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Documenting the amazing back story of the world's first Jewish superhero, Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman is an important document of comics and Jewish history. Funnyman, aka Larry Davis, is a red-haired television comedian whose agent talks him into performing a superhero-like stunt in order to obtain publicity. This stunt goes wrong when Larry finds himself in a real crime scene. Larry stops this criminal, not knowing what he is doing is real until after the fact. Discovering that he enjoys fighting crime, Larry begins a career as the costumed crime fighter Funnyman.
Golden age comic book hero Mr. Muscles is created by artist Charles Nicholas and writer Jerry Siegel who also co-created Superman. Wrestler Brett Carson possessed super strength that he used to fight crime. He was assisted by his sidekicks, Kid Muscles and Miss Muscles. His identity was publicly known. Stories in this book were first published in 1956 and are now public domain. The first appeared in Mr. Muscles issue #'s 22 and 23.
'If there was a ever a crown for the finest character created for British Comics in the shadowy black and white newsprint world of the 1960s, it would be proudly worn by the Spider.' - Paul Grist The 'King of Crooks' returns! The Spider is a fabulous intellectual adventurer who straddles both sides of the law and uses a whole host of super equipment to stay one step ahead of his enemies. When small-time hoodlum Steve Gurko unwittingly releases a magical entity from captivity, he quickly gains the kind of power he could only ever dream about. Embarking on a crime spree, Gurko soon finds himself on the Spider's radar. But the astounding crime fighter is about to face his toughest opponent to date because the Crime Genie won't be enslaved by a fool like Gurko for long. Once unleashed, this mystical menace possesses enough might to enslave the human race forever!
"Presented by a team of talented writers and artists such as Jerry Siegel, Jim Mooney, Otto Binder and more is a collection of stories featuring Supergirl at her best in SUPERGIRL: THE SILVER AGE VOL. 1. For many years, Superman believed himself to be the only survivor of his planet’s destruction, until one day a spacecraft crashed on Earth with a young girl inside—a Supergirl from Krypton, possessing all the same powers as the Man of Steel. And this Maid of Might wasn’t just any Kryptonian survivor, but Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El. The story of one of history’s greatest female heroes begins here! Collects Supergirl’s backup stories from ACTION COMICS #252-284."
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ÒTHE EIGHT DOOMED MEN!Ó The members of the Elkhart University Pi Theta Tau fraternity vow upon graduation to meet 20 years later, and that they do...when someone vows to kill each and every one of them!
“MR. MXYZTPLK RETURNS.” When unusual and weird things begin happening to Clark Kent, there can be only one explanation for it: Mr. Mxyztplk, that imp from another dimension, has returned, and that means more headaches for the Man of Tomorrow!
Livewire surges ahead with a new cause, and only the Man of Steel has a chance of stopping her.