Supermen!: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941

Of the 22 stories appearing in SUPERMEN! the vast majority haven't seen print since first publication, including the notorious 1939 Wonder Man debut by Will Eisner. Wonder Man lasted one issue after a successful DC Comics lawsuit cited the similarity to its son of Krypton.

This lawsuit inspired more individual and offbeat approaches, and it's on these mavericks and oddballs we focus this collection. The roster features such notables as Basil Wolverton, Jack Kirby, Jack Cole, Fletcher Hanks, Ogden Whitney, Lou Fine, Charles Biro, Fred Guardineer, and Dick Briefer. Fighting villiany is hard work and in SUPERMEN! it's downright ruthless.

Introduction by Jonathan Lethem.

Collects stories from Big Shot Comics (1940) #1-2, Detective Picture Stories (1936) #5, Fantastic Comics (1939) #3, Funny Picture Stories (1936) #1, Jungle Comics (1940) #4, Mystery Men Comics (1939) #4, Pep Comics (1940) #1;#3, Planet Comics (1940) #2;#5, Silver Streak Comics (1939) #6-7, Star Comics (1937) #5, The Comics Magazine (1936) #1.