Superman: The Unauthorized Biography (Hardcover)

from albertgoldfain

A thoroughly researched and comprehensive account of Superman's life in comics (including the maddeningly many reboots to the origin story), depictions in various media, and historical influence on American popular culture. Weldon is a very witty contributor to NPR's pop culture happy hour, but n...

from burnit99

A biography of the Man of Steel in all his incarnations from the beginning to the present. This is not just a factual and fascinating account of Superman's development over the years in comics, radio and TV, books, movies and cartoons. It's a funny, clever, hip critique of every stage the Big Blu...

from rivkat

A history of Superman's popular incarnations, like a really extended book review/blog entry. I liked the gentle snark (foreshadowing so extensive “it's technically fiveshadowing”) and the occasional observations about the nature of serial storytelling under copyright. “The corporate-owned continu...

from scarequotes

I mean this in the best possible way: This reads like a Wikipedia article written by someone with talent and a point of view. Weldon is witty, with a scary-complete knowledge of the history of Superman. And he both loves the character and isn't afraid to point out when the character has been hand...