# Before Superman

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- Book: [Before Superman](https://www.bookquiver.com/joshua-glenn/before-superman) ([Before Superman.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/joshua-glenn/before-superman.md))
- Authors: [Joshua Glenn](https://www.bookquiver.com/joshua-glenn)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6255-307-0
- Pages: 252
- Published: 2025-08-19
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The weird and wonderful stories of the ancestors of today’s comic-book and cinematic superheroes. Financial Times Best Science Fiction Books of 2025 Superhumans—humans who have evolved into...