COLLECTIBLE TIME: LIFE'S SUPERMAN RE-RELEASE (2025) MAGAZINE

 

To commemorate James Gunn/David Corenswet's Superman, LIFE has re-released its popular, 2023 edition of Superman: The Comics, The Films, The Cape, which emphasizes the significant phases of Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster's brainchild, with extra-special focus on Richard Donner's 1978 Superman: The Movie, with Christopher Reeve as DC's titular hero and Margot Kidder as his spunky galfriend, Lois Lane. 

In addition to the Donner blockbuster, Superman II - IV are accessed, along with Bryan Singer's follow-up, Superman Returns, with Brandon Routh; the radio show; the animated incarnations; the cliffhangers with Kirk Alyn; The Adventures of Superman with George Reeves; Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman with Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher; Superman & Lois with Tyler Hoechlin and Bitsie Tulloch; Jeannot Szwarc's Supergirl with Helen Slater and Faye Dunaway; the Broadway musical, It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman with Bob Holiday; and Zack Snyder's somber, cinematic retelling with Henry Cavill as The Man of Steel, along with Batman v Superman and the Justice League offshoots. Unfortunately, the Superboy series, led by John Newton and Gerard Christopher, gets the cold shoulder, but at least Smallville and its headliner, Tom Welling, are recognized. 

The supporting performers who made (and yet make) the aforementioned adaptations so memorable are referenced, too: Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Valerie Perrine, Marc McClure, Glenn Ford, Marlon Brando, Tommy Bond, Jack Larson, Jackie Cooper, John Hamilton, Phyliss Coates, Noelle Neill, Michael Shannon, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Mark Pillow, Mariel Hemingway, Amy Adams, John Shea, Lyle Talbot, Michael Rosenbaum, Annette O'Toole, Kristin Kreuk, Erica Durance and many more.

As a appealing buffer, the edition delves into classic, comic storylines, which helped shape Superman into the perennial, All-American icon we know and love. 

And as a further treat, the edition bursts with stunning stills, comic-book covers, posters and behind-the-scenes outtakes (in particular from Superman 1978 and The Adventures of Superman), certain to leave fans delighted. 

LIFE's Superman: The Comics, The Films, The Cape is a gratifying collectible for both Earthlings and Kryptonians alike. Purchase it at your local supermarket, bookstore or drugstore before supplies go up, up and away! 

Collectible Time: The Story of Superman/85 Yrs...(a360media) Magazine

The Story of Superman (Celebrating 85 Years of Superman) is a tribute magazine from a360media Publishing. 

Author Glenn Greenberg gives a grand overview of Kal-El/Clark Kent, from his fledgling DC/Action Comics days, thanks to creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, to his flights of fancy in other venues.

The latter includes Superman's rating-grabbing radio show; animated shorts; Kirk Alyn movie serials; George Reeves' Superman and the Mole Men and popular Adventures of Superman television series; the big-budgeted Christopher Reeve chapters; Superman Returns; the incarnations of Superboy; Lois & Clark; Man of Steel; Batman v Superman; battles, team-ups, crossovers, friends, foes, deaths, resurrections, marriage, Krypton, Smallville, Metropolis and onward. 

The various and diverse artists, writers and filmmakers who brought Superman to life (beyond the parental Siegel and Shuster) over the many decades (and often in a behind-the-scenes but no less influential capacity) are also covered: Neal Adams, Marv Wolfman, Elliot S! Maggin, Bud Collyer, Mike Carlin, Jim Shooter, Ilya Salkind, Richard Donner, Richard Lester, Sydney J. Furie, Bryan Singer, Zack Snyder, et al.

The Story of Superman also sports high-resolution, black-and-white and color photographs of comic covers, lobby cards, movie posters and actor imagery, which are certain to please Kal-El's impassioned followers. 

This 98-page extravaganza can be found at Barnes & Noble and most other book stores, supermarkets and comic shops throughout the nation, with availability only up to June 12. Purchase a copy to celebrate this superheroic, founding father, the one and only Superman!