the Last Days of Krypton novel has hit stores today!

[BMK!]

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Krypton-Kevin-Anderson/dp/006134074X

-BMK!-

[Great Rao]

I visited the above link and discovered that the buyers of it often bought another book as well - this one by Edmund Hamilton and Curt Swan.  It seems to be a graphic novel collection of classic Kandor comics and is currently shipping.  I must have missed the announcement for this one, I wonder which stories are in it:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1401214657/theamalgamatronA/

[BMK!]

Yes, that trade paperback was released a week or so ago...here's what I found:

"Don't miss this Silver Age collection of the best of the Kandor stories, in which Superman and Jimmy Olsen shrink down to battle as Kandor's own costumed heroes, Nightwing and Flamebird!

Collects stories from Action Comics #242 and #245, Superman #158 and #338, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #53 and #69, World's Finest Comics #143, Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #21, #76 and #78 and Superman Family #194."

[ProfPotter]

Here's the full contents, including titles and credits, for the Superman: Bottle City of Kandor TPB.  Sadly, there are no covers reprinted.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 5
Introduction

Page 7
THE SUPER-DUEL IN SPACE
From ACTION COMICS #242 – July 1958
Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: Al Plastino

Page 20
THE SHRINKING SUPERMAN
From ACTION COMICS #245 — October 1958
Writer: Otto Binder
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Page 33
THE LOIS LANE DOLL
From SUPERMAN’S GIRLFRIEND, LOIS LANE #21 — November 1960
Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Artist: Kurt Schaffenberger

Page 50
THE BOY IN THE BOTTLE
From SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #53 — June 1961
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Stan Kaye

Page 59
SUPERMAN IN KANDOR
From SUPERMAN #158 — January 1963
Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Artist: Curt Swan

Page 85
THE DYNAMIC DUO OF KANDOR
From SUPERMAN’S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN #69 — June 1963
Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein

Page 103
THE FEUD BETWEEN BATMAN AND SUPERMAN
From WORLD’S FINEST #143 — August 1964
Writer: Edmond Hamilton
Artist: Curt Swan

Page 121
DEMON IN THE BOTTLE
From SUPERMAN’S GIRLFRIEND, LOIS LANE #76 — August 1967
Writer: Leo Dorfman
Artist: Kurt Schaffenberger

Page 144
COURTSHIP KRYPTONIAN STYLE
From SUPERMAN’S GIRLFRIEND, LOIS LANE #78 — October 1967
Writer: Leo Dorfman
Penciller: Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker: Pete Costanza

Page 160
SHOWDOWN
From SUPERMAN FAMILY #194 — March-April 1979
Writer: Paul Kupperberg
Artist: Marshall Rogers

Page 173
LET MY PEOPLE GROW
From SUPERMAN #338 — August 1979
Writer: Len Wein
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: Frank Chiaramonte

[carmine]

Let my people grow???

hahahaha, thats terrible

[Great Rao]

Let my people grow???

hahahaha, thats terrible

I think it's a great move.  Looks like the collection does an excellent job of covering the entire saga of Kandor, from beginning to end.  Kudos to whomever chose these tales.

[carmine]

When DC comes out with these collected superman books they always put a "modern age" superman story which always stinks (daily planet, superman vs lex luthor) you realize just how poorly those post-crisis stories aged and how hard it is to read a single issue from that time period.

These kandorian stories look pretty good and thankfully their really wasn't a post-crisis kandor (well not really anyways) that can be shoe horned into this collection.

Now how about Superman: Phantom Zone Phun!. a collection of supes adventures with the phantom zone (or even better a tpb of steve gerbers phantom zone stories)