Monday, December 4, 2023

Master Notes: Superman Novels

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Adventures of Superman (Complete)  

http://martingrams.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-adventures-of-superman-1942-novel.html

https://www.printmag.com/design-books/joe-shusters-artwork-for-the-1942-novel-superman/ 

Smallville Novels (Complete)

https://smallville.fandom.com/wiki/Smallville_(novels)

http://www.tonystrading.co.uk/galleries/tvscifibooks/smallville.htm 

  • Most books have negligible contents. Most are not available digitally.


Strange visitors

https://archive.org/details/strangevisitors0000ster

  • Clark stops the mind controlling villain Donald Jacobi  #Experience


Arrival 

https://archive.org/details/arrival0000teit

  • Novelization of the “Arrival” Smallville episode


Runaway

https://archive.org/details/runaway0000colo

  • Nothing notable

Last Son of Krypton (novel) (Complete)

http://superman.nu/thebook/lsok_contents.php


Chapter 1

  • "My dear God," Jor-El whispered as the rocket carrying its tiny burden lifted off amid the crashing of metal and rock.  "May the starwinds guide your course, Kal-El." #Background


Chapter 5

  • “One of the young men who came to Metropolis was Clark Kent of Smallville, to study journalism at Metropolis University, to land a staff reporter's job at the Daily Planet and later to become local news anchorman at WGBS, the flagship television station of the Galaxy Broadcasting System.”  #Background

  • “Superman was a public phenomenon without precedent.  No other public figure, even in the golden age of monarchy, ever so excited people's imaginations almost from the time of his birth.  From the fanciful reports of a flying baby in a red-and-blue playsuit twenty and thirty years ago, to the public appearance of a teenaged Superboy from a lost planet, to the conferring of international citizenship on Superman by the United Nations years ago, this alien had become the most famous man on Earth.  If a news show had lots of Superman film, it became popular.  If a magazine had him on the cover, it outsold everything else competing for rack space.  If he made a public appearance, the locals talked about it for years. “ #Background


Chapter 6

  • “The so-called Smallville Angel was how the written press across the country accounted for a series of apparent miracles that were happening in Smallville with increasing frequency over the months immediately preceding Luthor's arrival there.” #Background

  • “When after a few weeks Lex turned out to be not only the top science student but the top math, history, English, art and French student as well, the only kid who made any effort to be Lex's friend was his lab partner, Clark Kent.” #Background


Chapter 8

  • “Superman caught the three .22 shells in his mouth like jellybeans and spat them out at the three guy lines connecting the pilot to his kite. “ #Speed


Chapter 11

  • When he was in his early teens Clark asked his foster mother to design a costume for him—an unforgettable one.  He wanted to be recognizable instantly, even to people who had never seen him.  The costume would have to be made of the material from the blankets in which baby Kal-EI was wrapped when he came from Krypton, as was the indestructible baby jumper he had to wear for most of his first five years.  She unraveled the jumper and blankets, Clark cut the material with his heat vision and fused the hems when it was done.  He would wear the cape, the skin-tight blue suit and red boots, along with the "S" insignia that would become his symbol. #Background

  • “Superboy long ago had learned the story of his origin.  His power of total recall accounted for most of the story.  He was able to fill in most of the blanks by flying at many times the speed of light through space and overtaking the light rays that left Krypton the day it exploded.” #Abilities


Chapter 18

  • “Lois sat in the interviewer's chair.  "Superman turned up lots of places last night.  We reporters have noticed that there's a spate of unlikely reports for about three days every month or so.  He supposedly does everything from fighting back an invasion of flying saucers over Mongolia to helping children with their long division, apparently at the same time." #Background


Chapter 34

  • “With the skill of an acupuncturist Superman ran a diamond-hard fingernail down the cameraman's spinal cord.  The man fell limp, his central nervous system temporarily paralyzed. “ #Abilities

Man of tomorrow novel (Complete)

https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Tomorrow-Backstories-Daniel-Wallace-ebook/dp/B010BYMSYA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= 


Pg 7

If you knew me when I was a kid, you would never have called me “super.” I grew up in a little farming town that most people have never heard of. I definitely wasn’t stronger or better at sports than most kids my age. But for as long as I can remember, I always wanted to help people. #Background


Pg 22

https://i.imgur.com/01zkCMG.png?3 


Pg 57

  • It’s stated Superman’s crest isn’t an S, but the crest of the house of El. #Background

Lois Lane double down (Complete)

https://www.amazon.com/Double-Down-Lois-Lane-Gwenda/dp/1630790397 

  • Noting notable

Lois Lane Fallout (Complete)

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Lois_Lane:_Fallout_(novel)

  • Nothing notable

Lois Lane Triple Threat (Complete)

  • Noting notable

Supergirl: Daughter of Krypton (novel) (Complete)

https://www.amazon.com/Supergirl-Daughter-Backstories-Daniel-Wallace/dp/1338029819#:~:text=Book%20overview&text=What%20powers%20does%20she%20use,the%20last%20Daughter%20of%20Krypton. 

  • Has a general recap of Supergirls origin, cast, etc

Miracle Monday (novel)

https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Miracle-Monday-Elliot-Maggin/dp/1544943261 

  • Superman and Batman defeat Luthor in a 1950s inspired story #Experience

The Death And Life Of Superman (Complete)

https://superman.fandom.com/wiki/The_Death_and_Life_of_Superman

  • Book is a novelization of the Death of Superman 

It's Superman!: A Novel (Complete)

https://archive.org/details/itssuperman/mode/1up 


Pg 50

  • “When Clark was four and five and six years old he rarely spoke, just mumbling out a few words and shaking his head, yes, no, and holding his eyes down, chewing steadily on the side of his thumb or snapping his teeth around his thumbnail.” #Background


Pg 626

  • “He looks human and he tries hard, as hard as he can, to behave as he believes a human being ought to, but it is only playacting. If he isn’t human, though, what is he? He doesn’t know, just as he doesn’t really know anymore who he is—is he Clark Kent or is he this person called Superman? Only three months and he’s lost his way, lost his bearings.” #Background


Pg 639

  • “He looks human and he tries hard, as hard as he can, to behave as he believes a human being ought to, but it is only playacting. If he isn’t human, though, what is he? He doesn’t know, just as he doesn’t really know anymore who he is—is he Clark Kent or is he this person called Superman? Only three months and he’s lost his way, lost his bearings.” #Background

Heat wave (Complete)

https://archive.org/details/heatwaveloisclar00mich 

  • Nothing notable

Superman: Doomsday and Beyond (Complete)

https://archive.org/details/supermandoomsday0000simo/page/n7/mode/1up 

  • In general this book is a novelization of the Death of Superman and the Reign of Superman story arcs that followed.


Pg 7

  • “On Earth Clark had learned he became like a solar battery. He had absorbed and metabolized the energy of the sun” #Abilities


The Further Adventures of Superman (Complete)

https://www.supermanhomepage.com/other/book-reviews/book-reviews.php?topic=further-adventures 

  • Nothing notable

Enemies & Allies (Complete)

https://www.amazon.com/Enemies-Allies-Kevin-J-Anderson-ebook/dp/B0027KRRMA 

  • Nothing notable

Superman Returns(Complete)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_Returns_(novel)

  • Novelization of the movie 
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