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This June, Superman becomes a septuagenarian, and as these two new titles reveal, Kryptonite has nothing on Hollywood when it comes to the ignominious and deflating treatment of the iconic man of steel. Freelancer Rossen reveals innumerable seedy backstories in Superman's history in Hollywood. From the shameless corporate and economic disenfranchisement of Superman's creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, to the machinations of various producers, Rossen's narrative is replete with scams, lawsuits, megalomaniacal egos, and neurotic actors, with plenty of juicy gossip. The bulk of the story appropriately dwells on the trilogy of Superman films produced by...Log In or Sign Up to Read More