Once upon a time, DC Comics established Superman’s birthday as Feb. 29th. That,
it was explained with tongue securely in cheek, accounted for why he still looked so young despite having been around since 1938.
![KA-PWEENG! Superman emerges through a hole torn in wall of brick and steel as bullets entering the frame ricochet off his chest.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG5cjALd5V5AI4pAUuqKSicWEY_TaKVpdxQY36ZVWXiTy7ikbnn4z4nkAvj5wJCun0Z0mAik8VXUl0Nlb1tPeaeWb8yU_TgaZP7yTnUSJ4gU_FO-PVn7nAaJKBNqKM3RI01MA-W5gNqVK/s1600/SupermanSunClSter-C.jpg)
Cover to new edition of Superman: Sunday Classics 1939-1943 © 2006 DC Comics.
Two bits of good news to celebrate: First, Ralph Cosentino has begun work on a book about the Man of Steel to follow up the lovely Batman effort I’ll soon review. Second, I noticed that local discount chain Five Below has a reissue, published by Sterling, of Kitchen Sink’s handsome collection of Sunday installments of the Superman newspaper strip for just half a sawbuck. Above is the nifty cover, illustrated by Peter Poplaski, evoking the styles of co-creator Joe Shuster and the classic Fleischer cartoons.
Happy Pseudo-Birthday, Kal!
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