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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Truth, justice and a better tomorrow."'']] |
| 3 | [[AC:This page is an index for works in the franchise. For the tropes, go to [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} the comic book page]]]] |
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| 5 | Superman is a character appearing in various Creator/DCComics media. You may be looking for: |
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| 9 | [[index]] |
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| 11 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 12 | * ''Manga/SupermanVsMeshi'' |
| 13 | * Superman by Tatsuo Yoshida (1960) |
| 14 | [[/folder]] |
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| 16 | [[folder:Main Comic Book Series]] |
| 17 | * ''ComicBook/ActionComics'': Anthology series for most of its run, starring Superman as the lead feature plus various backup characters. |
| 18 | [[index]] |
| 19 | * ''ComicBook/Superman1939'': Superman's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin self-named]] series. It was renamed ''Adventures of Superman'' in the late 80s after Creator/JohnByrne rebooted the Superman mythos post-Crisis, but returned to its original name in 2006. |
| 20 | * ''World's Finest Comics'': Featured regular team-ups with Batman. |
| 21 | * ''ComicBook/Superboy1949'': Featured young Clark's adventures as Superboy. Retitled ''Superboy starring the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' in 1973 and ''Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes'' in 1976, as the series became focused on Clark's adventures with the Legion. |
| 22 | [[index]] |
| 23 | * ''ComicBook/AdventureComics'': Featured various Superboy or other Superman family member stories. |
| 24 | * ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents'': Featured team-ups with assorted DC characters. |
| 25 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanFamily'': An anthology series published from May of 1974 until September of 1982. The numbering sequence began with issue #164, picking up from the cancelled ''Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen''. The comic was one of the "100-Page Super Spectacular" format comic anthologies replacing the familiar "80-Page Giants". It combined the formerly independent comic books ''Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane''; ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen''; and ''Supergirl''. It combined new stories, reprints and Imaginary Stories, and also featured unusual series like ''The Private Life of Clark Kent'', ''Krypto'' in which the dog works with a private investigator, and ''Mr. & Mrs. Superman'', showing Clark and Lois' married life on Earth-2. Each issue of Superman Family contained six vignettes spotlighting various characters within the Superman universe including Superboy, Supergirl, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, the private life of Clark Kent and the adventures of Earth-Two Superman and Lois Lane. |
| 26 | * ''The New Adventures of Superboy'': The second volume featuring young Clark as Superboy, published from 1980 to 1984. |
| 27 | * ''[[ComicBook/Superman1987 Superman (1987)]]'': The second volume of Superman's solo comic launched by Byrne after the reboot. It ran from 1987 to 2006, when it was cancelled and the first volume was restored to its original title. |
| 28 | * ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'': A Superman comic book series in the universe and style of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', it featured mostly done-in-one, tightly focused and exciting Superman stories that stayed away from the grimmer Dark Age tone, endless crossovers and Continuity Lockout of the main Superman series. |
| 29 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'': The post-Crisis successor of ''World's Finest Comics''. |
| 30 | * [[/index]] ''[[ComicBook/BatmanSuperman Batman/Superman]]'': The post-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' Batman teamup series.[[index]] |
| 31 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'': The 2020s team-up series. |
| 32 | * ''[[ComicBook/SupermanWonderWoman Superman/Wonder Woman]]'': A post-''Flashpoint'' series focusing on teamups between the titular couple as well as their [[RelationshipUpgrade relationship]]. |
| 33 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanFamilyAdventures'': An all-ages comic book about Superman, his cousins Superboy and Supergirl, and their pets Krypto and Streaky. Despite being published around the time of the New 52, it's mostly Silver Age Superman with a new belt. |
| 34 | * ''ComicBook/Superman2011'': A book launched during the ComicBook/New52, starring a drastically different Superman defends Metropolis. |
| 35 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'': A book launched with ComicBook/DCRebirth, starring the pre-''Flashpoint'' Superman, his wife Lois, and half-Kryptonian son, [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan Samuel Kent]]. |
| 36 | * ''ComicBook/Superman2018'': Superman explore his place in the world and is forced to confront the possibility that he might not be doing enough to help humanity. |
| 37 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanSonOfKalEl'': Jon Kent takes over as Earth's Superman after his father leaves to save the Phaelosians and other captives of Warworld. |
| 38 | * ''ComicBook/Superman2023'': Following Superman's return from Warworld, Lex gifts him "Supercorp" to do with as he pleases while also giving Superman all of Lex's old enemies. |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
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| 41 | [[folder:Comic Book Stories]] |
| 42 | * ''[[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber1 Superman, Champion of the Oppressed]]'' (1938): Literally, the story which started it all, from ''Action Comics'' #1. |
| 43 | * ''[[ComicBook/RevolutionInSanMonte Revolution in San Monte]]'' (1938): ''Action Comics'' #2. Superman stops a war and teaches a munitions magnate that WarIsHell the hard way. |
| 44 | * ''ComicBook/TheBlakelyMineDisaster'' (1938): ''Action Comics'' #3. Superman shows an uncaring mine proprietor (and his wealthy party guests) the unsafe conditions that his workers go through. |
| 45 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanNumber1'' (1939): The debut of Superman as a solo comic series. It largely consists of reprinted material from the first four issues of Action Comics, but contains an expanded and revised version of ''Superman, Champion of the Oppressed'' and a new story, ''Clark Kent Gets A Job''. |
| 46 | * ''ComicBook/EuropeAtWar'': Action Comics #22-23. Lex Luthor's first appearance. |
| 47 | * ''ComicBook/TheKMetalFromKrypton'': A 1940 story which was meant to introduce Kryptonite to the comics and end the Clark-Lois-Superman triangle (by Lois learning his secret identity) as Superman finally learned of his origins. Unfortunately, National Comics decided against publishing the story, but it has been rediscovered and [[http://theages.superman.nu/k-metal/splash.php restored by the Man of Steel's fans]]. |
| 48 | * ''ComicBook/SupermansServiceToServicemen'': A series of stories that ran from 1943-45 in which Superman takes letters from US soldiers overseas and solves problems for them or helps with requests. The series also includes an explanation for why Superman himself is not a member of the armed forces during World War 2. It transformed the Golden Age Superman from the rough and tumble vigilante and social justice version of the character into the more familiar well-known hero and public servant who is admired by everyone. |
| 49 | * ''[[ComicBook/TheSuperDogFromKrypton The Super-Dog from Krypton]]'': ''Adventure Comics #210'' (March, 1955). Krypto's first appearance and origin story. |
| 50 | * ''ComicBook/TheLegionOfSuperHeroes'': ''Adventure Comics'' #247. Clark Kent is introduced to the eponymous team. |
| 51 | * ''ComicBook/TheSuperDuelInSpace'': ''Action Comics'' #242 (July, 1958). First Superman vs. Brainiac battle and first appearance of the bottle city of Kandor. |
| 52 | * ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton1959'': Supergirl's pre-Crisis origin story, published in ''Action Comics #252''. |
| 53 | * ''[[ComicBook/SupergirlsSuperPet Supergirl's Super Pet]]'': ''Action Comics'' #261 (December, 1959). By Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney. Streaky the Supercat's origin story. |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/HowLuthorMetSuperboy'': ''Adventure Comics #271''. The origin of Lex Luthor and his feud with Superman, told by Jerry Siegel himself. |
| 55 | * ''ComicBook/SupermansReturnToKrypton'': Superman (Vol 1) 141. Superman accidentally time-travels and gets stuck in Krypton some while before its destruction and meets his parents. |
| 56 | * ''ComicBook/ThePhantomSuperboy'': Adventure Comics #283 (April, 1961). Superboy discovers the Phantom Zone. |
| 57 | * ''ComicBook/SupergirlsThreeSuperGirlfriends'': ''Action Comics'' #276 (May, 1961). Supergirl officially joins the ''Legion of Super-Heroes and meets Brainiac 5 for the first time. |
| 58 | * ''ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl'': Running in Action Comics 278-285, possibly the first multi-part storyline in super-hero comics. Superman decides it is past time for him revealing his cousin's existence to the world. However, something -or someone- is affecting Supergirl's powers, and plotting against both heroes as well as the whole planet. |
| 59 | * ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLuthor'': ''Action Comics'' #286 (March, 1962). After Supergirl has revealed herself, Lex Luthor plans to expose her as a Superman-fabricated robotical hoax or, should she be real, destroy her. |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/SupergirlsGreatestChallenge'': ''Action Comics'' #287 (April, 1962). By Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney. Supergirl is called to the 30th century to replace the Legion as they get their powers back. However, her friends being depowered is part of a greater and subtler scheme to destroy the whole Legion. |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/TheSuperSteedOfSteel'': ''Action Comics'' #292-294 (September-November, 1962) and #300-302 (May-July, 1963) by Leo Dorfman and Jim Mooney. Linda is having weird recurring dreams where she is helped by a strange super-powerful white horse. Her dreams are a prelude to her meeting with Comet, a strange horse with an even stranger story. |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/TheLastDaysOfSuperman'': Superman Vol 1 156. Superman gets infected with Virus X and attempts to accomplish the most important tasks that he wanted to carry out for the Earth before dying. |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind'': ''Action Comics'' #295-298 (1962-1963). Supergirl befriends a strange girl named Lena Thorul who hides several disturbing secrets. At the same time, Supergirl's oldest enemy is scheming a new ploy against her, and the Phantom Zoners are putting in motion a plan to enslave the human race. |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLightningLad'': ''Adventure Comics'' #304-5, 308 and 312 (January-September, 1963). Superboy's teammate and friend Lightning Lad is killed in action, and the Legion of Super-Heroes has to mourn him and move on...unless they can bring a way to bring him back to life. Nonetheless, there is always a high price to pay for breaking the natural laws. |
| 65 | * ''The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone'': ''Superboy (1949)'' #104 (April, 1963). Krypton exiles the last batch of criminals prior to the discovery of the Phantom Zone Projector. Several decades later, Superboy is troubled by a different brand of enemy. |
| 66 | * ''Superman Under The Red Sun'': ''Action Comics'' #300 (May, 1963). Superman gets stranded in the distant-future and becomes trapped in an empty planet orbiting a red sun. |
| 67 | * ''[[ComicBook/SupergirlsBigBrother Supergirl's Big Brother]]'': ''Action Comics'' #303 (August, 1963). A man appears on the Danvers' household's doorstep claiming to be Jan Danvers, Fred and Edna's son who was allegedly killed in action in a war. Long-lost son or a conman interpreting a role? Linda Danvers' adoptive parents seem to believe him without reservation, but can she trust him with her secret identity? |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/TheCondemnedLegionnaires'': ''Adventure Comics'' #313 (October, 1963). Supergirl is called to protect her fellow female Legionnaires from someone who looks like a sinister and twisted reflection of hers. |
| 69 | * ''ComicBook/TheUntoldStoryOfArgoCity'': ''Action Comics'' #309-310 and 314-316. Supergirl investigates the death of Argo City and her parents' real fate... and that is only the beginning of her problems. |
| 70 | * ''ComicBook/TheUnknownLegionnaire'': ''Adventure Comics'' #334 (July, 1965). The Legion of Super-Heroes are having difficulties to find and apprehend a fugitive criminal in a planet inhabited by hostile shape-shifters. Suddenly, they are helped by a masked, nameless, amnesiac super-being. Who may be that person without face, identity and past? |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/TheSuperRevengeOfLexLuthor'': Action Comics #332-333 and 335 (January-March, 1966). Lex Luthor plots to destroy Superman psychologically by saving his life multiple times, and manipulating people's perception of him. |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/BrainiacsBlitz'': ''Action Comics'' #339 (July, 1966). The whole Justice League must carry out a space mission, so Superman tasks Supergirl with protecting Earth until their return. Right then, Brainiac decides to attack Earth to take revenge on Superman, and Kara is the only one who can fight him. |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlBatgirlPlot'': ''World's Finest (1941)'' #169 (September 1967). Supergirl and Batgirl meet each other for the first time, and suddenly they decide to team up to take Superman and Batman down. What -- or who -- has caused their change of behavior? |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/TheLeperFromKrypton'': Action Comics 363-366 (May-August, 1968). Lex Luthor cultures his own strain of Virus X and gets Superman infected with an incurable disease. |
| 75 | * "The Man Who Destroyed Krypton": ''Superman (1939)'' #205 (February, 1968). Superman must stop a terrorist called Black Zero, unaware that the man is tragically involved with the tragedy which destroyed Krypton. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/TheImmortalSuperman'': Action Comics 385-387. The final story of the Mort Weisinger era. Superman travels to the far, far future and finds himself trapped in a time where everybody he cared for died long ago. |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore'': Also called ''The Sandman Saga'', and regarded as the first Bronze Age storyline for Superman, it sees all the Kryptonite on Earth destroyed and Superman's off the charts Silver Age power levels scaled way back to much more manageable levels. |
| 78 | * ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge'': ''Adventure Comics'' #402-407. Supergirl's powers are taken away by Starfire ([[ComicBook/{{Starfire}} not her]]), a queenpin who is raising an army to overthrow the government. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/MustThereBeASuperman'': Superman (Volume 1) 247. The Guardians of the Universe suggest Superman he is inadvertently hindering mankind by making them overly dependant on him. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/DemonSpawn'': ''Adventure Comics'' #421. Linda Danvers's stressful routine of dealing with bullying co-workers and a lousy boss at her work gets disrupted when a mysterious Amazon called Nightflame, wielding a sword with terrible energy powers appears in San Francisco through a portal, raises havoc, and demands that Supergirl be brought to her. Who -- or ''what'' -- is Nightflame and where she comes from? |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman'': Superman (Volume 1) 296-299. Superman finds that he loses his powers if he is dressed as Clark Kent and blames it on some kind of psychological block. Now Superman needs to decide if he should be only Superman or only Clark Kent. |
| 82 | * ''ComicBook/TheGreatPhantomPeril'': Running in Action Comics issues 471-473, this arc introduces Faora Hu-Ul. An elderly man breaking into his apartment and a strange phantom appearing and disappearing all over Metropolis is the prelude to the arrival of one of the most dangerous and most cunning enemies faced by the Man of Steel. |
| 83 | * ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'': As Superman is under tremendous stress and on the verge of a mental collapse, Supergirl tells him that they are both mutants from Earth, and Krypton never existed. ''Superman'' vol. 1 #307-309. |
| 84 | * ''ComicBook/ThePlagueOfTheAntibioticMan'': Superman Volume 1 #311-314 (1977). A mysterious and terrible plague is spreading over Earth, and Superman believes it has been engineered to kill not only humans but also the last living Kryptonians. |
| 85 | * ''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore'': ''Superman Family'' (Volume 1) #183-189, #191-195 and #206. Supergirl is being relentlessly harassed by villains who are being unwittingly manipulated behind the scenes by an old, forgotten and deadly enemy. |
| 86 | * ''ComicBook/TheOtherSideOfDoomsday'': ''Super-Team Family'' #11 (July, 1977). Supergirl, The Flash and Atom are lured by an old enemy of the League into a parallel dimension controlled by himself. |
| 87 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanVsMuhammadAli'': ''All-New Collectors' Edition'' C-56 (April, 1978). Superman teams up with the heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to defeat an alien invasion of Earth. |
| 88 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam: "When Earths Collide!"''. First Superman/Captain Marvel crossover, published in ''All-New Collectors' Edition Vol 1 #C-58'' (May, 1978) |
| 89 | * ''ComicBook/TheEarthwarSaga'': ''Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes'' #241-245 (July-November, 1978). As trying to stop a Khund invasion, Superboy and the Legion discover someone infinitely more powerful and more dangerous than a vast alien army is pulling the strings. |
| 90 | * ''The Museum of Eternity'': In ''Superman Family'' #190, the Man of Steel, his family and the whole city of Kandor are kidnapped by a group of alien civilization-collectors. The ''Superman Family'' has to choose between submitting to their captors or seeing Earth destroyed. |
| 91 | * ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton (1979)'': Mini-series which narrates the final years of Pre-Crisis Krypton. |
| 92 | * ''ComicBook/LetMyPeopleGrow'': ''Superman Volume'' 1 #338 Superman and Supergirl finally manage to enlarge Kandor after a battle against Brainiac. |
| 93 | * ''ComicBook/TheLifeStoryOfSuperman'': ''Action Comics'' #500 (October, 1979). Superman is giving a tour of the Superman Pavillion as recalling the story of his life. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor is getting ready to replace him with a clone loyal to himself. |
| 94 | * ''Celebration'': ''Superman Family'' #200 presents a possible alternate future for the Pre-Crisis Superman Family. |
| 95 | * ''ComicBook/LuthorUnleashed'': ''Action Comics'' #544 (March, 1983). Lex Luthor's inability to cast his irrational hatred aside has disastrous consequences for himself and his family. This story introduced Luthor's iconic warsuit. |
| 96 | * ''ComicBook/BrainiacRebirth'': ''Action Comics'' #544-546 (March-May, 1983). Brainiac is destroyed and rebuilt as a cosmic-powered, skeletal robot nightmare. |
| 97 | * ''ComicBook/WarWorld'': ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents'' Vol 1 #27-29. Superman and Supergirl must work together to destroy Warworld, a star-sized weapon-satellite after galactic conqueror Mongul manipulates Superman into stealing and handing over the control key. First appearance of Mongul and Warworld. |
| 98 | * ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles'': Three-issue limited series that explores the genealogy of the House of El. |
| 99 | * ''ComicBook/TheStrangeRevengeOfLenaLuthor'': ''Superman Family'' #211-214. Lena Thorul finally learns her best friend's SecretIdentity and the truth about her connection to Lex Luthor. |
| 100 | * ''ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator'': Crossover with the ''Batman'' books published in ''Detective Comics'' #508-510 (November, 1981-January, 1982). Barbara Gordon must stop another dangerous lunatic from razing Gotham to the ground. Good thing that a certain friend of hers happens to be visiting Gotham. |
| 101 | * ''ComicBook/FromEterniaWithDeath'': DC Comics Presents #47 (April, 1982). ''Masters of the Universe'' crossover which introduced the franchise. As investigating a weird, sudden weather phenomenon, Superman gets dragged and thrown into a strange parallel dimension. |
| 102 | * ''ComicBook/TwoForTheDeathOfOne'': Action comics #534-541. Satanis and Syrene's attempt to magically capture Superman results in Superman being split in two selves-- each with only some of the powers. One has the full strength but not the invulnerability to use it, the other has the invulnerability but lacks powers like super-strength and speed. And both selves are stuck in different time periods. |
| 103 | * ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'': ''Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2'' #290-294(1982). Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes face the rise of a very ancient and vastly powerful evil in the 30th century. |
| 104 | * "ComicBook/FateIsTheKiller": Backup story published in several ''Superman'' books (November, 1982). A follow up to the first ''Masters of the Universe'' crossover, Superman is again summoned to Eternia to help in a crisis. |
| 105 | * ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime'': Running in Superman (vol.1) #380-382 and Superboy (vol.2) #38, Superman switches minds with his younger self. |
| 106 | * ''ComicBook/TheJungleLine'': As well known as ''Superman And Swamp Thing'', written by Alan Moore and published in ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents'' vol. 1 #85. Superman is infected by alien spores that start killing him. After spending most of the issue desperately trying to cure himself, he runs from Metropolis, staggers through the woods and collapses. As he struggles with a terrible fever, Swamp Thing comes across him. |
| 107 | * ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'': Miniseries which explores the history of the Phantom Zone and features a new conflict between the Earth's heroes and the Zoners. |
| 108 | * ''ComicBook/ThePlanetEaterTrilogy'': Action Comics #528-530 (February-April, 1982). A reprogrammed Brainiac teams with Superman to stop a planet-destroying weapon Brainiac has lost control of. |
| 109 | * ''ComicBook/ThoseEmeraldEyesAreShining'': ''Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)'' #301-303 (July-September, 1983), by Creator/PaulLevitz and Creator/KeithGiffen. The Legion of Super-Heroes are heading towards Chameleon Boy's homeworld to back their teammate when they run into a conspiration to take over the United Planets. |
| 110 | * ''ComicBook/TheLivingLegendsOfSuperman'': ''Superman'' Volume 1 #400 (October, 1984). An anthology of stories based on the premise on how future history would view Superman when he is gone. |
| 111 | * ''ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped'': Superman Vol 1 Annual 10. King Kosmos is turning the world against Superman, and the only thing that can defeat him is a legendary weapon forged at the dawn of Creation. |
| 112 | * ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'': Mongul incapacitates Superman by attaching a plant that grants an image of the innermost desires to the host. Adapted in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' (and more loosely in ''Series/Supergirl2015''). |
| 113 | * ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'': Contains Superman's revised origin, due to the ContinuityReboot brought about by the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' storyline. |
| 114 | * ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton (1987)'': Mini-series which established the backstory of the new Post-Crisis Krypton. |
| 115 | * ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga'': Superman's first meeting with the first ComicBook/PostCrisis version of Supergirl known as "Matrix". |
| 116 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanExile'': After the events of ''The Supergirl Saga'' and ''[[ComicBook/InvasionDCComics Invasion!]]'', Superman goes into exile in space as he tries to reconcile what he had done in the alternate universe. This storyline introduced the Post-Crisis version of Mongul and Warworld as well as the Eradicator. |
| 117 | * ''ComicBook/ShouldAuldAcquaintanceBeForgot'': ''Christmas with the Super-Heroes Vol 1 #2'' (1989). Kara Zor-El may have become a forgotten ghost when the universe was remade, but she still has time to comfort a distraught Deadman at Christmas Eve. |
| 118 | * ''Superman: Eradication'': After returning from his exile, Superman brought back the artifact known as the Eradicator. However, its programming to preserve Krypton means it's going to do so by force. It introduced the Post-Crisis Fortress of Solitude. |
| 119 | * ''Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite'': Unable to mess with Superman, Mr. Mxyzptlk gives Luthor a synthetic Kryptonite to drain Superman's powers. It ends with Clark Kent proposing to Lois Lane. |
| 120 | * ''ComicBook/TimeAndTimeAgain'': Superman is trapped in a seemingly never-ending cycle of time-traveling, going between three periods of meeting with the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes in the 30th century and various points in Earth's past. |
| 121 | * ''ComicBook/PanicInTheSky'': Brainiac heads to Earth with Warworld, intending to attack, and Superman assembles a small army of heroes to take the fight to Brainiac. Establishes the post-Crisis Superman as a leader among the hero community. |
| 122 | * ''ComicBook/CrisisAtHand'': When Superman learns that one of his neighbors is trapped in an abusive relationship, he must grapple with the thought that not even a Superman can do everything. |
| 123 | * ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'', ''World Without a Superman'', and ''Reign of the Supermen'': Superman is killed by a monster known as Doomsday. After the funeral and attempts to steal Superman's body, four others appear on the scene either claiming to be Superman returned from the grave, or trying to help take his place. |
| 124 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey'': Superman travels to Apokolips to protect its citizens from a rampaging Doomsday. |
| 125 | * ''ComicBook/TheFallOfMetropolis / The Battle For Metropolis'': A clone malady has infected Lex Luthor's healthy clone body, causing him to declare war on Cadmus Project in order to find a cure, a street war that ultimately leaves Metropolis in ruins. It kickstarted the Creator/MilestoneComics crossover ''ComicBook/WorldsCollide1994'' in the middle of the story. |
| 126 | * ''Dead Again!'': A Superman corpse is found at Superman's memorial, suggesting that Superman remained dead from his fight with Doomsday and [[TomatoInTheMirror the one we've been following since the end of "Reign of the Supermen" is a fake]]. Superman sets out to prove that he is the real deal and discover which of his enemies could be behind the body's appearance. |
| 127 | * ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfClarkKent'': The villain known as Conduit has harbored a massive grudge towards Clark Kent since they were in high school, but now, learning of Clark's identity as Superman, he takes his revenge scheme further. Attacking those he loves, he pushes Superman to the limits. Can our hero come out on top once more? |
| 128 | * ''ComicBook/TheTrialOfSuperman'': Taking place concurrently with ''ComicBook/UnderworldUnleashed'', an alien group known as the Tribunal has captured Superman, intending on putting him on trial for the destruction of Krypton. |
| 129 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanTheWeddingAlbum'': Superman and Lois Lane [[WeddingEpisode get married]]. |
| 130 | * ''Superman Red/Superman Blue'': The 1990s version of an Imaginary Story brought to canon, as Superman not only has his traditional powers changed to energy-based powers, but is also split into two beings, which then leads into the ''Millennium Giants'' storyline. |
| 131 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanForever'': Superman regains his traditional powers in time to help rescue Lex Luthor's infant daughter Lena. |
| 132 | * ''ComicBook/TheDominusEffect'': Superman finds himself in four different realities at the same time, being pursued by a cosmic entity named Dominus who is after Kismet. |
| 133 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanForAllSeasons'': An in-universe year-long look at Superman through the narration of Pa Kent, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, and Lana Lang, focusing on each of their perceptions of him. |
| 134 | * ''ComicBook/TheKents'': A 1997-1998 twelve issue series detailing the lives of the Kent family in the mid to late 19th century, in particular on the two sibling Nathaniel and Jebadiah Kent. |
| 135 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanTheDoomsdayWars'': Superman and the Justice League must stop a returned Doomsday controlled by Brainiac. |
| 136 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanAndSupermanWorldsFinest1999'': A 1999-2000 maxiseries revisiting the concept of the "World's Finest Team", with each adventure being set in the anniversary of the death of a mutual friend whom neither of them managed to save, serving as a narrative throughline. |
| 137 | * ''[=Y2K=]'': As the new millennium dawns, Braniac takes a new form and upgrades Metropolis to become technologically advanced as part of his last takeover plan. |
| 138 | * ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'': The Joker cons Mr. Mxyzptlk into giving him Mxy's [[RealityWarper reality warping]] powers and uses them to turn the world upside-down and repeatedly kill Batman. With Batman out of action, Superman has to stop him. |
| 139 | * ''ComicBook/WhatsSoFunnyAboutTruthJusticeAndTheAmericanWay'': A CaptainErsatz of ComicBook/TheAuthority comes to Metropolis and tries to prove that their brutal methods of crimefighting are superior to Superman's softer approach. Received an AnimatedAdaptation as ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite''. |
| 140 | * ''ComicBook/SupergirlWings'': Reimagining of the "Earth-Angel" storyline from Peter David's run on Supergirl, taking the Matrix incarnation of Supergirl and turning her into a literal angel. |
| 141 | * ''President Lex'': In his grandest scheme to top the Man of Steel, Lex Luthor becomes president. |
| 142 | * ''ComicBook/OurWorldsAtWar'': A semi-CrisisCrossover mainly centered on Superman that involved him and everyone else fighting the obscenely powerful Imperiex and Brainiac 13. |
| 143 | * ''ComicBook/ManyHappyReturns'': 2003 storyline in which Post-Crisis Linda Danvers meets Pre-Crisis Kara Zor-El. It heralded Kara Zor-El's return to the mainstream universe. |
| 144 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanBirthright'': The ''re''-revised origin, replacing ''The Man of Steel''. |
| 145 | * ''ComicBook/YoungLove:'' 2004 Supergirl short story bringing the relationship between Pre-Crisis Linda Danvers and Dick Malverne to a conclusion. |
| 146 | * ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies2004'': ''Superman/Batman'' #1-6. A giant asteroid is heading towards Earth. Determined to see his nemesis dead before the end, Lex Luthor frames Superman for the asteroid's coming. |
| 147 | * ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'': Supergirl's Post-Crisis origin published in ''Superman/Batman'' #8-13. A Kryptonite meteor that lands in Gotham is revealed to have contained Superman's cousin, Kara Zor-El, and the evil New God Darkseid targets her as a potential powerful minion. This arc introduced Kara Zor-El to Post-Crisis continuity. |
| 148 | [[/index]] |
| 149 | * ''For Tomorrow'': Running in ''Superman'' issues 204-215, after a million people around the globe suddenly vanish, Superman's wife Lois Lane included, Superman struggles to figure out what his role in the world should be as he tries to cope with his loss. Much of the story is framed around his conversations with Father Leone, a priest who is struggling himself with cancer. |
| 150 | [[index]] |
| 151 | * ''ComicBook/LexLuthorManOfSteel'': An Alternate Character Interpretation and a subtle deconstruction of Superman's arch-nemesis. |
| 152 | * ''ComicBook/GirlPower'': Supergirl (2005) #0-5 (October, 2005-March, 2006). Kara Zor-El tries to make friends as finding her place in Earth. Unfortunately, everyone seems to want to fight her for one reason or another. And something dark, evil and dangerous is stirring within her and wanting to get out. |
| 153 | * ''ComicBook/PowerTrip2005'': ''JSA Classified #1-4'' (July-October, 2005). Power Girl is sick of lies about her past and does not care anymore for her origins. Nonetheless, someone is determined to reveal the truth to Kara, even if it kills her. |
| 154 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'': Set immediately after ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. Superman lost his powers in ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis, so Clark is helping bring Luthor to justice as a mild-mannered reporter, and is having enough success that Lex hires metahuman killers to murder him. Luckily, Clark's powers start to return just as Lex begins a scheme to destroy Metropolis using Kryptonian technology. It began a new era for Superman, one with several [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] aspects brought back in continuity, such as Luthor back to being a MadScientist rather than a CorruptCorporateExecutive. |
| 155 | * ''ComicBook/LastSon'': Superman discovers a Kryptonian child in a strange pod that falls to Earth, and, as his adoptive parents did with him, decides to raise this child with ComicBook/LoisLane. Along the way, the child, named Chris Kent by Clark, discovers the joys of living like a human and having FlyingBrick powers. This story also brings the Kryptonian General Zod into prominence (not the Soviet who was mutated by cosmic radiation), as well as canonizing his accomplices Ursa and Non from ''Film/SupermanII''. |
| 156 | * ''ComicBook/TheDominatorWar'': ''Supergirl and the Legion of Super- Heroes'' #26-30 (March-July, 2007). The Dominators enact a plan to conquer Earth by taking over every machine in the planet. Meanwhile, a Dominator scientist uses genetic samples taken from Legionnaires to engineer a new breed of super soldiers. |
| 157 | * ''ComicBook/TheThirdKryptonian'': Superman (Vol 1) #668-670. After an alien reveals the existence of another Kryptonian living on Earth, Superman and Batman scour the planet. Who is that person? Is he or she a friend or a menace? Why have they remained hidden for decades and what or who they are hiding from? |
| 158 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanAndTheLegionOfSuperHeroes'': Superman travels to the year 3008 to help the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes save Earth's extraterrestrial population from the prosecution from a xenophobic Justice League of the future. |
| 159 | * ''ComicBook/TheComingOfAtlas'': Superman #677-680, this story works as one of the preludes to New Krypton. A superpowerful meta called Atlas starts tearing apart Metropolis, demanding a battle with Superman, and not even the Superman Family can stop him. |
| 160 | * ''ComicBook/WayOfTheWorld'': Supergirl swears to save a young cancer patient's life, despite her peers' warnings that super-heroes cannot punch the hard realities of life away. |
| 161 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'': (''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #866-870) Superman fights with his cousin's help the actual Brainiac for the first time ([[FightingAShadow every other time]], it was a remotely controlled robot probe or some other technological method). This story reintroduces the Bottled City of Kandor to post-Crisis continuity, reintroduces many elements associated with [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Brainiac and leads directly into ''New Krypton'' below. This arc was also adapted to ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound''. |
| 162 | * ''ComicBook/LegionOfThreeWorlds'': (October 2008-September 2009). The arrival of Superboy-Prime to the 31st century, and the foundation of a new Legion of Super-Villains lead the Legion of Super-Heroes to call Superman and summon their counterparts from two parallel timelines. |
| 163 | * ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'': Superman has to deal with the death of his father, his loyalty being divided between humanity and the 100,000 Kryptonian survivors he's managed to rescue, another attack by Brainiac, and a government/military conspiracy to kill him, led by his [[GeneralRipper father-in-law]]. The last Superman/Brainiac battle to take place prior to the ''New 52'' reboot. |
| 164 | * ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'': Supergirl sets out to bring her father's murderer to justice, but she gets thwarted at every turn by the mysterious Superwoman, a villain who is murdering people and framing the House of El. As Supergirl fights for her life, she has to solve several murders and figure out Superwoman's real identity, a secret which will reveal a conspiration against Superman's family. |
| 165 | * ''ComicBook/SupergirlWednesdayComics'': Twelve-page-long story published in ''Wednesday Comics'' #1-12 (July-September, 2009) by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner. Supergirl babysitting the Superpets becomes more stressful than usual when something drives Krypto and Streaky crazy. |
| 166 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanSecretOrigin'': Superman's ''re''-re-revised origin, replacing ''Birthright'' - until DC rebooted its whole continuity again. |
| 167 | * ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'': Crossover involving several ''Superman'' titles. Supergirl has to find her father's murderer, Reactron, and bring him back to Krypton? But how can she fulfill her mission when the entire planet hates her? |
| 168 | * ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'': Supergirl must solve a crime involving Silver Banshee as dealing with Lana Lang's incurable illness which is only a prelude to a bigger conflict with a ruthless, cunning enemy. |
| 169 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanGrounded'': After the events of ''New Krypton'', Superman feels he is out of touch with the humans he has sworn to protect, so he decides to walk across America to reconnect with humanity. |
| 170 | * ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'': Happening concurrently with ''Grounded''. A Supergirl-alike Bizarro arrives on Earth. What does she want and what is she escaping from? And can a depressed and demoralized Supergirl stop her before Bizarrogirl tears Metropolis apart? To make things worse, an even bigger threat looms on the horizon with an eye for the Girl of Steel. |
| 171 | * ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing'': Lex Luthor sets off on a quest to achieve godhood. Featuring crossovers from many other DC characters, including Superman foes Brainiac and Doomsday, it was the last Superman/Luthor battle to take place prior to the ''ComicBook/New52'' reboot. |
| 172 | * ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'': (November-December, 2010). Believing Toyman may be behind a wave of children kidnappings, Catherine Grant blackmails Supergirl into helping her investigate the case. Can both women put up with each other long enough to find the culprit? |
| 173 | * ''ComicBook/ReignOfDoomsday'': Taking place simultaneously with the former arc. As Luthor travels across the galaxy, he uses Doomsday as a pawn to keep the Superman Family busy. |
| 174 | * ''ComicBook/DCRetroactiveSuperman'': ''September-October, 2011''. Three-issue series spotlighting three different decades from the History of Superman in preparation for the 2011 reboot. |
| 175 | * ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNew52'': ''Action Comics Vol 2 0-12'' (2011). The Post-Flashpoint reboot origin. It once again decanonizes Clark's time as Superboy (but thankfully avoids another [[ContinuitySnarl snarl]] with the ComicBook/{{Legion|OfSuperHeroes}} by establishing Legion presence in Clark's youth), having him take up heroics as a young adult, and starts him off as a HeroWithBadPublicity with him developing his powers over time similar to ''Man of Steel''. |
| 176 | * ''ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton'': Set right after Post-Flashpoint's Superman's origin. An alien girl makes it to Earth and attracts the attention of all kinds of wrong people. |
| 177 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanUnchained'': A Superman miniseries by writer Creator/ScottSnyder and artist Jim Lee in the ''ComicBook/New52'' concerning Superman's experiences with and conflict against a superhuman [[ShadowArchetype similar to himself]] that is [[MilitarySuperhero in the service of the US military]]. |
| 178 | * ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'': A [[BatfamilyCrossover crossover event]] with ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} and ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, where the three go up against H'el: a mysterious powerful Kryptonian who wishes to resurrect Krypton at the expense of Earth. |
| 179 | * ''ComicBook/KryptonReturns''. Another crossover event which also serves as the sequel to ''H'El on Earth.'' When H'El travels in time to prevent Krypton's destruction, Superman, Superboy and Supergirl travel to the past to stop him. |
| 180 | * ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'': A crossover event which features Supergirl getting a Red Lantern Ring as a consequence of the events of the two previous crossovers. |
| 181 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomed'': A crossover event which features a confrontation with Doomsday that caused Superman to mutate into a Doomsday-like creature. |
| 182 | * ''ComicBook/{{Crucible}}'': Supergirl is invited to enrol in a super-hero interplanetary academy. But is Crucible Academy really what it looks like? |
| 183 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanLoisAndClark'': A miniseries that brings back the pre-''Flashpoint'' Superman and Lois Lane, along with their son [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan Samuel Kent]], following the events of ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', as part of ''ComicBook/DCYou''. The family is found living in the New 52 universe, doing their best to fit in and survive in a universe that's not only different from their own but also has its own versions of them. |
| 184 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanTruth'': A story arc that features major changes in Superman's status quo in the ''ComicBook/DCYou'' phase after ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}''. After his secret identity is revealed to the world by Lois, Superman is forced to go on the run. |
| 185 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanSavageDawn'': The conclusion of the ''Truth'' status quo. Superman confronts Vandal Savage, the villain responsible for his power loss. |
| 186 | * ''ComicBook/TheFinalDaysOfSuperman'': The final storyline for Post-Flashpoint Superman. In the aftermath of ''Savage Dawn'', ''The Darkseid War'' and his fight with Rao, Superman is dying. But, before he goes, he's deadset on making sure humanity isn't defenseless without him. |
| 187 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanReborn'': The first Superman story arc in the ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' relaunch. Superman learns the truth of himself, his family and the fallen ''New 52'' Superman as Jon is kidnapped. |
| 188 | * ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroesBugsBunnySpecial'': August, 2017. Supergirl has saved the Legion of Super-Heroes from Mordru at the cost of contracting a strange alien illness. The Legionnaires need someone like Superboy to save her; instead, they get a loony. |
| 189 | * ''ComicBook/EscapeFromThePhantomZone'': ''Batman'' crossover. A plea for help and a mutual friend in danger lead Supergirl and Batgirl to become trapped in the Phantom Zone, where they fall into the clutches of a deadly, heartless psychopath. |
| 190 | * ''Superman: Revenge'': After being made whole again, Superman faces his first serious challenge: Hank Henshaw has regressed to being Cyborg Superman again and is putting together a Superman Revenge Squad. Fortunately, the Superman Family is ready to help out. |
| 191 | * ''ComicBook/TheOzEffect'': Mr. Oz's identity is out in the open, just as he begins his endgame against Superman and his family. |
| 192 | * ''ComicBook/ManOfSteel2018'': Creator/BrianMichaelBendis makes his mark on the DC Universe as he explores Krypton's past and its destruction along with Superman's rise as a hero as the Man of Steel encounters a mysterious new villain with ties to Krypton and its destruction. |
| 193 | * ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'': Supergirl sets on a journey across the galaxy to discover the truth behind the claims of Rogol Zaar and the destruction of Krypton. |
| 194 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanBrianMichaelBendis'': With ''Man of Steel'' over, a new era in Superman's life begins. |
| 195 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanUpInTheSky'': Written by Creator/TomKing, it tells the story of Superman searching across the universe for a young girl who had been kidnapped by aliens. |
| 196 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanPhillipKennedyJohnson'': Superman leads his new Authority team to Warworld intending to liberate the slaves and depose Mongul. Mongul's been preparing for his arrival however, and this may be a job not even Superman can complete. |
| 197 | * ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton (2022)'': Mini-series delving into the past of Krypton and the House of El. |
| 198 | * ''ComicBook/Superman2023'': The post-''Dark Crisis'' relaunch of the flagship Superman book by Creator/JoshuaWilliamson. |
| 199 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanTheLastDaysOfLexLuthor'': A three-part miniseries about the death of Lex Luthor written by Creator/MarkWaid and drawn by Bryan Hitch. |
| 200 | * ''''ComicBook/HouseOfBrainiac'': The first major ''Superman'' event of the Creator/JoshuaWilliamson era. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Elseworlds stories]] |
| 204 | * ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman1961'': The original "The Death of Superman" story, told in ''Superman'' vol 1 #149 by Jerry Siegel where Lex Luthor finally manages to murder Superman ''for real'', and he doesn't come back from the dead. Initially an imaginary story, it became an existing alternate universe (Earth-149). |
| 205 | * ''ComicBook/TheAmazingStoryOfSupermanRedAndSupermanBlue'': Superman 162. Superman gets split in two Superman, and they set out to fix everybody's problems. |
| 206 | * ''Love is Blind!'': Imaginary story published in ''Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lave #91''. Lois Lane gets married to Superman after losing her sight. |
| 207 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'': The first Superman[=/=]ComicBook/SpiderMan team-up, pitting them against Luthor and Doctor Octopus. |
| 208 | * ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'': The "imaginary" final story featuring the pre-1986 reboot (see ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel'' above) version of the character. |
| 209 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanAndSpiderMan'': ''Marvel Treasury Edition'' #28 (July, 1981). Second and last Superman/Spider-Man crossover, where both heroes must thwart Doctor Doom's latest and craziest scheme. |
| 210 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanAtEarthsEnd'': A SoBadItsGood Elseworlds one-shot where a bearded Superman fights cyborgs, mutants and Nazis in the 22nd century. |
| 211 | * ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'': A deconstruction of the NinetiesAntiHero movement and reconstruction of the Silver Age, using elements of the Book of Revelation combined with the DC Universe. |
| 212 | * ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'': Elseworlds Superman/Batman crossover written in 1998. In a world with no Superman or Batman, Supergirl and Batgirl must cast their differences aside and team up to solve a kidnapping. |
| 213 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'': An Elseworlds series written and illustrated by John Byrne, Superman & Batman: Generations is built upon one central conceit: the complete and total Aversion of ComicBookTime. |
| 214 | * ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulkVsSuperman'': It mixed different stylistic eras of the characters -- 1940s-style Superman and Lois, 1960s-style Hulk and Rick Jones, and Post-Crisis Luthor. With art by Steve Rude. |
| 215 | * ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'': A comic series based on the [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] version of the character that strips away current continuity in favor of telling fresh but classic stories. |
| 216 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'': Baby Kal-El lands in the Soviet Union instead of Kansas. |
| 217 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanSecretIdentity'': A very [[ThisIsReality different]] spin on the mythos, which is technically not about ''the'' Superman. |
| 218 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanSpeedingBullets'': Kal-El’s rocketship lands in Gotham rather than Smallville, and is found and raised by Thomas and Martha Wayne. When they are gunned down by a crook, the trauma and rage awakens his kryptonian powers but instead of becoming Superman, he takes up the cowl and becomes Batman. |
| 219 | * ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'': Still as young and handsome as ever, has become little more than an icon, answering to the government and trying to stay as neutral as possible. Which becomes a problem when a certain caped crusader returns. |
| 220 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'': Graphic novel where Superman is re-imagined for the modern era. |
| 221 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanTrueBrit'': Kal-El's pod lands in London instead of Smallville |
| 222 | * ''ComicBook/ManOfSteelPrequel'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Prequel to Man of Steel]] |
| 223 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanAmericanAlien'': A re-telling of Clark Kent's early life. As a young Clark Kent discovers his powers, he begins to question his own identity, worrying about how he will never fit in. |
| 224 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanSmashesTheKlan'': A loose adaptation of the "Clan of the Fiery Cross" storyline from the [[Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman 1940s radio show]], set during the time period. |
| 225 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanSpaceAge'': A PeriodPiece starting in the early 60s and continuing to 1985 as Clark learns of the coming Crisis and that there is no way to save his world from destruction. |
| 226 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanRedAndBlue'': Anthology comic following different stories set in Metropolis. Written and drawn by various creators. |
| 227 | * ''ComicBook/Superman78'': A continuation of the Creator/RichardDonner [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Superman films]] |
| 228 | ** ''ComicBook/Superman78TheMetalCurtain'': The sequel to the comic, with Superman facing a Soviet Powered Armor. |
| 229 | * ''ComicBook/TheSupermanMonster'': A retelling of ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' with Lex Luthor in the role of Victor Frankenstein and Superman as the monster. |
| 230 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanLost'': Superman is lost in space for twenty years (at least from his perspective) and must acclimate to life back on Earth. |
| 231 | [[/folder]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[folder:Superman Family Comic Series]] |
| 234 | * ''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen'': Probably the comic that truly shows MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} in its purest, distilled form. In the [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks '70s]], Creator/JackKirby used the series to launch his [[ComicBook/NewGods Fourth World]] metaseries. |
| 235 | ** ''ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen2019'': a 12-issue maxi-series. |
| 236 | * ''ComicBook/SupermansGirlFriendLoisLane'' |
| 237 | ** ''ComicBook/LoisLane'': a 12-issue maxi-series. |
| 238 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' |
| 239 | ** ''ComicBook/AdventuresOfSupergirl'': ''Supergirl (2015)'' tie-in mini-series. |
| 240 | ** ''ComicBook/Supergirl1972'': Supergirl's first solo book. |
| 241 | ** ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982'': Supergirl's second self-named series. |
| 242 | ** ''ComicBook/Supergirl1984'': Comic-Book adaptation of the 1984 movie. |
| 243 | ** ''ComicBook/Supergirl1994'': Mini-series featuring Matrix. |
| 244 | ** ''ComicBook/Supergirl1996'': Book featuring Earth Angel/human Supergirl Linda Danvers. |
| 245 | ** ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'': First Post-Crisis book featuring Kara Zor-El. |
| 246 | ** ''ComicBook/Supergirl2011'': Post-Flashpoint Supergirl series. |
| 247 | ** ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'': DC Rebirth Supergirl series. |
| 248 | ** ''ComicBook/SupergirlAdventuresGirlOfSteel'': Collection from ''DC Animated Universe'' comics featuring Supergirl published from 1998 to 2006. |
| 249 | ** ''ComicBook/SupergirlBeingSuper'': Four issue limited series. An origin and coming-of-age Supergirl tale set outside of the main continuity. |
| 250 | ** ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'': Alternate Universe series intended for children which retells the adventures of a pre-teen Earth-One Supergirl. |
| 251 | ** ''ComicBook/SupergirlWomanOfTomorrow'': 2021 maxi-series by Creator/TomKing and Bilquis Evely. |
| 252 | ** ''ComicBook/SupergirlSpecial'': 2023 one-shot exploring Supergirl's current feelings regarding her new status quo. |
| 253 | * ''ComicBook/{{Steel}}'' |
| 254 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'': The various series starring teenager Clark Kent or Kon-El/Conner Kent. |
| 255 | ** ''ComicBook/Superboy1994'': Kon-El's first solo series. |
| 256 | ** ''ComicBook/SuperboyAndTheRavers'': Features Kon-El's adventures with the Ravers. Published alongside his first solo series. |
| 257 | ** ''ComicBook/Superboy2011'': Kon-El's second solo series, after his brief stint headlining the revived ''Adventure Comics''. |
| 258 | ** ''ComicBook/SuperboyNew52'' |
| 259 | ** ''ComicBook/SuperboyTheManOfTomorrow'': 2022 Round Robin Winner, a six issue miniseries by Kenny Porter and Jahnoy Lindsay focusing on Conner/Kon's efforts to make a name for himself in the post-Flashpoint DCU, now that he's returned. |
| 260 | * ''Supergirl and the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' |
| 261 | * ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'': Five-issue mini-series in which Supergirl and her cousin fight a dangerous and vicious villain from Apokolyps named Maelstrom who is determined to kill Superman to win the favor of Darkseid. |
| 262 | * ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' |
| 263 | ** ''ComicBook/PowerGirl1988'' |
| 264 | ** ''ComicBook/PowerGirl2009'' |
| 265 | ** ''ComicBook/PowerGirl2023'' |
| 266 | * ''ComicBook/{{Bizarro}}'' |
| 267 | * ''ComicBook/NewSuperMan'' |
| 268 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superwoman}}'' |
| 269 | * ''ComicBook/SuperSons'': A teamup book starring [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jon Kent]] as Superboy and [[Characters/RobinDamianWayne Damian Wayne]] as Robin. |
| 270 | ** ''ComicBook/AdventuresOfTheSuperSons'': The continuation of the boys' adventures, taking place between the end of the previous series and the events of ''ComicBook/ManOfSteel2018''. |
| 271 | * ''ComicBook/KneelBeforeZod'': A 2024 comic series starring [[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]] and his endeavors and experiences alongside his wife, Ursa, and son, Lor-Zod. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 275 | * ''Advertising/AmericanHondaPresentsDCComicsSupergirl'': (1984-1986). A series of PublicServiceAnnouncement comics in which Supergirl taught the importance of wearing a seat belt. |
| 276 | * ''Advertising/SupermanVsNickOTeen'' - A series of PublicServiceAnnouncement ads in TheEighties in which Superman fought the cigarette-obsessed Nick O'Teen to stop him from giving drugs to children. |
| 277 | * In the 1980s, Superman was the mascot of [[https://8bitpickle.com/food/history-of-superman-peanut-butter/ Superman Peanut Butter,]] and appeared with Luthor in an animated commercial for the product. |
| 278 | * ''Advertising/VictoryByComputer'': A Radio Shack giveaway comic advertising the TRS-80 computer. Superman and Supergil team up with the ComicBook/TandyComputerWhizKids to crush Lex Luthor's latest ploy. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Animated Movies]] |
| 282 | * The WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons made by Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer and Creator/FamousStudios. |
| 283 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheMadScientist'' - The first in the series. |
| 284 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheMechanicalMonsters'' - The second in the series. |
| 285 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBrainiacAttacks'' - Intended as a quick tie-in movie to ''Superman Returns''. While the action was good and story serviceable, the film was heavily criticized for its portrayal of Lex Luthor. |
| 286 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' - An adaptation of ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman storyline. While partially criticized for the brainless violence, it was well received and a commercial success. |
| 287 | * ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' - A Superman as he appeared in the transition between MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks and MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, featured alongside most of the other Creator/DCComics heroes. |
| 288 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies'' - Based on the comic storyline of the same name, it features the World's Finest going up against [[PresidentEvil President]] Lex Luthor after Luthor frames Superman for a crime he didn't commit. |
| 289 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' - Direct sequel to the above, depicting the arrival of Supergirl and her kidnapping by Darkseid. |
| 290 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' - Superman and his Justice League teammates team up with a heroic Lex Luthor from a MirrorUniverse against their counterparts from said universe, the [[EvilTwin Crime]] [[TheSyndicate Syndicate]]. Based on a script for a story meant to bridge the gap between ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'', but had to undergo a few tweaks. |
| 291 | * ''WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman'' - An AnimatedAdaptation of the popular comic book of the same name. |
| 292 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam'' - An animated short with Superman co-starring with [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]]. |
| 293 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' - Based on the comic story "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?" Superman clashes with The Elite, [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of ComicBook/TheAuthority, whose brutal style of heroics wins them a lot of fans--and makes the public question if Superman is still relevant. |
| 294 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' - An adaptation of [[ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns the comic of the same name]]. Superman appears in [[MovieMultipack the second part]]. |
| 295 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanUnbound'' - Based on the 2008 ''Superman: Brainiac'' arc. |
| 296 | * WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse: A series of direct-to-video movies that are part of a SharedUniverse. |
| 297 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' |
| 298 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'' |
| 299 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis'' |
| 300 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'' |
| 301 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDark'' |
| 302 | ** ''WesternAnimation/TheDeathOfSuperman'' |
| 303 | ** ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'' |
| 304 | ** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanHush'' |
| 305 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' |
| 306 | * Superman makes minor appearances in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'', voiced by Creator/ChanningTatum. |
| 307 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'' - voiced by Creator/NicolasCage in a nod to the unmade ''Superman Lives'' film that would have starred Cage in the 90s. |
| 308 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'' - An original story about an AlternateUniverse version of the Justice League, with Superman being General Zod's son rather than Jor-El's. |
| 309 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTheFatalFive'' - An original story set in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse. |
| 310 | * ''WesternAnimation/SupermanRedSon'' - An adaptation of [[ComicBook/SupermanRedSon the comic of the same name]]. |
| 311 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Tomorrowverse}}'' |
| 312 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanManOfTomorrow'' - A 2020 adaptation focused on his early days as Clark Kent. |
| 313 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeSocietyWorldWarII'' |
| 314 | ** ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2023'' |
| 315 | * ''WesternAnimation/DCLeagueOfSuperPets'' - A 2022 animated film produced by and staring Creator/DwayneJohnson as Krypto the Super-Dog and Creator/JohnKrasinski as Clark Kent/Superman. |
| 316 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueXRWBYSuperHeroesAndHuntsmen'' |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[folder:Animated Series]] |
| 320 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'': The first animated show starring the character. |
| 321 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' Featured Superman as - naturally - the leader. |
| 322 | * ''WesternAnimation/RubySpearsSuperman'': The first adaptation to incorporate Creator/JohnByrne's revisions of the character. |
| 323 | * Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse |
| 324 | ** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'': A successor to/companion of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. |
| 325 | ** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': While primarily an ensemble series, uses more plot-threads from Superman's show and mythos than anyone else's. |
| 326 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Legion of Super Heroes|2006}}'': First animated Superman completely unconnected to the DCAU.[[note]]Though rumors persist that "Far From Home" of Justice League's last season was meant as a PoorlyDisguisedPilot.[[/note]] |
| 327 | * ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperFriends'': Despite the name, has no formal connection to "classic" ''Superfriends''; consists mostly of a toyline, with a tie-in comic (and occasional direct-to-DVD cartoon). |
| 328 | * ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' |
| 329 | * ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' |
| 330 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'' [[/index]] |
| 331 | * The official MotionComic of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal'', with Superman being voiced by Creator/DavidHasselhoff. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 335 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Superman}}'': A newspaper comic strip written and drawn by [[Creator/JerrySiegelAndJoeShuster Siegel and Shuster]] that ran from January 16, 1939 to May 1966. |
| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder:Live-Action Movies]] |
| 339 | * The ''Superman'' and ''Superman vs. Atom Man'' [[FilmSerial serials]], starring Creator/KirkAlyn.[[index]] |
| 340 | * ''Film/SupermanAndTheMoleMen'', staring George Reeves and leading into ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman''. |
| 341 | * ''Film/SupermanFilmSeries'', starring Creator/ChristopherReeve as the Man of Steel. |
| 342 | ** ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'': |
| 343 | ** ''Film/SupermanII'' |
| 344 | ** ''Film/SupermanIII'' |
| 345 | ** ''Film/Supergirl1984'': a spin-off set in the same continuity, starring Creator/HelenSlater as Supergirl. Reeve's Superman appears on a picture in Lucy Lane's dorm room. |
| 346 | ** ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''. |
| 347 | ** ''Film/SupermanReturns'', a film supposedly in the same continuity as the Christopher Reeve films but [[CanonDiscontinuity ignoring]] ''Superman III'' and ''IV'' (as well as ''Supergirl''), starring Creator/BrandonRouth. Met with reasonable success, though not enough to warrant a sequel. The Superman costume created for the movie would later be reused 4 years later in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'''s tenth season. |
| 348 | * ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''. Superman is played by Creator/HenryCavill in this cinematic SharedUniverse produced by DC and Warner Bros. |
| 349 | ** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' is a 2013 reboot of the character, directed by Creator/ZackSnyder. Not, as the name suggests, an adaptation of John Bryne's 1986 [[ComicBook/TheManOfSteel miniseries]], though it does take many elements from that story. Starring Creator/AmyAdams as Lois Lane, Creator/MichaelShannon as General Zod and Creator/LaurenceFishburne as Perry White. |
| 350 | ** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', the 2016 sequel to ''Man of Steel'', again directed by Snyder. It is the first live action {{crossover}} between Superman and Franchise/{{Batman}}. Starring Creator/BenAffleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Creator/JesseEisenberg as Lex Luthor. |
| 351 | ** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'': The eponymous SuperTeam is created to follow his example after his sacrifice. He is ultimately revived and joins it. |
| 352 | *** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' revisits the aftermath of ''Batman v Superman'' in a different manner. He dons a black suit after his resurrection this time around.[[/index]] |
| 353 | ** ''[[Film/Shazam2019 SHAZAM!]]'': Superman makes a cameo ([[FakeShemp not played by Henry Cavill]]) at the very end. |
| 354 | ** ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'': Cavill reappeared in TheStinger for this film after a five-year absence, [[SequelHook hoping to talk to Teth Adam/Black Adam]]. Despite Creator/DwayneJohnson's plans to eventually pit Black Adam against Superman in a future film, this would ultimately serve as Cavill's final appearance in the role following Creator/JamesGunn and Peter Safran's takeover and total restructuring of Creator/DCStudios. |
| 355 | ** ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}'': The DCEU Superman briefly appears at the beginning of the movie ([[FakeShemp only seen from behind]]), and [[spoiler:during the climax, as the Flash gazes into the DC Multiverse, we see CGI recreations of numerous live-action Supermen, including George Reeves, Christopher Reeve (accompanied by Helen Slater's Supergirl), and even Nicolas Cage from the unmade ''Superman Lives''.]] |
| 356 | [[/index]] |
| 357 | * ''Film/{{Superman|2025}}'': The upcoming first installment of the "DC Universe" written and directed by James Gunn, starring Creator/DavidCorenswet as Clark, Creator/RachelBrosnahan as Lois, and Creator/NicholasHoult as Luthor. |
| 358 | * ''Look, Up in the Sky!: The Amazing Story of Superman'', a 2006 non-fiction documentary of Superman, from the first comic books up to the early 21st century. |
| 359 | * An untitled, in development film centering on a black Superman to exist outside the DCEU. Creator/TaNehisiCoates is writing the project while Creator/JJAbrams is producing. |
| 360 | [[/folder]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[folder:Live-Action Series]] |
| 363 | [[index]] |
| 364 | * ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'': The black-and-white/later color George Reeves (not to be confused with ''Christopher'' Reeve) series that introduced the famous phrase: "Truth, Justice, and the American Way" |
| 365 | * ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperboy'': Precursor of sorts to ''Smallville'', based on the Silver Age version of Superboy and featuring Lana Lang. |
| 366 | * ''Series/LoisAndClarkTheNewAdventuresOfSuperman'': The first TV series to pick up on the John Byrne-era post-Crisis idea of Clark as the real person and Superman as the disguise, and of Lex Luthor as a corrupt CEO. Also, this series focuses more on the title characters' relationship. He is played by Creator/DeanCain. |
| 367 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': One of the more unique takes on Superman, it follows young Clark Kent's (Creator/TomWelling) journey from adolescence to adulthood and explores his reasons for becoming Superman. One of the US' longest-running sci-fi shows ever.[[note]]''Smallville'' has one less episode than ''Series/TheXFiles'' (counting that show's revival seasons), and three more episodes than ''Series/StargateSG1'', but its exact genre is a little vague due to the explicit existence of magic, and ''SG-1'' has two TV movies adding to its length.[[/note]] |
| 368 | * ''Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}'': |
| 369 | ** ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': Played by Creator/TylerHoechlin |
| 370 | ** ''Series/{{Crisis on Infinite Earths|2019}}'': [[TheMultiverse Multiverse]] CrisisCrossover featuring several incarnations of Superman -- the aforementioned Creator/TylerHoechlin from ''Supergirl'', Tom Welling returning from ''Smallville'', and a live-action incarnation of the ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' Superman played by Creator/BrandonRouth, who reprises the role after ''Film/SupermanReturns'' (and also plays [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ray Palmer / The Atom]] in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' and this crossover event), and is in fact meant to be the same character from that film, and by extension the same character as Christopher Reeve's Superman. |
| 371 | ** ''Series/SupermanAndLois'': An spinoff with Hoechlin and Creator/ElizabethTulloch (Lois Lane) reprising their roles as they deal with the trials and tribulations of parenthood. |
| 372 | * ''Series/{{Krypton}}'': A {{prequel}} series taking place on Krypton 200 years before Kal-El's birth and the planet's explosion. It follows the destiny of Kal-El's grandfather Seg-El (Creator/CameronCuffe) as the city of Kandor and moreover the planet itself are endangered by ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} and other threats straight out of the ''Superman'' mythos. It takes some inspiration from ''[[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/World_of_Krypton World of Krypton]]'' stories. |
| 373 | * ''Series/Titans2018'': Conner Kent/Superboy is played by Creator/JoshuaOrpin and Krypto the super-dog are featured in the show, while Superman and Lex Luthor's existence are acknowledged. |
| 374 | [[/index]] |
| 375 | [[/folder]] |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 378 | * Music/TheKinks "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" from their album "Low Budget". |
| 379 | * Music/LaurieAnderson's "O Superman", a politically charged interpretation of Superman. |
| 380 | * Music/ThreeDoorsDown's song "Kryptonite". |
| 381 | * Music/{{Eminem}}'s "Superman" a [=NFSW=] number about why the singer can't be your superman. |
| 382 | * Music/FiveForFighting's "Superman" ("It's not easy to be me") |
| 383 | * The Clique's "Superman", made famous by Music/{{REM}} ("I am, I am, I am Superman/And I know what's happening") |
| 384 | * Music/CrashTestDummies' touching eulogy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeyhKWjQaKk "Superman's Song"]]. |
| 385 | * Music/TaylorSwift's "Superman", a bonus track from her 2010 album ''Music/SpeakNow''. |
| 386 | [[/folder]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | [[folder:Novels]] [[index]] |
| 389 | * ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' (1942) by George Lowther, a retelling of Superman's origin followed by a story about the character involving pirate ghosts. In this book, his adopted parents were named Sarah and Eben, rather than the more familiar Martha and Jonathan. |
| 390 | * ''[[Literature/LastSonOfKrypton Superman: Last Son of Krypton]]'' (1978) by Creator/ElliotSMaggin. Superman must team up with Lex Luthor to oppose the plans of an alien conqueror who is literally predestined to rule. Mostly serves as a character study of both Bronze Age Superman and Bronze Age Luthor. |
| 391 | * ''Literature/MiracleMonday'' (1981) by Creator/ElliotSMaggin. Lex Luthor discovers the physical basis for magic and uses it to escape prison, accidentally releasing a demon called C.W. Saturn on Earth. Saturn proceeds to challenge Superman in an attempt to destroy his standing as the moral champion of humanity. |
| 392 | * ''Literature/TheDeathAndLifeOfSuperman'' (1993) by Roger Stern. As the name may imply, it's a retelling of the hero's death at the hands of Doomsday and return following the presence of four impostors. It also included some details about Superman's backstory which is written to mirror the continuity of the comics at the time. |
| 393 | * ''[[Literature/SupermanDoomsdayAndBeyond Superman: Doomsday & Beyond]]'' (1993) by Louise Simonson. Also an adaptation of Superman's death & resurrection, but intended for a younger audience. |
| 394 | * ''Literature/EnemiesAndAllies'' (1990) by Creator/KevinJAnderson. Batman meets Superman in the late 1950s at the height of the Cold War. |
| 395 | * ''Literature/TheLastDaysOfKrypton'' (2008) again by Creator/KevinJAnderson. Here we get a look at Krypton before its inevitable destruction. |
| 396 | [[/folder]] |
| 397 | |
| 398 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 399 | * There are several Superman games, which go back to ''VideoGame/SupermanAtari2600'' at the dawn of video gaming. |
| 400 | * ''VideoGame/Superman64'' is considered one of the worst games of all time. |
| 401 | * ''VideoGame/SupermanShadowOfApokolips'' is considered a minor improvement over ''64''. |
| 402 | * ''VideoGame/SupermanReturns'': A tie-in game based on the 2006 film with most of the cast involved. |
| 403 | * ''VideoGame/LEGOBatman'': Superman appears as a playable character in the second and third games in the series. |
| 404 | ** ''VideoGame/LegoDCSuperVillains'': A spin-off of the ''LEGO Batman'' series, which also features Superman as a playable character. |
| 405 | ** ''VideoGame/LEGODimensions'' is a spinoff of most of Travelers Tales' [[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO video games]], including the aforementioned ''LEGO Batman'' series. Superman is again a playable character. |
| 406 | * ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' is a crossover with the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' franchise featuring him as one of the playable characters. |
| 407 | * The ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' series has Superman as one of the playable characters. |
| 408 | ** ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' |
| 409 | ** ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' |
| 410 | * ''VideoGame/{{Multiversus}}'' includes Superman as part of the starting roster. |
| 411 | * ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor'' has Superman as a playable hero, where he gets the moveset of UsefulNotes/GuanYu in ''VideoGame/HonorOfKings'' refitted to Supes' usual repertoire of FlyingBrick. |
| 412 | [[/folder]] |
| 413 | |
| 414 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 415 | * ''Pinball/{{Superman}}''. |
| 416 | [[/folder]] |
| 417 | |
| 418 | [[folder:Theater]] |
| 419 | * ''[[Theatre/ItsABirdItsAPlaneItsSuperman It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman]]'' premiered on Broadway in March 1966, just as [[Series/Batman1966 the Dynamic Duo]] was dominating American TV. Sadly, the Man of Steel was not nearly so successful on the Great White Way, and the show lasted less than six months. It was adapted into an Creator/{{ABC}} TV special in 1975, and has been revived several times to modest success, most recently in London in 2014. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Other versions]] |
| 423 | * The [[Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman 1940's radio version]] which created the "Up, up, and away!" catchphrase |
| 424 | * The ComicBook/{{Just Imagine|StanLeeCreatingTheDCUniverse}} version of Superman |
| 425 | * [[/index]]The Creator/TangentComics version of Superman[[index]] |
| 426 | * The [[ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne Earth One]] contemporary version of Superman by J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis as a young man, similar to Marvel's ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' except that this series comes out bi-annually in original graphic novel format. Compare to the New 52 version of Superman. |
| 427 | * [[/index]]The 1930s version of the character, or more specifically of Clark Kent, seen in Tom De Haven's 2005 novel ''It's Superman!'' |
| 428 | [[/folder]] |
| 429 | |
| 430 | [[folder:Parodies]] |
| 431 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'': |
| 432 | ** ''Goofy Groceries'', a spot gag cartoon from 1941 about then-popular advertising mascots and products coming to life. One of the earliest Superman parodies saw the superhero, pictured on a box of soap flakes, confronting the short's main antagonist, an Animal Crackers gorilla, who has captured a Can-Can dancer. "Superguy" confronts the gorilla, which promptly growls at him and causes him to cower and run in fear, like a little boy. |
| 433 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Super-Rabbit}}'', a 1943 short starring Bugs Bunny as the titular hero. After gaining Superman-like powers by eating super-charged carrots, Bugs takes up the titular identity to capture the hunter "Cottontail" Smith. Bugs confronts and taunts the hunter and his horse, but his hubris get the better of him and he loses his carrots while in flight, instead being eaten by the two. Confronting the now-powered up criminals, Bugs declares that "This looks like a job for a REAL Superman", dives into a phone booth... and dons the uniform of the U.S. Marines, marching off for "Berlin, Tokyo and all points East." This short made Bugs Bunny an honorary member of the U.S. Marines to the end of World War II. |
| 434 | ** ''WesternAnimation/StuporDuck'', a 1956 short starring Daffy Duck as the titular character and his alter ego, Cluck Trent. The story centers around Daffy/Stupor pursing a non-existent supervillain named Ratnik, coming to his conclusion after listening in on his editor's office [[note]]-- Daffy was listening in to see if he was up for a raise and promotion --[[/note]] and not realizing he was merely watching a TV show and that the stated threats were mere fiction. The comedy comes as Stupor searches for "Ratnik" and finds "evidence" of his work -- an old building being imploded for a new skyscraper, a submarine conducting war games being mistaken for a cruise ship being sank by Ratnik's goons, an abandoned railroad bridge being demolished for a Warner Bros. movie, and a government moon rocket mistaken for a nuclear warhead. Even the opening of the Superman cartoons/TV shows is parodied: Stupor is "faster than a bullet" (a pop gun), "more powerful than a speeding locomotive" (a puttering 1800s-style train), and "able to leap the tallest buildings" (but getting his cape snagged by the pole on top.) |
| 435 | * Super-Turtle, a FunnyAnimal turtle with Superman's powers, who appeared in various half-page humor strips in various [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] DC Comics. |
| 436 | * Super-Squirrel, Superman's FunnyAnimal counterpart on [[Franchise/TheDCU Earth-C-Minus]]. The "Squirrel of Steel" is shown to be a member of his world's "JLA" (the "[[ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew Just'a Lotta Animals]]"). |
| 437 | * ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded''. Superman is a recurring character in that web series, appearing at the Super-Café chatting with Batman in practically every comic book film-related episode. |
| 438 | * Suppaman, a goofy superhero who gets his powers from eating sour plums in ''Manga/DoctorSlump''. |
| 439 | * In ComicBook/ArchieComics, it's ''[[http://www.toonopedia.com/purheart.htm Pureheart the Powerful]]'', also called ''Captain Pureheart'', which came out of the 1960s superhero revival and the ''Life with Archie'' comics with their longer adventure stories. |
| 440 | [[/folder]] |
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| 442 | Also worth mentioning: ''It's a Bird...'', a graphic novel written by Steven T. Seagle which is a meditation on the Superman mythology through the eyes of someone who's been tasked with writing new installments of the series, and isn't sure he can do it because he doesn't feel anything in common with Superman. Then he really begins to think about the whole thing... |
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