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DC Comics: Sixty Years of the World's Favorite Comic Book Heroes #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis 1995 hardcover from Little, Brown celebrates six decades of DC Comics, tracing the evolution of the publisher's iconic superheroes from the Golden Age through the early 1990s. Featuring a wealth of reprinted covers, interior art, and behind-the-scenes photographs, the volume highlights the creation and legacy of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and their supporting casts, including key figures like Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Bob Kane, and Bill Finger.
A rocket carrying an infant streaks from the doomed planet Krypton, crash-landing on Earth where the Kents discover and adopt the boy who will become Superman. This two-page origin, written by Jerry Siegel and illustrated by Joe Shuster, captures the iconic beginning of the Man of Steel in a clean, classic style.
In this two-page origin, a rocket carrying an infant escapes the dying planet Krypton just as it explodes, crash-landing on Earth where the Kents discover and adopt the boy. Raised under their care, he grows into the man who will one day become Superman.
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