...our white-haired hero is only the host/narrator for this never-reprinted tale of men, mortality, and millennia!
Illustrated by Bob Powell, this tale from Magazine Enterprises' Jet #4 (1951) might have been the start of an ongoing series of "Spaceways Sagas"...except #4 was the series' final issue!
Well, there might be a very good reason, as shown in Key's Weird Tales of the Future #6 (1953)!
"As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods. They kill us for their sport."
–Shakespeare "King Lear"
While the writer is unknown, the artist was Tony Mortellaro, who did hundreds of tales in various genres for Key and Atlas/Marvel, (where he became Associate Art Director under John Romita in the 1970s).
With a "rebooted" Man of Steel currently in release...
...I thought we'd take a look at the previous live-action movie versions!
First up, Kirk Alyn's highly-underrated serial hero...
Then George Reeves' Superman, who first appeared in the movies...
...and,
though he popped up almost continuously on the small screen, the Last
Son of Krypton didn't reappear on the big screen until 1978...
..restored scene from Superman II explaining how he got his powers back!
...after two awful sequels, Superman didn't come back to movies until 2006 in a sincere, but flawed, attempt to continue the story from the end of Superman II...
And now, a total reboot! Check out Man of Celluloid Steel
