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

"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! it's a plane! it's Superman!": First edition of Superman: the complete history; signed twice by jacket designer Chip Kidd

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

DANIELS, Les. [Chip Kidd].

$600.00

Item Number: 132551

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998.

First edition of the complete history of the first popular superhero, Superman. Quarto, original illustrated boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Signed twice by dust jacket illustrator and art director Chip Kidd on the front panel and title page. Photographs by Geoff Spear. 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.

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