
Superman III is a movie novelization written by William Kotzwinkle in 1983 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Richard Lester in 1983. The movie features Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Robert Vaughn, Annette O’Toole, and others.
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Comic Book by Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
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Storyline
Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
Movie vs Book

Year
1983
Minutes
125
Movie Rate
5.00
Source: IMDb

Year
1983
Pages
221
Book Rate
5.90
S: Goodreads
Book
Superman III
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Novelizations aren’t just a transcription of the film story. They also add details and backstory to the plot in a literary way.
“The graphic novel is a great form that can be used to marry the book format with the movie.”
MELVIN VAN PEEBLES (Actor)
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