{"id":2656,"date":"2008-12-10T05:16:15","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T05:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2008-12-09T23:32:57","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T23:32:57","slug":"worlds-greatest-superheroes-present-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2008\/12\/10\/worlds-greatest-superheroes-present-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s Greatest Superheroes Present Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"World's<\/a>
World's Greatest Superheroes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Martin Pasko<\/strong>, George Tuska<\/strong> & Vince Colletta<\/strong> (Tor)
\nISBN: 0-523-49094-1<\/p>\n

In my perpetual quest to highlight the rare and odd (or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153show off\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as my mum used to call it) I’ve unearthed this little gem from the early 1980s, when the Superman franchise was riding high due to the motion picture and its sequels. Although he’s got the biggest logo and the lion’s share of the action, inside this standard sized paperback is actually the collected first adventure of the Justice League of America newspaper strip, which launched on 9th April 1978, variously entitled The World’s Greatest Superheroes<\/em>, \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Presents Superman<\/em>, and from 9th January 1983, The Superman Sunday Special<\/em>, until it folded on 10th February 1985.<\/p>\n

This initial story pits the Man of Steel, Wonder Woman, Flash and Aquaman against the immortal mass-murderer Vandal Savage, who plans to further extend his long life by absorbing the life energies of most of Earth’s population. Of course to do that he has to kill them all first\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Later creators included Paul Levitz<\/a>, Gerry Conway<\/a>, Paul Kupperberg<\/a>, Bob Rozakis, Jose Delbo, Bob Smith, Frank McLaughlin, and Sal Trapani, but the opening credits go to Martin Pasko, George Tuska<\/a> and Vince Colletta<\/a> in this engaging, gloriously traditional costume drama. Never flashy or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153with it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, this strip is a great read and deserves a definitive collection likes the Batman and Superman newspaper strips.<\/p>\n

In the meantime there’s still the internet and local comic shops to haunt and hunt in\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a9 1982 DC Comics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Martin Pasko, George Tuska & Vince Colletta (Tor) ISBN: 0-523-49094-1 In my perpetual quest to highlight the rare and odd (or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153show off\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as my mum used to call it) I’ve unearthed this little gem from the early 1980s, when the Superman franchise was riding high due to the motion picture and its sequels. … <\/p>\n

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