Superman the American Way
The American Way
Table of Contents Invocation (Canto 1) Prologue: Three Fathers (Cantos 2-4) Book One: Arrival (Cantos 5-9) Book Two: Old Gods Lie (Cantos 10-21) First Interlude: Malefactors (Cantos 22-23) Book Three: Kansas Bleeds (Cantos 24-30) Book Four: And Old Worlds Die (Cantos 31-35) Book Five: Not the last of the Knight-Rides (Cantos 36-46) Second Interlude (Cantos 47-48) Book Six: Survival (Cantos 49-61) Epilogue: Toward Metropolis (Cantos 62-64)
Readers' Comments Club Discussion
Thesis: From the Pit to the Peak The House of El and its Legacy
"Starwinds Howl" "Saga of the K-Metal" "Superman: The American Way"
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Part One: HEARTLANDERS

words & story © 1994 by Michael E. Mautner

TABLE OF CONTENTS    COMMENTS    DISCUSSION

With Audio readings by the author included

Second Complete Revised Draft
5/1987 - 7/1994

From material originally
conceived by
Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, et. al.


On to the story...
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