Showcase Presents Superman Family TP Vol 4: Superman Family Vol. 4 (Showcase Presents (Unnumbered Paperback)) Paperback – 21 May 2013

This latest collection is volume four of Superman family.It runs from the years 1960 until 1961 and contains the following print runs Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Editions 45 to 53 andSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane Editions 17-26.Previous Volume links are here- all can be recommended. Showcase Presents Superman Family: Volume 1 Showcase Presents: Superman Family v. 2 (Showcase Presents): Superman Family v. 2 (Showcase Presents) Showcase Presents: Superman Family v. 3 They are printed on 'cheap as chips paper' in wonderful black and white but at this price we cannot complain.Now many people will be like me- they have read Superman, Batman and Justice Leagues and their like with possibly The Flash and Green Lanterns I doubt that many of them were available to buy anyway.The reasons are money was tight you had to make a choice and Batman and Superman won hands down.Why would a male reader want to read about a girl Lois Lane?This was the early 1960s when women were treated like sex objects for men!BUT I doubt many 9 to 13 year old super hero fan males would choose the NON Super Powered Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsens over Batman*, The Flash, Green Lantern and Superman if money was tight and you were forced to make a choice.If I had pocket money of 2 shillings (20 pence) and had to buy 2 comics for 9d each (almost 10 pence one half of my allowance I would always go for the more exciting Batman and Supermans over the Non Super Powered |Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lanes.(*Yes I do know that Batman was not Superpowered)The Jimmy Olsen comics had Jimmy as 'wet as a halibut's bathing costume to quote Blackadder.the stories were lame even then BUTThat is the attraction of these stories.It's a chance to relive your youth- suspend belief and enjoy the comics for what they were.If you are like me you will not have read any of them anyway.America in those days was a fabulous yet exotic place. Familiar from countless TV series and Movies yet to an English eye familiar and exotic.Times, attitudes and politics were really different then.I've read and enjoyed volumes 1, 2 and 3 greatly much to my disbelief!Read and enjoy.

Ah, stories from a simpler age, where frankly, anything goes. Nothing gets in the way of sheer entertainment - not continuity, not logic and certainly not sense. By today's standards, the treatment of women is somewhat embarassing, but lets not forget that despite being a lovelorn lady pining for Superman, Lois is a daring-do independent person. Jimmy Olsen seems to be portrayed as basically a teenager too young to know any better, and Superman has a worrying habit of letting him get into dangerous situations that would have some child protection agency after him these days, but it is all in good fun. Where else can you read stories about time travel, aliens, aliens time travelling, bizzare transformations, totally illogical decisions, complete lack of character consistency, baffling changes of mind and heart at the drop of a hat - but still end up with a smile on your face?

Takes me back to my childhood

The majority of artwork in this book consists of Kurt Schaffenberger and Curt Swan. Schaffenberger was the definitive Lois Lane artist. and Swan was considered to be the Superman artist. This is an excellent collection of their work and is well worth adding to your collection. Yes some of the stories may be dated now, but it's wrong to judge them by today's standards. As a piece of social history the book is a fine example of the comics produced by DC in the early 60s, before Marvel changed the rules.

This book is great for everyone who remembers these stories from the 1960's in the American DC Superman comics. The book has over 500 stories and are printed in black and white and not coloured. The book is printed on cheap paper but this does not distract from the value and enjoyment that all comic book readers expect from comics of the 1960's era. Overall excellent value for money.

This latest collection is volume four of Superman family.It runs from the years 1960 until 1961 and contains the following print runs Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Editions 45 to 53 andSuperman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane Editions 17-26.Previous Volume links are here- all can be recommended. Showcase Presents Superman Family: Volume 1 Showcase Presents: Superman Family v. 2 (Showcase Presents): Superman Family v. 2 (Showcase Presents) Showcase Presents: Superman Family v. 3 They are printed on 'cheap as chips paper' in wonderful black and white but at this price we cannot complain.Now many people will be like me- they have read Superman, Batman and Justice Leagues and their like with possibly The Flash and Green Lanterns I doubt that many of them were available to buy anyway.The reasons are money was tight you had to make a choice and Batman and Superman won hands down.Why would a male reader want to read about a girl Lois Lane?This was the early 1960s when women were treated like sex objects for men!BUT I doubt many 9 to 13 year old super hero fan males would choose the NON Super Powered Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsens over Batman*, The Flash, Green Lantern and Superman if money was tight and you were forced to make a choice.If I had pocket money of 2 shillings (20 pence) and had to buy 2 comics for 9d each (almost 10 pence one half of my allowance I would always go for the more exciting Batman and Supermans over the Non Super Powered |Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lanes.(*Yes I do know that Batman was not Superpowered)The Jimmy Olsen comics had Jimmy as 'wet as a halibut's bathing costume to quote Blackadder.the stories were lame even then BUTThat is the attraction of these stories.It's a chance to relive your youth- suspend belief and enjoy the comics for what they were.If you are like me you will not have read any of them anyway.America in those days was a fabulous yet exotic place. Familiar from countless TV series and Movies yet to an English eye familiar and exotic.Times, attitudes and politics were really different then.I've read and enjoyed volumes 1, 2 and 3 greatly much to my disbelief!Read and enjoy.Thank you for Reading.