A different perspective: this is written like a Batman or X-men comic from the 80s: numerous subplots moving forward each and every issue, sometimes with only a page or two dedicated to one sub plot each issue. Less written for the trade and more of a slow burn. I actually think this may read worse in a trade....
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About Me: Currently reading through Post-Crisis Batman. Feel free to follow along. I am slowly editing a reading order I found so changes have been and will be made over time to it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xPwbjLLsK7RVmLQAU1ap0ntpzW0Ci_J2UBlzkraSwoE/edit?usp=sharing
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Hi Dan, can you please add Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80 Page Giant from '99 as well as the Superman: City of Tomorrow Compendium/Trades? I tried finding them under a bunch of different categories and series and never saw them. Thank you!
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Superman For Tomorrow
By: Brian Azzarello, Jim Lee
Released: October 8, 2013
The complete 12-part saga from SUPERMAN #204-215 written by Brian Azzarello with sensational art by Jim Lee! A cataclysmic event has struck the Earth. Millions of people have vanished without a trace. No one is left unaffected; not even Superman! But after a year, Superman is left with many questions. For a hero who tries to have all the answers, i...
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Superman: The Man of Steel #95
By: Mark Schultz, Doug Mahnke
Released: October 20, 1999
A new era begins with a science-fiction focus on the "strange visitor from another planet!" In the remains of the Fortress of Solitude, there's something very wrong...and very deadly. When Superman and Lois go to investigate, they find themselves face to face with bizarre creatures from the early days of Krypton.
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Adventures of Superman #573
By: Stuart Immonen, Steve Epting
Released: October 13, 1999
The new era continues with a look at Superman through the eyes of ordinary people! Flashbacks to Smallville and young Clark Kent's first attempt to "leap tall buildings" contrast with a modern adventure where Clark, not Superman, must come to the aid of a lone man taking a stand against Luthor. Plus, a brief appearance by Luthor's new bodyguards-Me...
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Superman #151
By: Jeph Loeb, Mike McKone
Released: October 6, 1999
The Daily Planet returns as a new era for the Man of Steel begins! "Faster than a speeding bullet," SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS writer Jeph Loeb joins artists Mike McKone and Marlo Alquiza for a back-to-basics issue that reveals the shocking reason Lex Luthor has given the Planet back to Perry White. Plus, what villain's son is heading to Earth for a ...
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Not big on this one. It was TOO goofy. I understand that what with him being Superman weirder things have to happen to create tension and you can't have a crazy, bombastic set piece every issue and levity really helps break that up. This was just too far in another direction. Byrne is also not great at writing women or the Titans. We're told not shown what happened to Superman that caused him to f more
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Action Comics #584
By: John Byrne
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This was pretty good. Good reintroduction for Metallo though the ending is wrapped up very quickly and Lois seems like a complete idiot for not being able to figure out Clark is Superman. I get that it's the whole conceit but if you read this issue, it is especially egregious considering how simple and obvious it was and her complete leap in logic to explain it away is baffling.
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Superman #1
By: John Byrne
Released: December 31, 1986
Superman's first adventure following the CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS mega-event just may be his last as he comes face-to-face with Metallo, the Man with the Kryptonite Heart!
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The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery (2026)
New York City, 1941. Ezra Cain is a private investigator with a reputation for taking it on the chin if it means solving a case. But it's his former life as an archaeology student that makes him the only man to track down an artifact that’s gone missing from the Museum of Natural History…an ancient anvil said to hold the power of the Greek god Heph...
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Just a massive expositional word barf of a story. Showing with some telling. Jor-El Jedi downloads all of Kryptonian history into Superman's mind. It's such a weak plot device. Ultimately, what I walk away from this is that Clark is a POS and should have been with Lana. Lois is and has always been not the best fit for Clark. Kal maybe but not Clark and this version of Superman is Clark first. This more
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The Man of Steel #6
By: John Byrne
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Clark Kent's childhood sweetheart Lana Lang is back in Smallville, and the Man of Steel decides to pay her a visit. In the process, Clark learns the truth of his home planet of Krypton and the life his people led--but what does it mean for his future on Earth?
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Lois Lane's sister Lucy was blinded previously (but never shown in a single issue prior to this) and as a result, decides to attempt suicide. Enter Bizarro. He saves her then confronts Superman. Whatever substance Bizarro was made of is capable of curing Lucy's blindness. During the battle it is then implied that Bizarro allows Superman to kill him, thus restoring Lucy's sight and all is right wit more
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The Man of Steel #5
By: John Byrne
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Lex Luthor scans Superman's cellular and molecular structure, enabling one of his scientists to create a being with strength, powers and memories almost equal to Superman. Superman meets his match when Bizarro arrives in Metropolis!
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Just made me think of an episode of Superman the Animated Series. Love it.
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The Man of Steel #4
By: John Byrne
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Lois and Clark go on a cruise that gets hijacked--a cruise that also includes the power-mad business mogul Lex Luthor! Witness the birth of the Man of Steel's ultimate arch-rival as John Byrne's new take on Superman's early days continues!
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The Man of Steel #4
By: John Byrne
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Lois and Clark go on a cruise that gets hijacked--a cruise that also includes the power-mad business mogul Lex Luthor! Witness the birth of the Man of Steel's ultimate arch-rival as John Byrne's new take on Superman's early days continues!
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Joyous day. Flash is saved.
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Flash #26
By: Mark Waid, Vasco Georgiev
Released: October 22, 2025
As the chaos around the DC Universe erupts during DC K.O., Impulse has an idea how to fix it: Impulsepoint-a terrible move that could wipe out everything unless the Flash can catch up with him as they race through time!
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The Man of Steel #3
By: John Byrne
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Superman heads to Gotham City and finds himself at odds with the brutal--and oftentimes unlawful--methods Batman uses to fight crime when the Dark Knight tricks Superman into helping him by putting an innocent life on the line!
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The Man of Steel #2
By: John Byrne
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Lois Lane drives off a pier in order to get Superman's attention so she can interview him for the Daily Planet. In addition, Superman writes his first story for the Metropolitan newspaper, leading to the meeting of Lois and Clark!
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The Man of Steel #2
By: John Byrne
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Lois Lane drives off a pier in order to get Superman's attention so she can interview him for the Daily Planet. In addition, Superman writes his first story for the Metropolitan newspaper, leading to the meeting of Lois and Clark!
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There's a new sheriff in town. By that I mean a new top mobster who has taken over, much to the surprise of the other crime lords and Batman, who learns about by threatening a scared punk, way to stay on top of things Bruce.
Also, Fraction writes a diatribe about the death of the daily newspaper industry. I have news for him, daily newspapers started dying after WW2. Most big cities wer
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Batman #4
By: Matt Fraction, Jorge Jimenez
Released: December 3, 2025
As Bruce Wayne investigates the Crown of Storms, Batman pursues Anarky and discovers a criminal conspiracy hiding in plain sight that will change the game for crime and criminals in Gotham City...and the world!
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Wow. Spectacular. There is no better book on the stands.
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Absolute Batman #17
By: Scott Snyder, Eric Canete
Released: February 18, 2026
Dr. Pamela Isley has been unleashed from the Ark-M facility with an unending hate and burning fire for revenge on Gotham City, and those who put her in the belly of the beast. When Batman hunts her down, he must survive a labyrinth of leveled horrors, one more gruesome after the next, as he tries to save the city from a monster it created.
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George
- Feb 23, 2026
I don’t get the appeal of this title. But that’s ok. Not every book is for everybody!
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It's good. Very dated. Not my favorite version of the origin but a good starting point for Post-Crisis Superman. I would criticize it for how fast it goes through the early years of Clark but considering this is just supposed to be a quick retelling of the story everyone already knows I will give it a pass. The art is the stand out. The issue as a whole is a little goofy but still worth reading. T more
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The Man of Steel #1
By: John Byrne
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Superman enters the post-CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS age with this limited series by superstar John Byrne introducing an all-new origin tale that gives a completely different take on the early days of the Man of Steel and his home planet of Krypton!
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