love it is this one. Well, there are three. The others are on Batman and Wonder Woman. Now this is an encyclopedia. You can learn (nearly) everything that ever happened to the Man of Steel. Until 1976 or so. But who cares for what was going on after that.
Fleisher had the idea of writing such a book while working on the Encyclopedia Britannica. At least that is what he claims. - I just learned that he died this year. A great man. On the crazy side, of course.

[Wt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This wonderful volume of information on all things Pre-Crisis Superman was one of those books I read as a young fan and got me so wound up about wanting to read those stories, I have been collecting now for over 40 years! Fleisher really knew Superman (and Batman and Wonder Woman) and this labor of love still shines through.
Don't expect this to be useful for the modern Superman, but rather the Golden and Silver-Age Superman that were the basis for making DC great!

[Ismail menasterly · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because it shows everything that ever happened in the superman universe like who he has fought how and when he died and his love affairs

[Zintulo Deyuno · Rating 5 out of 5]

The complete encyclopedia of the folk hero of America!

THE GREAT SUPERMAN BOOK

(Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes #3)

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

the original, 70s version is much better

[Variaciones Enrojo]

El gran libro de Superman, Enciclopedia de los Héroes del Cómic #3.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great reference work. Tons of entries on the heroes of the comics and more. Recommended