Bøger af Paul Kupperberg

Have you ever wondered: How the world would react to a real superhero, even one whose methods left his criminal victims dead? If those outlandish stories about Big Foot, Batboy, and Elvis being alive and living in a trailer park in Lickskillet, OH published in that supermarket tabloid were true? Why a world famous 1960s screen comic would risk everything to get his screenplay-a comedic romp through World War II with Adolph and Eva-produced? Is it inspiration that drives creativity, or something deeper...and bloodier? No problem if you haven't. Paul Kupperberg has done the wondering for you in the sixteen stories in this collection, tales ranging from the real world to the realm of the fantastic, from the last thoughts of a man going knowingly to his death to the musings of a young woman waiting on the arrival of a blind date. "In My Shorts stories range from quite humorous to very disturbing, with side stops to sardonically entertaining...including "Reflected Glory," which offers up a view of the world's first superhero...and the lowbrow p.r. flack with less than pristine moral standards who seeks to mine the hero's celebrity for his own purposes to a truly novel conclusion." -Robert Sodaro, Examiner.com

On April 14, 1912, a "night to remember," the unthinkable occurred: the Titanic, the greatest, most celebrated ship ever built--considered by many to be virtually unsinkable--struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and disappeared beneath the frigid waves on the fifth day of her maiden voyage. Author Paul Kupperberg draws on the latest research, rarely heard first-person accounts, and a gripping narrative timeline to tell this heartbreaking story of heroism and horror upon the high seas.

In the closing days of the second World War, the Justice Society of America prevented the villainous Wizard from unleashing a deadly magical evil upon the world.But it didn't prevent him from making a deal with the devil... a deal that may now doom the JSA!In New York, Mister Terrific barely survives an attack by the Tigress. Across town, Power Girl is grounded by the power of Count Vertigo. In Keystone City, Jakeem Thunder and his magical Thunderbolt face off against Blackbriar Thorn. In Blue Valley, Stargirl feels the power of the Geomancer.Why have the villains of the Injustice Society of America suddenly declared war?The answer spans the globe, as in faraway Casablanca, a collector of antiquities is murdered by a mysterious woman thief for what appears to be a minor Roman relic. And on a German waterfront, an old man kills a young man to steal a World War I artifact.These events and others soon point legendary heroes Green Lantern, Flash, Wildcat, and their JSA teammates to the Wizard and a threat they believed they had destroyed in the last days of World War II. But now the Spear of Destiny, the powerful mystical weapon once wielded by Adolph Hitler himself, has again surfaced... bringing with it an evil from out of the JSA's past and the promise of a fate worse than death! Now Mister Terrific, Power Girl, and the other members of the world's first super team must break an evil half century old pact... or be doomed forever to a living hell.

Veteran comic book writer and editor Paul Kupperberg is one of the comic book industry's most respected and prolific creators. He has written more than 1,400 stories featuring countless iconic characters including Superman, Doom Patrol, Arion Lord of Atlantis, Checkmate, Superboy, Supergirl, and Archie. He's the man who drove Vigilante to suicide and killed Archie in cold blood!Kupperberg takes you behind the word balloons to the business of writing and the art of managing a career as a comic book writer. I Never Write for the Money... But I Always Turn in the Manuscript for a Check is part writers' guide, part memoir, part comedy, and all gripping. Also featuring: Archival photos, illustrations, an introduction by Comics Career publisher Kirk Chritton, and a bonus interview with the author.Also by Paul Kupperberg: * Paul Kupperberg's Illustrated Guide to Writing Comics* The Unpublished Comic Book Scripts of Paul KupperbergAlso from Comics Career: * Tales from the Titans: Top Comics Pros Reveal How to Create a Career in Comic Boo

In late January 1918, Dr. Loren Miner, a country physician in rural Kansas, saw the first cases of an influenza of a violent nature. With a warning to the U.S. Public Health Service, his was the lone voice of alarm about the potential spread of this virulent new strain of a particularly deadly disease. With hundreds of thousands of American servicemen crisscrossing the nation through military training camps and then to Europe to fight in World War I, an influenza pandemic wasn't just a possibility, but a certainty. It swept through congested cities and rural communities alike, killing its victims in days, sometimes in hours. No one had ever seen anything like the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. Before the deadly disease ran its course in 1919, more American soldiers died from the flu than in combat, more than one-fifth of the world's population was infected, and as many as 100 million people worldwide died from the disease that caused the most devastating pandemic in history.

Every writer has them: unpublished stories.In the comic book field, stories can go unpublished for any number of reasons. The cancellation of a title, a change in editor or editorial direction, an inventory or fill-in script that goes unused...or a universe-shattering event that renders the characters and story lines moot.In his forty years writing comic books, Paul Kupperberg has accumulated a file of such unpublished comic book scripts. Of those, the Bronze Age stories printed here in their script form for the first time have evoked the most questions in the over thirty-years since they were originally written: The Adventures of Superboy #55 (the intended final issue of the title) and the re-launches of Superboy and Supergirl in the never-to-be DC Double Comics #1 - 2, as both characters were soon to be written out of continuity by Crisis On Infinite Earths. The scripts are introduced with essays by comic book historian John Wells, who provides the historic and continuity background of these never before seen stories.

When a series of earthquakes ripple across the planet, a school field trip turns deadly. Students are trapped on a crumbling mountain, and only one man can rescue them . . . SUPERMAN! But the tremors have exposed a large chunk of KRYPTONITE. With the MAN OF STEEL weakened by the radioactive rock, a student must save the day. Who will become the Kid Who Saved SUPERMAN?

No one had ever seen anything like the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. Before the deadly disease ran its course in 1919, more American soldiers died from the flu than in combat, more than one-fifth of the world's population was infected, and as many as 100 million people worldwide died from the disease that caused a devastating pandemic.