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Book Reviews of Superman Returns

Superman Returns
Author: Marv Wolfman
ISBN: 26544
Pages: 328
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Paperback
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8 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

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great novelization of the film--fills in some missing details left out in the movie, but leaves some important things out. All-in-all an enjoyable read
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easy read!
Snowball7470 avatar reviewed Superman Returns on + 129 more book reviews
I really enjoyed this book! My husband and I both read it and liked it -- it follows the movie pretty closely with only a few differences. A good read!
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This novelization left out a major secret that was revealed in the movie, but offers a lot of extra exposition that a movie just can't provide. We also get to experience Kal-el's discovery of what's left of Krypton, something sorely missed in the movie. It was much more than the glimpse we saw in the opening credits. In all a good read that accompanies the movie.
justread01 avatar reviewed Superman Returns on + 35 more book reviews
Enjoyable.
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Based on the Warner Bros. pictures film.
reviewed Superman Returns on + 30 more book reviews
great novelization of the movie--fills in some missing info, but leaves some out from the movie
BethG avatar reviewed Superman Returns on + 108 more book reviews
This is a well written novelization of the 2006 movie of the same name. Like the movie it is a virtual sequel to Christopher Reeve Superman II movie.

Clark/Superman/Kal El has spent years traveling to the location of Krypton, after astronomers on Earth announced that they had found the supposedly lost planet and it showed signs of life. But when he arrives there is nothing left but a burnt out fragment.

Returning to Earth after 5 years, he finds that the world has moved on, learning to survive without him. And so has Lois Lane, who is now engaged to Perry White's nephew and has a son.

Furthermore Lex Luthor has gotten out of jail and is again trying to realize his dream of world domination. What's more he has raided the Fortress of Solitude and is using Krytonian technology to do it.

So Superman faces a challenge that even he may not be equal to, while trying to find a place in the world again and dealing with a wounded heart.

Those who saw the movie will find much of the story familiar, but the novel has more space to deal with the emotional issues, and there are some significant differences.