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Founded on and continuing ''The Great Superman Book'' by Michael L. Fleisher | Founded on and continuing ''The Great Superman Book'' by Michael L. Fleisher | ||
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| + | [[The Great Superman Book]] was published in 1978 and was intended to be a complete biography of everything Superman. Fleisher spent 10 years doing research for the book, however, and by the time it was published it was out of date, covering only material from 1938 to 1964. | ||
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| + | The goal of Supermanica is to incorporate, update, and expand the existing Fleisher material to 1986. Further, instead of limiting the canonical source material to ''Action Comics'', ''Superman'', and ''World's Finest'', all of the existing Superman titles of the time will be used. | ||
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| + | The complete list is then | ||
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| + | ''Action Comics''; | ||
| + | ''Adventure Comics''; | ||
| + | ''Superman''; | ||
| + | ''Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen''; | ||
| + | ''Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane''; | ||
| + | and ''World's Finest''. | ||
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| + | The name [[The Encyclopedia of Supermanic Biography]] is the title that the Michael Fleisher of Earth-1 used for his version of The Great Superman Book. | ||
Revision as of 15:34, 11 February 2005
The Encyclopedia of Supermanic Biography
Founded on and continuing The Great Superman Book by Michael L. Fleisher
The Great Superman Book was published in 1978 and was intended to be a complete biography of everything Superman. Fleisher spent 10 years doing research for the book, however, and by the time it was published it was out of date, covering only material from 1938 to 1964.
The goal of Supermanica is to incorporate, update, and expand the existing Fleisher material to 1986. Further, instead of limiting the canonical source material to Action Comics, Superman, and World's Finest, all of the existing Superman titles of the time will be used.
The complete list is then
Action Comics; Adventure Comics; Superman; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; and World's Finest.
The name The Encyclopedia of Supermanic Biography is the title that the Michael Fleisher of Earth-1 used for his version of The Great Superman Book.
