It's Superman! by Tom Dehaven
There are not a lot of novels based on comic books, and there are not a lot of good novels based on comic books, but this one does ok.
The book is set in the Great Depression. (The Golden Age of comics.) It deals with Clark Kent deciding to be Superman, Lois Lane becoming a reporter (And CLark, for that matter), and Lex Luthor becoming a rich criminal.
The book doesn't follow the traditional story for these three, and that probibly is what makes it work.
The author does a very good job with the setting. The book feels like it's set in the Depression.
There were only 2 problems with the book: First, a number of people are killed in the book. Second, I stayed up until 2:30 this morning reading it, and I am very tired now.
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