Superman: The Complete History. The Life and Times of the Man of Steel in Color!

DANIELS, Les. [Chip Kidd].

Item Number: 123447

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998.

First edition of the complete history of the first popular superhero, Superman. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Photographs by Geoff Spear. Signed by eight Superman comic book artists and writers on the front free pictorial endpapers including Neal Adams, Carmine Infantino, Walt Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Jae lee, and Gene Ha. Additionally signed by art director and dust jacket designer Chip Kidd with two original drawings of the Superman logo on both the front panel of the dust jacket and title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Art direction and jacket design by Chip Kidd. Jacket art by Joe Shuster. Book case paintings by Alex Ross. Author photograph by Beth Gwinn. Design assistance by Chin-Yee Lai.

In 1938, Superman flexed his way into the world of comic books and the first popular superhero was born. This commemorative volume includes hundreds of pieces of rare comic book art, interviews with writers and artists, working sketches, and original character designs from Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's early childhood vision to their creation's unchallenged status as the most acclaimed, best-selling and most widely recognized superhero.