It's Superman!
Monday, July 14th, 2008 running time 04:39
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...a novel with a completely new take on Superman!
Conor delves into the world of prose and finds Tom De Haven's It's Superman! Published in conjunction with DC Comics, De Haven crafts a Superman tale unlike any other, a tale both exciting and fresh and full of all the great reasons to love Superman: Lex Luthor! Giant Robots! Hollywood! Clark Kent riding the rails like a hobo! Wait, what? You'll have to watch to find out about that last one.
Highlights
New York City
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1:11, 3:20, 1:11, 3:20
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Joe Kennedy
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3:58, 3:58
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Lex Luthor
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1:28, 1:31, 1:28, 1:31
)
ups
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1:22, 1:22
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New York City
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1:11, 3:20, 1:11, 3:20
)
Joe Kennedy
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3:58, 3:58
)
Lex Luthor
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1:28, 1:31, 1:28, 1:31
)
ups
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1:22, 1:22
)
Automatically Generated Transcript(may not be 100% accurate) ( more )
" War."
" Hey it's -- raucous laugh -- many. At -- Manny is the paperback sized version of the hardcover sides Sam -- cop show. They want to talk about a book that I read recently literally doing a lot of -- it's Superman from writer Tom de haven. This was published in conjunction with DC comics had their hands and they were in charge of it. -- result published 2005 chronicle books in hardcover and this is about time books version. So cover released him to -- six. It's going to really cover -- itself from a Fleischer -- cartoon world -- some reflection it is a fantastic that's really -- and political building. What this story is it's really neat -- it's sort of health swirled here and it's not. Superman that's very familiar. And which is an agency considered BC was the primary engine behind a book. It's an episode nineteen Terry's absence of marriage was born Americans and our world -- 38. And scripture does a farm going Kansas. But lets loose there is is there isn't government New York -- is the metropolis it was a New York City. He's an Alderman what's designs rising power. And this is there's so this -- towards them because. The traditional set ups -- was blank looks look what's withdrawals yet -- the city doesn't have to the very end of the book. So that you prowling Lex Luthor to Carlo -- Clinton's journey. And Lois -- Lex Luthor is bad but ultimately that's people laughed. And is involved bootlegging and all the stuff I don't know thirties as pets is corrupt rise to power it has nightmares -- and you know president well. Well mostly it's just out of journalism school -- the reporter she's the thirties girl she's announces. Got designs on independence and she's she's not tactic to cut from anybody but she's not quite -- around him. And she's really beautiful and everybody likes certain but she's also tough nosed reporter she's just trying to make an interest. -- as a farm -- Kansas who who pretty much is familiar in the very beginning board emerges is that. What plans boyfriend. It's a sleazy kind of photographer and Iraq. And he witnesses a murder that closed her orders gets photographs of it. Yet to go on the run because after him. She ends up in Smallville to rule whole bunch of things little convincing but even a small obvious Clark Kent. Vincent stuff happens Smallville and Clark can -- the photographer and upon a cross country journey. Because Clark realizes there's nothing left for heaven's malvo. She is so key here -- but right -- maybe -- and they end up on this journey where Clark starts to see there's more in the world but just Kansas and -- more stuff that he needs to he needs to focus on is that his abilities. But capacity really use them. They're good people PCs that people -- downtrodden he sees that this racial problems when this when people just -- some things while those black and -- outside of his bubble has -- he sees of the hardship for the 1930s really and that's when he learns his values and that he's got to be easier to people. An accident and Hollywood where Clarkson is awhile stunt man unix but it stunt man. He -- separatist girls custom design a target to rent cost him. Ends up. Eventually in New York City where Lois is narrow -- reporter analyst and terrorism right rising to his power grab it and and it all comes to a patent word traditional battle with closes and Clark -- low blow us. You know -- the normal thing but. The jury to get to that point. Is all very unique and new and I really love that is fast read. Patrick Ryan gave me his books he thinks he -- like it and he described -- Stein democratic small noise really is really pretty accurate. It's very one of the most interest to Texas to benefit I've read while there's been a lot of talk -- that would come lately about Superman. I think that people would really enjoy it there's lots of real people and it funeral accorded the Khmer. Joe Kennedy's and it is probably going. Defense DR isn't it. Do we have believes that a lot of mobsters from the time are accurate so it's it's set in the real world. In that sense there's also. The -- testicles but elements as is very unique to this giant robots exist is a very thirties talents as -- very probe into the -- And it's just fantastic book I loved it loved it loved it. So check out of Superman. If you have any questions intimate contact and FM where dot com or -- or we Musharraf fan boy every Wednesday at 3 PM revision three dot -- class -- for Taliban. At all threat to answer to watch and talk to next time."
" War."
" Hey it's -- raucous laugh -- many. At -- Manny is the paperback sized version of the hardcover sides Sam -- cop show. They want to talk about a book that I read recently literally doing a lot of -- it's Superman from writer Tom de haven. This was published in conjunction with DC comics had their hands and they were in charge of it. -- result published 2005 chronicle books in hardcover and this is about time books version. So cover released him to -- six. It's going to really cover -- itself from a Fleischer -- cartoon world -- some reflection it is a fantastic that's really -- and political building. What this story is it's really neat -- it's sort of health swirled here and it's not. Superman that's very familiar. And which is an agency considered BC was the primary engine behind a book. It's an episode nineteen Terry's absence of marriage was born Americans and our world -- 38. And scripture does a farm going Kansas. But lets loose there is is there isn't government New York -- is the metropolis it was a New York City. He's an Alderman what's designs rising power. And this is there's so this -- towards them because. The traditional set ups -- was blank looks look what's withdrawals yet -- the city doesn't have to the very end of the book. So that you prowling Lex Luthor to Carlo -- Clinton's journey. And Lois -- Lex Luthor is bad but ultimately that's people laughed. And is involved bootlegging and all the stuff I don't know thirties as pets is corrupt rise to power it has nightmares -- and you know president well. Well mostly it's just out of journalism school -- the reporter she's the thirties girl she's announces. Got designs on independence and she's she's not tactic to cut from anybody but she's not quite -- around him. And she's really beautiful and everybody likes certain but she's also tough nosed reporter she's just trying to make an interest. -- as a farm -- Kansas who who pretty much is familiar in the very beginning board emerges is that. What plans boyfriend. It's a sleazy kind of photographer and Iraq. And he witnesses a murder that closed her orders gets photographs of it. Yet to go on the run because after him. She ends up in Smallville to rule whole bunch of things little convincing but even a small obvious Clark Kent. Vincent stuff happens Smallville and Clark can -- the photographer and upon a cross country journey. Because Clark realizes there's nothing left for heaven's malvo. She is so key here -- but right -- maybe -- and they end up on this journey where Clark starts to see there's more in the world but just Kansas and -- more stuff that he needs to he needs to focus on is that his abilities. But capacity really use them. They're good people PCs that people -- downtrodden he sees that this racial problems when this when people just -- some things while those black and -- outside of his bubble has -- he sees of the hardship for the 1930s really and that's when he learns his values and that he's got to be easier to people. An accident and Hollywood where Clarkson is awhile stunt man unix but it stunt man. He -- separatist girls custom design a target to rent cost him. Ends up. Eventually in New York City where Lois is narrow -- reporter analyst and terrorism right rising to his power grab it and and it all comes to a patent word traditional battle with closes and Clark -- low blow us. You know -- the normal thing but. The jury to get to that point. Is all very unique and new and I really love that is fast read. Patrick Ryan gave me his books he thinks he -- like it and he described -- Stein democratic small noise really is really pretty accurate. It's very one of the most interest to Texas to benefit I've read while there's been a lot of talk -- that would come lately about Superman. I think that people would really enjoy it there's lots of real people and it funeral accorded the Khmer. Joe Kennedy's and it is probably going. Defense DR isn't it. Do we have believes that a lot of mobsters from the time are accurate so it's it's set in the real world. In that sense there's also. The -- testicles but elements as is very unique to this giant robots exist is a very thirties talents as -- very probe into the -- And it's just fantastic book I loved it loved it loved it. So check out of Superman. If you have any questions intimate contact and FM where dot com or -- or we Musharraf fan boy every Wednesday at 3 PM revision three dot -- class -- for Taliban. At all threat to answer to watch and talk to next time."








