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First edition of the first Superman novel. Octavo, original cloth. With frontispiece, illustrated title page, nine full-page illustrations (four in color) and numerous illustrations. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by George Lowther on the front free endpaper, "For Brock Petris with the compliments of the author George Lowther 1/14/44." Illustrated by Joe Shuster. Foreword by Josette Frank. Very good in a good dust jacket with some wear and chips. First editions are exceptionally rare and desirable signed and inscribed. "Listen to me, son� � It strikes me now. I called ye a� "a superman, and that's what ye be. Remember that. You're Superman!" (page 57). Boyhood friends Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created America's first and most iconic comic book superhero. The Man of Steel debuted in Action Comics #1 (1938). He soon made the leap to radio, cinema and prose, and his "dynamic personality� � [became] incorporated into Western contemporary mythology" (Clute & Nicholls).

The Adventures of Superman is a novel written by George Lowther, featuring the iconic superhero Superman.