Measures 6-5/8" X 10-5/32", 560 pp, b&w illustrations, stated "First Printing," trade paperback published 2005 by DC Comics (NY).

Travel back in time with me now, back to the late-1950s.  It's a hot, steamy day in July, and the rain's been pouring down outside since before breakfast.  Your best buddy has trudged across the street through the puddles, hoping to find something going on at your house; but you've got nothing, either.  Nothing to do, but sit on the back porch, both of you slouched against the studio couch, your bare feet propped up over the window-ledge, and a stack of well-read, but well-loved comic books between you -- and suddenly it doesn't matter if the rain NEVER stops, because both you and your best buddy have been swept away inside the pages of those wonderful Silver Age comics that we still, to this day, remember fondly.  The spell is broken only by Mom invading your comic book domain, with a tray of home-made chocolate chip cookies, and a couple green bottles of Coke.  Silver Age summers, many long years ago. . ..

But you can partially relive those great Silver Age comic book days with this exciting b&w reprint of  original superhero tales, featuring SUPERMAN, as he originally appeared in the pages of ACTION COMICS, from issue #241 (June 1958), through #257 (October 1959), plus his regular run through SUPERMAN COMICS, from issue #122 (July 1958), through issue #133 (November 1959).  This first  volume includes the first appearance of BRAINIAC, plus the initial adventures of SUPERGIRL, and also includes the first duels between BIZARRO and SUPERMAN, plus the first appearances of TITANO and LORI LEMARIS -- and, to top it all off, the first appearance of KRYPTO in a SUPERMAN story!  This volume also  features the following writers and artists:  CURT SWAN, STAN KAYE, JERRY COLEMAN, WAYNE BORING, OTTO BINDER, AL PLASTINO, DICK SPRANG, JERRY COLEMAN, KURT SCHAFFENBERGER, BILL FINGER, ROBERT BERNSTEIN, ALVIN SCHWARTZ, JOHN SIKELA -- and JERRY SIEGEL!

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