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title: "The Superman Chronicles 1"
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# The Superman Chronicles 1

**Brand:** jerry siegel
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## Customer Reviews

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    Progressive and Reckless: A Different Superman
  

*by E***Z on Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2013*

A Superman fan will certainly enjoy reading about his first adventures, regardless of their simplicity when contrasted to modern plots influenced by realism and a more mature audience. This is the Superman of pre-WWII era, a progressive superhero who fought on the side of the oppressed and the underdog. There are no supervillains in these stories that range from Action Comics 1-13 and Superman 1. The villains are the socio-political forces that victimize and fail to protect the underdog. There is a clear mistrust of government in these pages. Among many of his progressive actions, Superman clears an innocent woman from false accusations, protects a woman from an abusive husband, destroys a slum to force the government to build new homes, and wages war against reckless drivers. In these stories readers can see influences of social realism that pervaded the political world of the depression era. Superman does act as Nietzche's "supermensch" when he makes his own decisions and goes above the law to protect and change the lives of the citizens in his community. Superman is very aware of his powers and he is willing to use them even if he has to go against legal authroity. He is ruthless and destructive: just watch him destroy the slum and a car lot in the name of justice. Another interesting fact is that he doesn't send the bad guys to jail; very often he banishes them from the community. My greatest surprise is that he is an outlaw, something I would only expect from Batman. It is only in Action Comics 13 where readers can see Superman fighting a villain, Ultra-humanite, a possible predecessor to Lex Luthor, since he is an evil scientific genius. As I was reading these stories, I was discovering a phase in the life of Superman that I never suspected.Some elements of Superman lore begin in these issues albeit others are yet to appear. For one, Superman is an alien who comes from a distant planet that exploded because of its old age. In Superman 1, this planet is named Krypton. Readers are informed of his superpowers, which does not come from our sun, but from being of a superior race. In Superman 1, the Kents appear for the first time. He only leaps long distances and tall buildings, but he cannot fly. There is no Metropolis, no Perry White, and no Daily Planet. He works with the Daily Star. New York is mentioned once or twice as setting, and even in one occasion he works in Cleveland, Ohio, the Midwest. The oldest of myths, Superman/Clark Kent's relationship with Lois Lane begins in Action Comics 1 where Superman starts rescuing Lois Lane; by Action Comics 5, he's getting kissed by the famous reporter. Clark Kent constantly pursues Lois in the workplace, but Lois despises him for his displays of cowardice, necessary to avoid any suspicions of his true identity.In sum, although these stories or artwork may not be regarded high quality, a true Superman fan will get a kick out of knowing more about his or her favorite superhero's true origins. Thus, Chronicles delivers.

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    This is a Superman I can believe in
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2014*

This is the original Superman, the one who made the character a hit.  His powers have limits - a fire threatens his life! - and he uses them for the little guy, against social injustice.  One of the best stories,  from Action #5,  has Supes fighting a breaking dam and flood, but mostly he's fighting human crookedness - crooked lobbyists, crooked football coaches, crooked mine owners, crooked taxi rackets.  This  Superman is a law unto himself, dependent on nothing but his strength and his personal  sense of right.  He's a lot more like Samson in that way than he's a Christ figure, and the result is stories in which he lightheartedly smashes slums so the government will have to build decent housing for the poor, smashes cars of reckless drivers, smashes an oil well to bankrupt the crooked promoters.  Private property means nothing to him.  Neither do legal rights.  He's not here to fight for law and order, he's here to fight for justice as he sees it.  The police? the government?  They're feckless at best, and more often they're part of the problem.  There's a strong Progressive sensibility here: if institutions don't benefit the people, the people need to take charge and change things.  That's the Superman we see here, and it's the Superman I like best - the original Superman with brute vigor, a passion for justice with no subtlety, and no taking himself too seriously.  It's not art, but it's what made comic books.  And it still stands up.

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    The Menacing Man of Steel
  

*by A***M on Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2013*

This story tracks Superman's first fifteen stories beginning with Action Comic #1 through Action Comics #13 and also includes the New York World's Fair Comics #1 story and a few pages that Superman #1 added to its reprints of the stories in Action Comics #1-#4.These fourteen stories features Superman as defender of the weak against a variety of foes including munitions dealers who Jerry Siegel charged with starting wars to line their own pockets, heartless mine owners, gangsters, and slum lords.Superman's tactics were far rougher than they would become as Superman became a little more mild during the 1940s. Superman,like Batman struck fear in the hearts of criminals. Though Batman needed a cool name and a scary costume, all Superman needed to was to keep dropping and catching suspects until they talked.Superman's rough edge would begin to get out of line. In Action Comics #8, he decided to solve the problem of slums by tearing them down forcing the government to rebuild as they had during recent hurricanes. The police responded by putting a warrant out for him for understandable reasons.From here, Siegel made Superman even more forceful culminating in Action Comics #11 which sees the Man of Steel declare war on "Reckless Drivers." Declaring war involves forcibly seizing control of a radio station to broadcast a warning and then destroying all the automobiles in the police impound lot, among other very destructive acts. The stories serve as an almost cautionary tale of the danger of someone with unstoppable and no humility. It reflects the brashness of a 23-24 year old writer. Thankfully Superman would grow in the 1940s into a character that inspired by hope than by fear.However, despite the more menacing Superman in this book, there are some fun stories in here. My Absolute favorite is Action Comics #6 which features an agent pretending to represent Superman and selling merchandising rights for the Man of Steel, which turned out to be prophetic of the merchandising machine Superman would become. Action Comics #7 features another story of Superman helping out somebody whose just in trouble and needs help. Action Comics #13 introduces the Ultra-Humanite, the first real supervillain, though we only get to meet him briefly.Overall, this is great for adult Superman collectors who want to read all of his stories. For kids, I'd probably recommend Superman in the Forties for a more balanced look at the Man of Steel.

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