\n\t\u201cSuperman: The Definitive History,\u201d was released in December as a 15-pound, 486 page coffee table book from publisher Insight Editions. Originally listed at a retail price of $175, Amazon\u2019s Prime Day promo<\/a> has the new book marked down to just $102<\/a> for a limited time online.<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tAmazon<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAMAZON DEAL\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tSuperman: The Definitive History\t\t<\/p>\n \n\tWritten by veteran entertainment journalist Edward Gross and author and former DC Comics<\/a> employee Robert Greenberger, \u201cSuperman: The Definitive History\u201d contains timelines, anecdotes and new interviews that track more than 85 years of Superman\u2019s pop culture legacy, from his debut in \u201cAction Comics #1,\u201d to his motion picture appearances, small screen success on \u201cSmallville,\u201d video games and beyond.<\/p>\n \n\tThe book also looks at Superman\u2019s impact on everything from advertising to merchandise, while offering insight into how the small-town superhero became an international cultural phenomenon.<\/p>\n \n\tThe text is accompanied by unpublished, never-before-seen stills and artwork from the Warner Bros. archives, plus bonus inserts with pull-out cards, posters, mini booklets and memorabilia for both movie fans and collectors alike.<\/p>\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmazon<\/p>\n \n\tAlmost every incarnation of Superman is tracked here, and the book explores the entire Superman family, including Superboy, Supergirl, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and even the Legion of Super-Pets. There is also an entire section dedicated to all the supervillains, including Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Darkseid, Doomsday and General Zod. The authors gathered information from both DC Comics and Warner Bros. Studios while also speaking to the filmmakers, illustrators and actors involved.<\/p>\n \n\tReviewers online have raved about this book, giving it a 4.9-star rating (out of five) on Amazon.com<\/a>. Readers noted the incredibly comprehensive rundown of Superman\u2019s life and career, along with the rare imagery and beautifully-presented pull-out box cover. This makes a great gift for comic book fans and movie fans alike too.<\/p>\n \n\tRegularly $175+, get \u201cSuperman: The Definitive History\u201d on sale for just $102 now<\/a>. The book comes ahead of \u201cSuperman: The Art and Making of the Film,<\/a>\u201d a new book dubbed as an immersive behind-the-scenes experience to complement Gunn\u2019s new movie. That book is due out this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1022,2681,171,12979,9180,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-50404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-dc-comics","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-noads","12":"tag-superman","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114821207493144957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"'Superman:](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/superman-definitive-history.jpg\")
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