Written by Geoff Johns and Superman: The Movie‘s Richard … IF I COULD JUST GET ONE COPY OF EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST – I WOULD BE IN COMIC BOOK HEAVEN RIGHT HERE IN MY OWN LIVING ROOM…This is an old thread, but DC Universe streaming service is the answer to your dream.To be honest, reading the thing on a physical, glossy book and awe-ing at the artwork, with the added suspense of not knowing what you might get to read when you turn the page slowly will always trump scrolling through images on a tablet to me.
The second volume collects:Superman #1-3, Action Comics #585-587 and Adventures of superman #424-426Collects: Superman #19-22, Superman Annual #2 And Adventures Of Superman #441-444Really great Post-Crisis Supes story with work from Roger Stern, Dan Jurgens, George Perez and Jerry Ordway (among others).Collects: Superman #49, Adventures Of Superman #472, Starman #28, Action Comics #659, Superman #50, Adventures Of Superman #473 & Action Comics #660Collects: Action Comics #674-675, Superman: The Man Of Steel #9-10, Superman #65-66, And Adventures Of Superman #488-489Collects: Superman: The Man of Steel #18-19, Justice League America #69, Superman #74-75, Adventures of Superman #497, and Action Comics #684Collects: Adventures of Superman 498-500, Action Comics 685-686, Superman: The Legacy of Superman 1, 4, Superman: The Man of Steel 20-21, Superman 76-77Collects: Action Comics 687-691, Superman: The Man of Steel 22-26, Superman 78-82, Adventures of Superman 500-505, Green Lantern 46Collects: Adventures of Superman #523-525, Action Comics #709-711, Superman #99-102, and Superman: The Man of Steel #43-46Collects: Superman: The Man of Steel #50-52, Superman #106-108, Adventures of Superman #529-531, Action Comics #716-717, and Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #3Collects: Superman #118, Superman: The Wedding Album #1, Adventures of Superman #541, Action Comics #728, and Superman: The Man of Steel #63Collects: Adventures of Superman 539, Superman: Man of Tomorrow 7, Man of Steel 65, Action Comics 730, 736Collects: Action Comics #729, 732, Adventures of Superman #542, 545, Superman #119, #122-123, Superman: The Man of Steel #64, 67Including Morrison and Porter’s JLA 1) Because it’s great, and I highly recommend and 2) because this order helps explain Superman’s underrated electric blue phase.Birthright (by Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu) replaced/supplemented Superman’s origins as told in the 1986 Man of Steel. Golden Age Superman – The Very First. Superman Comics - Where Do I Start? These issues run from around 1958 to the end of 1961, otherwise known as the time Collects: action comics #252-281, superman’s pal jimmy olsen #40, 44, 46, 51 and 52, adventure comics #278, superboy #80, superman’s girl friend lois lane 314, and superman #123, 139, 140 and 144Another collection slightly outside the realm of just Superman that goes a long way to understanding Superman’s (and Superboy’s) connection to the futuristic Legion of Super-Heroes.Collects: Action Comics 267, 276, 287, 289 — Adventure Comics 247, 267, 282, 290, 293, 300-321 — Superboy 86, 89, 98, 117 — Superman Annual 4 — Superman 147 — Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 72, 76Collects: Action Comics 289 — Adventure Comics 294 — Superboy 85, 106 — Superman 141, 146, 156, 161, 164-165, 169-170 — Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 20, 42 — Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 53, 79 — World’s Finest Comics 175Collects: Action Comics 484 — DC Comics Presents 14 — Superman 233, 247-249, 270-271, 276, 286-287 — Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane 106 — Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 133Following the Man of Steel limited series, Superman’s adventures move to a renumbered Superman, and a continuation of Action Comics and Adventures of Superman. Superman is a classic and enduring character in the DC Universe, one of the first and greatest super-heroes of all time. Superman, Vol. The secrets of the "missing five years" between when Clark Kent came to Metropolis and the present day continue to be revealed!Spider-Man Confirmed as PlayStation Exclusive DLC for Marvel's AvengersAnalogue Pocket Pre-Orders Sell Out in 15 Minutes, and Fans Aren't PleasedCall of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 5 Patch Is Massive, but Will Shrink the Game SizeNintendo's Major Franchises: Tracking the Years Since New EntriesDwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Dany Garcia Just Bought Vince McMahon's Football LeagueSpellbreak Is Cross-Play, Cross-Progression on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch Support Most modern readers will want to jump ahead to Superman’s modernized 1986 origins in For Superman’s true creation by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, you can check out the below collections.If you want the fast-track approach to Golden Age Superman, the above “best of” will get you a wide variety of great Superman stories from 1938 to 2012. The second story is Superman: Braniac, which was my introduction to the ultra-intelligence, and I found it highly enjoyable!Collects: Action Comics #844 to #846, #851, #866 to #870, Action Comics Annual #11Collects: Superman #659, #666, Action Comics #848-#849Collects: Action Comics #871 to #873, Superman #681 to #683Collects: Supergman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen Special #2, Superman #691, Supergirl #44, Action Comics #880, Superman: World Of New Krypton #6Collects: Continues with issues #6 to #12 of New Krypton (first issues are in New Krypton Vol. A variation of the following: "Hey, guys! Superman: Birthright by Mark Waid - A well-loved origin story.. All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison - An alternate universe story, but is one that gets to the core of the character.. Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar - An alternate universe story in which Superman landed in the Soviet Union during the Cold War era.. New 52: Superman: Action Comics, Vol. The first issue can be a fairly confusing explanation of the status quo, but past that, it's fairly straightforward and doesn't get caught up too much with retcons and continuity fixes.
This is the start to the Rebirth in-continuity series. The first, “Last Son of Krypton,” embraces the General Zod Kryptonian menace first established way back in Superman 2 (and then again in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel). 3)Collects: Superman: War of the Supermen #0 to #4, Superman #700Collects (in reading order): Steel #1, Outsiders #37, Justice League Of America #55, Superman/ Batman Annual #5, Superboy #6Collects (in reading order): Action Comics #900 to #904For full context of placement in the New 52 DC Universe, I recommend Comic Book Herald’s complete Collects, in order: Action Comics Annual #1, Action Comics #9 to #12, Action Comics #0 (could be read prior to Action Comics #1, but works here intended as flashback)This volume concludes Grant Morrison’s New 52 Superman, and in my opinion ties together all the seemingly incongruous pieces from volume 2.There’s some Action Comics / Superman crossover during Psi-War that should be read as:Collects: Action Comics #25 to #29, Secret Origins #1Collects: Superman: Doomed #1-2, Action Comics #30-35, Action Comics Annual #3, Superman #30-31, Superman/Wonder Woman #7-12, Superman/Wonder Woman Annual #1, Supergirl #34-35 And Batman/Superman #11This Superman story marks the start of Gene Luen Yang (of the incredible For comprehensive context of placement in the DC Universe, I recommend Comic Book Herald’s Crossover reading order should go as follows (thanks to Matt and Sean in the comments below!