AMAZING MAN Volume 1 Hardcover

Amazing Man was the second superhero after Superman to have a comic book named after him. The title has become one of the most coveted from obscure publisher Centaur. This collects his lead stories from 14 issues of his 24-issue run. In 1914, an orphaned child named John Aman was chosen by the Tibetan Council of Seven and trained to be a superman, both in mental and physical perfection. His powers include super strength, invulnerability and the ability to make himself disappear in a cloud of green vapor. When he turned twenty-five, after his final tests, he was sent into the world to combat crime and injustice, returning to America to become the heroic Amazing Man. Historians credit his creation variously to writer-artist Bill Everett and art director Lloyd Jacquet, founder of The Funnies Inc. Some credit for his creation may be due to Grace Everett, who helped with research.