Written and drawn by his co-creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, these early adventures find Superman helping everyday people against crooked politicians, taking on mad scientists (including Lex Luthor), and running afoul of influential socialites. Collects ACTION COMICS #48-63, SUPERMAN #16-23, and WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #6-10.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 13-16 years.

There are 720 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2016 by DC Comics .

Jerry Siegel (1914-1996) is best known as the co-creator of the world's longest published superhero, Superman, with Joe Shuster. He scripted the characrter on and off until 1967, and also worked on numerous other comic series. Wayne Boring was born in Minnesota in 1905 and studied art in his hometown, as well as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He became one of Joe Shuster's early assistants in the late 1930s and eventually assumed the full drawing duties. His rendition of Superman became the most recognizable version during the 1950s and '60s.