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OK, not Golden Age although it is written by Jerry Siegel and I was so excited to get this book I thought I would share with the GA boardies.

Back in the early seventies when you could buy used comics for a nickel, one of my great scores was the Giant Superman #232. It reprinted the tale from this issue where Superman returns to Krypton and meets his parents. I remember being really taken with this story and the whole depiction of Krypton.

Flash forward a little over 40 yrs (cllcting cmcs) and when I saw this book come on the boards for sale I had to have it! I just read it this weekend and it is almost as charming as I remember although the plot twists don't quite hold up now as they did when I was twelve.

The use of which seemed to happen every other panel in the Weisinger era is so out of touch today that it is laughable. Also, the end of the story has the big S blithely abandoning the love of his life and his parents with his only thought being the loss of his powers. By the last panel our emotionless hero has already almost forgotten the now dead Kryptonians and he is flying back to his new life on earth. Who knew that Superman was no SuperFriend!!

By the way no on that last page!

Congrats, nice book!

The use of which seemed to happen every other panel in the Weisinger era is so out of touch today that it is laughable.

I think that started with ECs in the 50s. Maybe Jerry Siegel was a secret EC fan, who knows.

OK, not Golden Age although it is written by Jerry Siegel and I was so excited to get this book I thought I would share with the GA boardies.

 

Back in the early seventies when you could buy used comics for a nickel, one of my great scores was the Giant Superman #232. It reprinted the tale from this issue where Superman returns to Krypton and meets his parents. I remember being really taken with this story and the whole depiction of Krypton.

 

Flash forward a little over 40 yrs (cllcting cmcs) and when I saw this book come on the boards for sale I had to have it! I just read it this weekend and it is almost as charming as I remember although the plot twists don't quite hold up now as they did when I was twelve.

 

The use of which seemed to happen every other panel in the Weisinger era is so out of touch today that it is laughable. Also, the end of the story has the big S blithely abandoning the love of his life and his parents with his only thought being the loss of his powers. By the last panel our emotionless hero has already almost forgotten the now dead Kryptonians and he is flying back to his new life on earth. Who knew that Superman was no SuperFriend!!

 

By the way no on that last page!

 

Beautiful copy, Frank. Glad you rediscovered a childhood memory. Yes, it is one of the better stories of the era. I've had my copy for over 40 years now though it's not as nice as yours.

OK, not Golden Age although it is written by Jerry Siegel and I was so excited to get this book I thought I would share with the GA boardies.

 

Back in the early seventies when you could buy used comics for a nickel, one of my great scores was the Giant Superman #232. It reprinted the tale from this issue where Superman returns to Krypton and meets his parents. I remember being really taken with this story and the whole depiction of Krypton.

 

Flash forward a little over 40 yrs (cllcting cmcs) and when I saw this book come on the boards for sale I had to have it! I just read it this weekend and it is almost as charming as I remember although the plot twists don't quite hold up now as they did when I was twelve.

 

The use of which seemed to happen every other panel in the Weisinger era is so out of touch today that it is laughable. Also, the end of the story has the big S blithely abandoning the love of his life and his parents with his only thought being the loss of his powers. By the last panel our emotionless hero has already almost forgotten the now dead Kryptonians and he is flying back to his new life on earth. Who knew that Superman was no SuperFriend!!

 

By the way no on that last page!

 

.... I first read this comic in Superman 232 also and it's one of my favorites too. I have a Fine Plus with the whitest pages I've ever seen on a SA comic. It's a book I'll never sell. GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Thanks for the comments, I also picked up a copy of Secret Origins, the Bizarro Titano Adventure issue and an early JLA I needed to fill a hole in the collection. This was a great era in DC's history despite some of the nonsense and proliferation of super pets! It brought us the beginning of continuity and the JLA even inspired the Fantastic Four!

Found this in a box of comics I picked up a few years back at an auction.

I guess it's pretty close to the end of the Golden Age.

(Only 22 copies of this issue have been graded.)

mm

Thanks for the comments, I also picked up a copy of Secret Origins, the Bizarro Titano Adventure issue and an early JLA I needed to fill a hole in the collection. This was a great era in DC's history despite some of due to the nonsense and proliferation of super pets! It brought us big brain stories, Jimmy Olsen freak mutations, superheroes turning into babies, and Bat-Mite!

Fixed!

Found this in a box of comics I picked up a few years back at an auction.

I guess it's pretty close to the end of the Golden Age.

 

 

mm

Rainbow hula-hoops that turn people into glass certainly has more of a DC Silver Age ring to it.

That's my old copy on the left.

Cool pair!

Is that an unrestored copy on the right?

That's my old copy on the left.

are you serious???

Wow ! Major congrats on the Supes 1

That's my old copy on the left.

 

are you serious???

 

very.

That's my old copy on the left.

 

are you serious???

 

Won it in a ComicConnect auction in 2010. Sold it to a board member in 2012.

Cool pair!

 

Is that an unrestored copy on the right?

the copy on the right is the reprint version that came with the "masterpiece" set.

That's my old copy on the left.

 

are you serious???

 

 

Won it in a ComicConnect auction in 2010. Sold it to a board member in 2012.

Yep. And I sold it to Graham Crackers last weekend in St. Louis.

That's my old copy on the left.

 

are you serious???

 

 

Won it in a ComicConnect auction in 2010. Sold it to a board member in 2012.

Yep. And I sold it to Graham Crackers last weekend in St. Louis.

That's my old copy on the left.

 

are you serious???

 

 

Won it in a ComicConnect auction in 2010. Sold it to a board member in 2012.

Yep. And I sold it to Graham Crackers last weekend in St. Louis.

Seems like no one wants it. Me thinks it needs a permanent home

This obviously isn't an early Action or Superman but I love Christmas covers and DC books in the late 1940s are difficut to find in HG.