Before Superman - Joshua Glenn

The Weird And Wonderful Stories Of The Ancestors Of Todayrsquo;s Comic-book And Cinematic Superheroes. Financial Times Best Science Fiction Books Of 2025 Superhumansmdash;humans Who Have Evolved Into Creatures Stronger, Smarter, And More Gifted Than We Have Any Reason To Bemdash;first Showed Up In Science-fictional Narratives During The Genrersquo;s Emergent Radium Age. Originally Published Between 1902 And 1928, The Stories And Excerpts Anthologized In This Volume By Joshua Glenn Feature The Likes Of Marie Corellirsquo;s Young Diana, Who, Having Been Rendered Super-alluring Via A Rejuvenation Experiment, Seeks Revenge On A Sexist Society; Francis Stevenss Thomas Dunbar, One Of The First Lab-created Superhumans; Zoo And Yva, Superwomen Who Contemplate The Extermination Of Us Mere Mortals, Thanks To George Bernard Shaw And H.