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May 7, 2013 · 8 Super-Essential Superman Books You Must Read. Created in 1933 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school students from Cleveland, Ohio, and published by Detective Comics (later...
Oct 16, 2024 · These are some of the most important Superman comic books portraying who Superman is: his origins, motivations, philosophy, and impact on the overall story.
- Superman Birthright
- The Death of Superman
- Funeral For A Friend
- Reign of The Supermen
- Must There Be A Superman?
- All-Star Superman
- Secret Identity
- What’s So Funny About Truth Justice & The American Way?
- Superman: For All Seasons
- Superman: Red Son
Written by Mark Waid and drawn by Leinil Yu. This is essentially a Superman origin story, although this one takes all of the previous interpretations and combines them in a fascinating manner. not only does it act as an origin story but at the same time as a tribute to the stories of the past. Superman Birthright was told in Superman Birthright #1 ...
Written by Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson and Roger Stern with art by Dan Jurgens, Tom Grummett, Jon Bogdanove, Jackson Guice, Brett Breeding, Doug Hazlewood, Dennis Janke, Denis Rodierand Rich Burchett. The Death of Superman was a big event storyline that went over all of the Superman titles that where being published all the time. a m...
Written by Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson and Roger Stern with art by Dan Jurgens, Tom Grummett, Jon Bogdanove, Jackson Guice, Brett Breeding, Doug Hazlewood, Dennis Janke, Denis Rodierand Rich Burchett. Funeral of a Friend is the aftermath story of the Death o superman as the world comes to grips with the Man of Steel’s death. It is a ...
Written by Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson and Roger Stern with art by Dan Jurgens, Tom Grummett, Jon Bogdanove, Jackson Guice, Brett Breeding, Doug Hazlewood, Dennis Janke, Denis Rodierand Rich Burchett. Reign of the Supermen, continuing from The Death of Superman and Funeral for a Friend, shows the rise of four new mysterious Supermen....
Written by Elliot S! Maggin and drawn by Curt Swan. Is Superman helping Earth or is he stopping it developing in a way that allows it to fend for itself? That is the question that is raised up in this story by the Guardians of the Universe. The question doesn’t give you an answer, but instead is left up to the reader to decide. This idea has been u...
Written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Frank Quitely. This maxiseries, set in its own continuity, tells the story of Superman who knows that he has only one year to live, due to the hands of Lex Luthor. Knowing that he has only one year to live Superman goes off to do as much good as he possibly can. Grant Morrison attempts to reference as many era...
Written by Kurt Busiek and drawn by Stuart Immonen. Secret Identity is a very different Superman story in that it focuses more on the Clark Kent aspect of the character. We see how Clark Kent grows up and how he deals with the discovery of his powers and learns the values of the Kents. Secret Identity is told in Secret Identity #1-4 and collected i...
Written by Joe Kelly and drawn by Doug Mahnke and Lee Bermejo. This single issue story takes on the idea that Superman’s value might be out of date in the 21st century. A new superhero teams known as The Elite is introduced who is more popular but does their “heroics” in a manner which causes death and destruction. Mocking Superman and his values t...
Written by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Tim Sale. Superman For All Seasons shows a very human side of the Man of Steel with telling done through the perspectives of other characters like Lois Lane, Johnathan Kent and Lex Luthor. Each character has drastically different perspectives on the character which all together piece a fascinating character piece, ...
Written Mark Millar and drawn by Dave Johnson. Before Mark Millar made the bigtime with creator-owned series like Kick Ass he was wrote this Elseworldsepic, Superman: Red Son. Essentially premise of the story is what if Superman crashed in the Soviet Union instead of Smallville? How would things be different? Along with this we see a Lex Luthor tha...
- Superman: Red Son Mark Millar (Goodreads Author)
- All-Star Superman, Vol. 1 Grant Morrison.
- Kingdom Come Mark Waid.
- All-Star Superman, Vol. 2 Grant Morrison.
- Mike Carlin’s “Triangle Era” with Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern, Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Karl Kesel. Our number one slot of Superman eras is a weird one, because it doesn’t belong to one creative team.
- Mort Weisinger’s Silver Age Era. with Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel, Al Plastino, Curt Swan. Most of the names on this list are modern, adhering to what we think of as a creative team “run” on a specific title.
- John Byrne. with Jerry Ordway, Marv Wolfman. Despite massive success on the big screen, by the early ‘80s, comic book Superman was seen as a relic of a bygone era.
- Grant Morrison. with Frank Quitely, Rags Morales. Grant Morrison is one of the greatest voices in comics, and has written definitive runs on most of the famous superheroes at this point.
Jun 4, 2024 · Superman is one of the most iconic comic book superheroes who dedicated his life to truth, justice, and the American way. The creation of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster made his first appearance in Action Comics #1 (May 1938).
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Sep 1, 2021 · By David Harth. Published Sep 1, 2021. Superman is one of the biggest icons in the comics industry. He's the ultimate superhero and has acted as the role model for the DC Universe. For over eighty years, Superman has been one of the biggest names in pop culture, leaving an indelible mark on fans of all ages.
