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Superman Returns

The book cover of thenovelization for the movieSuperman Returns.
Author	Marv Wolfman
Language	English
Genre	Superhero fiction

Superman Returns is thenovelization of the 2006 filmSuperman Returns, written byMarv Wolfman.

• The book is a movie tie-in and is, therefore, basically the same as the film with minor changes that come with artistic license. However, two major changes significantly deviate from the film—Superman not having a shard ofkryptonite inside him as he throws the kryptonite island into space and Jason's non-linkage to Superman.
• Superman retaining his powers even with a piece ofkryptonite inside him is a hot topic that puts consistency into question, as evidenced by the talk pages.
• Jason's real identity is a fertile ground for a sequel.

• Superman's trip toKrypton is detailed in the book (ch. 5, pp. 37–48). This is most probably the segment in the film that did not make the final cut.
• Jor-El andLara's courtship is presented (ch. 1, pp. 12–17).
• Clark remembers the first time he used his heat vision, triggered by hormonal spurts, just like in the TV seriesSmallville (p. 64).
• Ma Kent is datingBen Hubbard, selling the Kent farm and moving toMontana (p. 76).
• In the film, it is implied that Jason recognizes Clark as Superman when the child sees the reporter beside the image of Superman on TV, in theDaily Planet. In the book, Jason recognizes Superman as Clark and has nearly finished articulating his observation when Superman cuts him off, in the seaplane after Superman saved the trio –Lois, Richard and Jason – from the sinking ship (p. 285).
• The bank robber shot Superman's head, not specifically stated as the left eye compared to what was shown in the film (p. 183).
• The Fins played against the Ravens in theBoeing 777 rescue scene (p. 136).
• Clark has taken in eight bottles of beer (p. 112) at the Ace o' Clubs with a ninth in front of him that he pushed away (p. 117) before saving the space shuttle and the airplane.
• In the film, it appears that Lois fell for Richard White because Richard is the human version of Superman: good-looking, confident and can fly (a plane). In the book, Clark thinks that Richard looks very much like him, i.e., Superman (p. 153).
• It is implied in the book that Superman created the crystal ship, that he used to visit the remains ofKrypton, in theFortress of Solitude (p. 89).
• It wasLex Luthor with the help of Stanford who released the photos of the remains ofKrypton, leading to Superman leaving Earth (p. 297).

• Superman lifts the kryptonite island without a shard of kryptonite imbedded in his body. Only a stab wound with no bleeding is noted by hospital personnel (p. 316).
• Jason is not linked to Superman. Brutus is killed by Lois by pulling a bookcase down his head, snapping his neck (p. 256). However, just like in the film, it is Jason who finds Superman near-drowning (p. 303). There is no scene in the book where Superman recites Jor-El's words to Jason.

• Marv Wolfman dated hisAcknowledgments 12/15/05. The screenwriters may have made changes after said date (assuming Marv Wolfman finished the novelization on said date). Since the book is published 27 days earlier than the film opening, it is possible that the "major details" are deliberately changed to keep the surprises intact.

• Superman Returns. Film. Directed byBryan Singer. Led byBrandon Routh. Warner Bros., 2006.
• Wolfman, Marv.Superman Returns. New York: Warner Books, 2006.ISBN 0-446-60652-9

• 2006 American novels
• DC Comics novels
• Superman novels
• Novels based on films
• Superman (1978 film series)

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