User blog:MektonZ/Superman Recommended Reading

INTRODUCTION
Although Superman and his Family have been some of my favorite heroes since I was a kid, it's hard to recommend Superman stories due to the constant reboots and retools (which is because many people often suggest self-contained stories). It doesn't help that large swaths of material may feel dated. Pre-Crisis stories are somewhat of an acquired taste, the Post-Crisis era gutted the mythos and its runs are both convoluted and continuity-heavy, and New 52 is mixed at best.

This is my personal, permanent-work-in-progress Superman Reading List, broken down by eras and including noteworthy stories of other members of the Super Family. Every period includes an overview and a description of their -IMO- good and bad points so you know what status quo you are dealing with.

As much as I love the Pre-Crisis era, I'd suggest to start off with some modern run or some self-contained series or run because it's harder to get into for a beginner. So, my advice would be starting off with Post-Crisis Superman: read recommended stories from “Man of Steel” (1986) to Fall of Metropolis (1994) and then skip to Jeph Loeb's Superman/Batman (2003), ignoring the intervening years. Read Geoff Johns, Kurt Busiek and Sterling Gates Superman and Supergirl stories. Then some mini like Birthright or All-Star Superman. Then you can try some Pre-Crisis or Post-Flashpoint stuff. Alan Moore's stories are a good Pre-Crisis Superman gateway.

NOTE: YOU DON'T NEED TO READ EVERYTHING. OR MOST OF IT. You'd go crazy (and broken). This is only a list of stories I consider important and/or good.

Golden Age (1938-1955)
- Background: In 1938, the publishing company later known as DC starts publishing Action Comics. Needless to say, it is a hit. One year later, “Superman (Volume 1)” comes out. Three years later, Supeman/Batman team-up title “World's Finest” comes out, and in 1945 DC starts publishing the Superboy's adventures (which contradict Superman's early stories, but more on that later), first in “More Fun Comics” and later in his own self-titled book as well as “Adventure Comics”.

Originally, Superman's Kryptonian name was Kal-L, he worked for the Daily Star under George Taylor's orders, and he owed his powers to Kryptonians being a further-evolved race. However, he wouldn't discover his origins until several years later. He started his hero career after moving to Metropolis, and he was rash, cocky and sarcastic. Lois Lane was already present in AC #1, but his remainder supporting cast would be added later. Eventually, several details such like his name or his parents' would be changed.

- Runs: Siegel and Shuster's run definitely. Siegel wrote Action Comics #1-105 and Superman #1-48 with several breaks. Their stories aren't exactly remarkable nowadays -no individual issues come to mind- and it's too basic for my likes, but it's the original literally-started-it-all run... and Jesus, their Superman was a snarky wrecking ball of justice. He put down bullies, domestic abusers, corrupt businessmen, war profiteers... and he had FUN doing it. In my opinion, the most historically relevant issues probably are:


 * Action Comics #1
 * Superman #1
 * Superman #4 -- Lex Luthor’s first story
 * Superman #7 -- Perry White’s first appearance
 * Superman #13 -- Jimmy Olsen’s first appearance
 * Superman #30 -- First Mxyzptlk story
 * Action comics #64 -- First Toyman story
 * More Fun comics #101 -- First Superboy story, which accidentally altered Superman’s origin.
 * Superman #65 -- Superman meets surviving Kryptonian criminals for the first time.
 * Superman #76 -- Superman and Batman learn each other’s secret identities.
 * Action Comics #158 -- Superman’s origin is finally set. This story was his canonical origin from 1951 to 1986.

A special mention should be made of “The K-Metal from Krypton”. Historically, Kryptonite first appeared in the radio serials and later was introduced in the comics, Superman didn’t discover his origin until 1949 and Lois Lane didn’t learn about his secret identity for decades. Still, in 1940 Siegel and Shuster pitched a story where Superman stumbled upon Kryptonite, learnt he was from Krypton, and revealed his secret to Lois. “The K-Metal from Krypton” would have changed Superman’s history completely, but back in the day it was rejected by DC's Editorial Director, Whitney Ellsworth.

Fortunately, a reconstruction made by several fans may be read here:

http://ws.fortress.net.nu/k-metal/about-k-metal.php

Silver Age (1955-1971)
- Background: It's generally considered Krypto's first appearance marks the start of the Silver Age. During the 50's DC published the next Superman books: “Action Comics”, “Superman”, “Jimmy Olsen”, “Lois Lane” and “Superboy”. Moreover, Supergirl, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes were Action Comics and Adventure Comics permanent backup features.

Superman's history had been gradually altered during the Golden Age. Now his name was Kal-El, he worked for the Daily Planet and his boss was Perry White. His childhood also was retconned: he remembered Krypton because he was a toddler when he was sent to Earth, and he started out his hero career when he was a teenager. He and Lex first when they were teens living in Smallville. He also met Krypto and joined the Legion of Super-Heroes. His powers now derived from Earth's low-gravity and yellow sun. His personality was now calmer and less brash.

In the beginning of that period, Supergirl made her first appearance. Kara Zor-El was born in Argo City -a city which survived Krypton’s destruction thanks to a protective bubble- many years after Krypton's explosion. When she was fifteen, Argo City was also dying, so Kara's parents, who were aware of Superman's existence, sent her to Earth to meet him. Kal-El, though, couldn't take her in, so he dumped her in the Midvale Orphanage -after she chose “Linda Lee” Earth name- and began her training. Kara would remain in the orphanage until she was adopted by Fred and Edna Danvers, changing her name to Linda Lee Danvers.

Since the beginning of her existence, DC tried to make Supergirl different from Superman: unlike her cousin, she had lived among Kryptonians her entire life, so she was a fish out of the water. She was younger, ergo more hot-tempered, snarkier, more inexperienced, more flawed, more prone to make mistakes and fail, and therefore less self-assured. She also was allowed to grow up and change during that period as her cousin remained static.

In 1961, DC came up with the concept of the Multiverse to explain the changes brought about by Superman and other characters' evolution: Kal-L and the Golden Age characters lived in Earth-Two, and Kal-El and the Silver Age characters lived in Earth-One.

- Runs: The Silver Age is Superman's most successful and most influential period. However, good chunks of the material are pretty dated. And it can get repetitive because back then readership renewed itself every five years, so editor Mort Weisinger didn't mind recycling stories. It's kind of an acquired taste, but if you remind yourself they were meant to be light-hearted, one-issue-and-done children stories you can have fun and appreciate how imaginative that period was. The most prominent writers of that age were a returned Jerry Siegel, Otto Binder -who churned constantly new concepts- as well as Edmond Hamilton and later Jim Shooter in the Legion of Super-Heroes. I'll recommend some stories because of their historic value or because I think they're genuinely good:


 * Adventure Comics #210 -- First Krypto's appearance
 * Action Comics #241 -- "The Super-Key to Fort Superman" Fortress of Solitude's origin
 * Adventure Comics #247 -- First Legion's appearance
 * Action Comics #242 -- Brainiac and Kandor make it to the scene
 * Superboy #68 -- First Bizarro story
 * Adventure Comics 283 -- The Phantom Zone’s first appearance
 * Action Comics #252 -- Metallo and Supergirl's first appearance
 * Superman #141 -- "Return to Krypton". The first “Superman time travels to Krypton’s past” and one of the best.
 * Superman #149 -- The Death of Superman. It's one of my personal favorites, and definitely the best Death of Superman story.
 * Superboy 80 -- Supergirl meets Superboy. I love it because of the sheer escapist factor and childlike wonder. When you're bored but have super powers, the cosmos is your playground.
 * Action Comics 261 -- "Supergirl's Super-cat". First Streaky story.
 * Action Comics 276 -- Supergirl and Brainiac 5 meet and join the Legion.
 * Action Comics #278-285 -- "The Unknown Supergirl". One of the first multi-part super-hero comic-book story arcs.
 * Adventure Comics #304-308 -- "The Death of Lightning Lad".
 * Adventure Comics #313 -- "The Condemned Legionnaires"
 * Adventure Comics #352-353 -- First appearance of the Fatal Five and first death of a Legionnaire. Remarkably, that death stuck.
 * Superman #162 -- "Superman Red and Blue". Crazy, but heart-warming.
 * Lois Lane #91 -- "Love is Blind". On the other hand, this is a dark and depressing story, but it's worth of reading.
 * Action Comics #300 -- "Superman Under the Red Sun!"
 * Action Comics #309-310 -- "The Untold Story of Argo City!"
 * Action Comics #340 -- Parasite's first appearance
 * Superman #176 -- "Superman's Day of Truth!". The story itself isn’t great but I like it mainly because of the interesting bits of Kryptonian backstory than for Superman and Supergirl hilariously mistaking honesty with rudeness.
 * Action Comics #385-387 -- "The Immortal Superman"

Bronze Age (1971-1985)
- Background: At 1971, new Superman editor Julius Schwartz decided Superman needed a new direction badly. Superman was -temporarily- depowered and all Kryptonite on Earth was -temporarily- turned into iron. Clark Kent started working as a newscaster for Galaxy Communications. At the same time, Linda Danvers graduated college, moved from Midvale to San Francisco and started to work as a cub photographer. During the next fifteen years Supergirl would constantly move, change jobs and wonder if she really wanted to be a hero instead of leading a normal life.

In 1976, DC would introduce Earth-Two Supergirl's, Power Girl. Kara Zor-L -Earth name Karen Starr- was born at the same time than Kal-L, but knowing her trip would take several decades longer than Kal's, her father built a symbioship which would keep watch over her growing as she was placed in suspended animation. Power Girl was cockier and brasher than her already short-tempered and snarky Earth-One counterpart.

In spite of all changes, though, Superman's origin remained unaltered, and it wouldn't be changed until 1986.

At the beginning of the 70's, Supergirl had her strip moved to “Adventure Comics” before being given her first sole. Unfortunately, the Super-family was affected by DC's 70's implosion. “Supergirl”, “Lois Lane” and “Jimmy Olsen” were cancelled and merged into an anthology magazine called “Superman Family”. Said magazine was cancelled in the early 80's and only Supergirl would have a new solo title (with a Lois Lane backup). During the period, DC also published a Superman team-up book called “DC Comics Presents”.

- Runs: The Bronze Age toned the earlier period's craziness down. Superman and Supergirl were still massively overpowered, but the Legion of Super-Pets, the differently colored Kryptonite... largely disappeared. The stories were less gimmicky, a bit more serious and often darker; and they were again more socially aware. Elliot S. Maggin, Martin Pasko and Cary Bates wrote the most memorable stories of the era... and some big clunkers. Cary Bates was a good Superman writer but a terrible Supergirl writer. Supergirl suffered during this period because of constantly changing directions, but Mike Sekowsky and Jack Harris still wrote decent stories, and Paul Kupperberg wrote her best Pre-Crisis run. Legion of Super-Heroes enjoyed some great artists (Mike Grell, Dave Cockrum) before the arrival of Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen, who crafted the group’s best stories.


 * Superman #233-243 -- The Sandman Saga/Kryptonite Nevermore. Dennis O'Neil started the era by writing a story where Superman was vastly depowered (readers didn't like the change, though, and Kal-El was repowered straight after)
 * Superman #247 -- "There Must Be a Superman?" First Maggin story. A classic.
 * Adventure Comics #388 -- "The Kindergarten Criminal"
 * Adventure Comics #411 -- "The Alien Among Us". Written in 1971, this story is scarily prescient.
 * Adventure Comics #421 -- One of my favorite Supergirl stories, and very different of her usual beat. I mean, sword-wielding amazon witches, demons, pocket fantasy worlds?
 * Adventure Comics #424 -- "Crypt of the Frozen Graves"
 * Amazing World of Superman –- A very good one-shot explaining Superman, his supporting cast and his world.
 * Action Comics #471-473 -- “The Great Phantom Peril”. A good story involving the Phantom Zoners and first appearance of Faora Hu-Ul, one of the most dangerous enemies of Superman.
 * Action Comics #484 -- "Superman Takes a Wife!" The original Superman and Lois Lane get married.
 * Action Comics #500 -- "The Life Story of Superman". The best issue to learn Pre-Crisis Superman's life history.
 * Action Comics #507-508 --"The Miraculous Return of Jonathan Kent!"
 * Superman #292 -- “The Luthor Nobody Knows”. Lex Luthor and his anti-Superman grudge's origin (no, it isn't because of hair loss).
 * Superman #296-299 - "Who Took the Super out of Superman?" An excellent four-parter that explains why Superman can't give up either of his identities.
 * Superman #307-309 - "Krypton No More". This crazy story is kind of a guilty pleasure because the plot makes little sense, but it has some good moments and the art is by great artist Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez.
 * Superman #338 -- "Let my People Grow!" The fate of the Bottle-City of Kandor.
 * Superman Family #200 -- "Celebration"
 * The Krypton Chronicles: Miniseries where Superman and Supergirl learn Krypton's History.
 * The Phantom Zone miniseries
 * DC Comics Presents Annual #1 -- "Crisis on Three Earths!"
 * Action Comics #534-Action Comics #541 -- "Two For The Death Of One!"
 * DC Comics Presents #50 -- "When You Wish Upon A Planetoid!"
 * Superman #380-382 and Superboy Vol 2 38 -- "A Mind-Switch In Time!"
 * Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes 241-245 -- "Earthwar". One of their great sagas.
 * Legion of Super-Heroes Vol 2 290-294 -- "The Great Darkness Saga". THE Legion story, and the storyline which cemented Darkseid's place as DC universe's big bad.
 * Action Comics #544 –- “Luthor Unleashed!”. Another great Lex Luthor story.
 * Superman #400 -- "The Living Legends of Superman"
 * DC Comics Presents #27-29 -- “Warworld”. Another of my favorite stories.
 * Supergirl Volume 2 -- The whole run is worth of a reading. I recommend issues 13-15 (the Blackstarr saga)
 * Superman Annual #11 -- "For the Man who has Everything". Written by Alan Moore.
 * DC Comics Presents #85 -- "The Jungle Line". Alan Moore's most overlooked Superman story.
 * Superman 423-Action Comics #583 -- Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow. Alan Moore's classic story is the farewell to an era and a Superman that had existed for thirty years.

Dark Age (1986-2000)
- Background: In the early 80's, DC decided Superman needed a full reboot as well as getting rid of all other Kryptonian characters. After the “Crisis on Infinite Earths” where Supergirl died and the universe was half-rebooted, John Byrne wrote his “Man of Steel” mini and gave him a new origin and personality based on the 40's cartoons and the 50's TV-show.

Krypton was now a cold, dystopic civilization instead of a place of wonder. Kal-El was really born on USA soil and he gained his powers gradually because in the new continuity his body worked as a solar battery. He was never Superboy and he started out his career after moving out of Smallville. His parents didn't die before his graduation. In his twenties he learned he was an alien but he didn't care for his Kryptonian heritage at all. His Clark Kent identity was bold and cocky instead of the mild-mannered reporter he had been since his inception. Since he was supposed to be the only Kryptonian survivor, Kara Zor-El was replaced with Matrix, a shape-shifting, protoplasmic creature; and Power Girl's origin was retconned to being an Atlantean who thought she was Superman's cousin.

John Byrne's origin and interpretation were tweaked and altered through the 90's, and finally abandoned in 2001. During that period, Superman starred in the next solos: Action Comics, Superman (Volume 2), Adventures of Superman and Superman: Man of Steel.

- Runs: John Byrne's run is very divisive. His interpretation removed huge chunks of the mythos, downplayed Krypton and reinvented Superman as the only Son of Krypton who felt fully American in spite of his origins. Depending on whom you ask his run was either a breath of fresh air, or a bad move which made long-term damage. Opinions are still divided after three decades and the debates will never stop.

My personal opinion? Superman should be neither a distant alien overly obsessed with his dead home-world nor an average American farmer who can't care less for his birth parents and his Kryptonian heritage, is ashamed of his alien DNA and obsessed with being considered “human”. Pre-Crisis Superman was sometimes guilty of the former crime, but Post-Crisis Superman moved to the other extreme of the pendulum. Also, Post-Crisis Superman's life was a bit too perfect. Earth-One Superman mourned his home-world, his birth parents and his adoptive parents; he couldn't fit in, be himself or romance his life's love; his childhood friend broke his friendship off and became his worst enemy; and he gradually lost his cousin and his best friend. New Earth Superman never experienced those losses. He didn't remember of care for Krypton or his birth parents, he didn't remember his murdered cousin, he never lost Batman's friendship because they were never friends to start with, he didn't lost his adoptive parents or his childhood friend, he never felt like a fish out of the water, he wasn’t forced to pretend he was a pushover and he romanced Lois. He was mostly drama-free.

Factually, removing Superboy and Supergirl from continuity sent the Legion titles into a tailspin they never recovered from. Excising huge chunks of the mythos and banning the existence of iconic characters and concepts like Supergirl, Krypto, the Phantom Zoners or Kandor eventually severely hindered the writers' creativity. Kara Zor-El was replaced with half dozen of substitutes, neither of which stuck. Power Girl went from one retcon to another.

Nonetheless, it doesn't mean no good stories or runs were produced back then. Editor Mike Carlin ran a tight ship and surrounded with talented writers and artists like Dan Jurgens, Rogern Stern or Louise Simonson who churned good stories during one decade until the "Fall of Metropolis" story arc. The books get worse afterwards. Some noteworthy storylines:


 * Exile
 * Time and Time Again
 * The Death of Superman/Funeral for a Friend/Reign of Supermen
 * The Death of Clark Kent
 * Fall of Metropolis
 * The Dominus Effect
 * Kindgom Come -– Not exclusively a Superman story, but one of my favorite comics ever.

Mercury Age (2001-2011)
- Background: Not an official name but I use it because I've heard some fans calling it this, and I quite like the name... Anyhow, in 2001 DC decided Superman was being held back by a fifteen-year-old origin and it needed to be changed. At the same time, they went back on their “Superman is the only Kryptonian survivor” and “The Multiverse will not be brought up” policies.

DC tried many different origins (Jeph Loeb's Return to Krypton, Mark Waid's Birthright...) until they settled on Geoff Johns' 2009 Secret Origin which solved Byrne's origin's main issues: Clark Kent was born on Krypton and rocketed to Earth. He learned about his Kryptonian heritage when he was a teenager and had a secret Superboy career during which he joined the Legion of Super-Heroes. Later he moved to Metropolis and started out his public career as Superman. He feels mostly human, but he values his Kryptonian heritage. His parents are still alive. He came upon Krypto when he was a teenager.

In 2004, Kara Zor-El was brought back. Her backstory was retconned several times, but her new origin had her be actually older than Superman. When Brainiac attacked Argo City, Kara was sent to Earth by her parents to save her life and take care of her baby cousin. However her rocket got delayed several decades. Shortly after, Power Girl was retconned back to be Earth-Two Supergirl.

During that decade, several Superman titles were cancelled or rebooted. After the Infinite Crisis event, DC was publishing “Action Comics”, “Superman (Vol 1)”, “Supergirl (Vol 5)” and -for a while- Adventure Comics and “Power Girl”, as well as a Legion title.

- Runs: Some real good runs and self-contained stories came up during this period, as well as some real awful stories which should have never been printed. Geoff Johns' Action Comics run, Kurt Busiek's Superman run and Sterling Gates/Jamal Igle's Supergirl run (Supergirl Vol 5 34-59), Jeph Loeb's Superman/Batman and Mark Waid's Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes were this period's highlights, as well as several self-contained, out-of-continuity stories.


 * Superman Birthright didn't become the canon origin but it's a good self-contained story. As far as I'm concerned, Mark Waid can write the Superman family whenever he wants.
 * All-Star Superman -- Self-contained, award-winning story
 * Superman: Secret Identity -- Self-contained, alternate continuity mini-series
 * Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade
 * Superman/Batman: Public Enemies –- SM/BM 1-6
 * Superman/Batman: The Supergirl from Krypton –- SM/BM 8-13
 * Strange Visitor from Another Century -- Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes 16-19
 * The Dominator War -– Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes 26-30
 * Up, Up and Away
 * The third Kryptonian
 * Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes
 * Escape from Bizarro World
 * Last Son
 * Brainiac
 * New Krypton
 * Who is Superwoman?
 * Death and the Family
 * Bizarrogirl
 * Day of the Dollmaker
 * The Black Ring
 * Reign of Doomsday
 * This is not my Life

The last three were the last Super-Family stories prior to the reboot.

Post-Flashpoint Era (2011-?)
- Background: In 2011, DC cancelled and rebooted most of their titles, publishing new Action Comics, Superman, Supergirl and Superboy volumes. All characters got new origins again. Superman's new backstory was a blend of his Golden and Silver Age origins. Supergirl had a somewhat different origin. Both characters were written to be more distant and emotionally-unstable than in the earlier period.

After four years, DC decided the line had become a mess. Post-Crisis Superman was brought back and combined with his Post-Flashpoint self. Geoff Johns' origin was restored. And Supergirl got herself a new direction.

- Runs: Prior to Rebirth, the Superman line had some good stories but it was mostly a big mess. Dan Jurgens and Peter Tomasi and Steve Orlando runs invigorated both characters. Nonetheless, I think Jurgens and Tomasi's runs got worse while Orlando's got better, mainly after artist Brian Ching was replaced. They were replaced Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko.


 * Grant Morrison’s Action Comics –- Action Comics Vol 2 #1-18
 * Supergirl: Last Daughter of Krypton –- SG Vol 6 #1-6
 * Supergirl: Red Daughter of Krypton – SG Vol 6 #26-33/Red Lanterns 28-33
 * Supergirl: Crucible –- SG Vol 6 #36-40
 * Superman: Lois & Clark miniseries
 * The Final Days of Superman
 * Escape from the Phantom Zone – Batgirl Annual 1/SG Vol 7 #9-11
 * Supergirl: Being Super -- Self-contained story

You can find some of those stories in the next trades:

TRADES
Post-Crisis


 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Kingdom_Come_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/All-Star_Superman_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_Birthright_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman/Batman:_Supergirl_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl_and_the_Legion_of_Super-Heroes:_Strange_Visitor_From_Another_Century_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl_and_the_Legion_of_Super-Heroes:_The_Dominator_War_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_Cosmic_Adventures_in_the_8th_Grade_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_Up,_Up_and_Away!_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_Way_of_the_World_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_Brainiac_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_New_Krypton_Vol_1_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_New_Krypton_Vol_2_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_New_Krypton_Vol_3_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/Superman:_New_Krypton_Vol_4_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_Daughter_of_New_Krypton_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_The_Hunt_for_Reactron_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_Bizarrogirl_(Collected)

Post-Flashpoint


 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_Last_Daughter_of_Krypton_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_Red_Daughter_of_Krypton_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_Crucible_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_The_Final_Days_of_Superman_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_Escape_from_the_Phantom_Zone_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_Being_Super_(Collected)

Pre-Crisis


 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_The_Golden_Age_Omnibus_Vol._1_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_The_Golden_Age_Omnibus_Vol._2_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_The_Golden_Age_Omnibus_Vol._3_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_The_Golden_Age_Omnibus_Vol._4_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_The_Golden_Age_Omnibus_Vol._5_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_The_Silver_Age_Omnibus_Vol._1_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_The_Silver_Age_Omnibus_Vol._2_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_Kryptonite_Nevermore_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Adventures_of_Superman:_José_Luis_García-López_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Showcase_Presents:_DC_Comics_Presents_Superman_Team-Ups_Vol._2_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Legion_of_Super-Heroes:_The_Great_Darkness_Saga
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_The_Daring_New_Adventures_Of_Supergirl_Vol_1_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Supergirl:_The_Daring_New_Adventures_Of_Supergirl_Vol_2_(Collected)
 * https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_Whatever_Happened_to_the_Man_of_Tomorrow?_(Collected)