Superman #3 (March 1987)
Superman #3 (March 1987) Superman is transported to the planet Apokolips, a.k.a. the anus of the universe. However, Apokolips’ ruler Darkseid (you know, this...
World of Metropolis #4 (November 1988)
World of Metropolis #4 (November 1988) This origin story for Jimmy Olsen’s Superman-calling signal watch is cleverly titled “SUICIDE WATCH” because Jimmy...
Superman: Under a Yellow Sun (1994)
Superman: Under a Yellow Sun (1994) As the cover says, this is supposed to be one of the novels written by Clark Kent when he's not reporting the news or...
Superman #6 (June 1987)
Superman #6 (June 1987) “Superman vs. The Huge-Ass Robot Mummy,” Part 2 of 2. Back in Part 1, Superman got knocked out by a giant robot discovered in an...
Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992)
Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992) The historic first appearance of the classic Superman villain that's a massive monster with spiky bones coming...
Action Comics #697 (March 1994)
Action Comics #697 (March 1994) Bizarro's World, Part 3! Superman not only gets to fight Bizarro for the first time in this storyline, but he also finally...
Adventures of Superman #443 (August 1988)
Adventures of Superman #443 (August 1988) Clark and Jimmy go to Beirut to investigate the location of a US journalist supposedly executed by terrorists, amid...
World of Smallville #1 (April 1988)
World of Smallville #1 (April 1988) While visiting Smallville, Superman finds out the Kents’ dark family secret: Ma Kent was married to another dude before...
INTRODUCING THE SUPERMAN '86 TO '99 NEWSLETTER!
INTRODUCING THE SUPERMAN ‘86 TO '99 NEWSLETTER! AKA, the exact same thing as this blog, but in email form! You can subscribe here:...
Superman: The Man of Steel #13 (July 1992)
Superman: The Man of Steel #13 (July 1992) Superman finally meets Cerberus and gets to punch him in the faces! For just over a year, the mysterious Cerberus...
Metropolis Mailbag: BBC audio plays?
Anonymous asked: Hi, your blog is absolutely incredible! Just wondering, have you ever heard the BBC Superman 'audio plays' that were made back in the 90s...
Zero Hour Promotional Poster by Jon Bogdanove + SPECIAL BONUS ARTWORK BATPOLL!
via bringbackwendellvaughn.tumblr.com Zero Hour Promotional Poster by Jon Bogdanove and Dennis Janke A promo poster inverting the Superman/Batman proportion...
Adventures of Superman #505 (October 1993)
Adventures of Superman #505 (October 1993) REIGN OF THE SUPERMAN! The Reign is over, and Superman does what we'd all do after being dead for several weeks...
Superman: The Man of Steel #27 (November 1993)
Superman: The Man of Steel #27 (November 1993) Lex Luthor Jr. throws a party in honor of Superman’s resurrection in his fancy blimp, but some Underworlders...
Action Comics #652 (April 1990)
Action Comics #652 (April 1990) Day of the Krypton Man: Last Part! Or as I like to call it: Pa Kent vs. the Eradicator. Superman appears, too. Ma and Pa Kent...
Metropolis Mailbag: Doomsday Clock?
Anonymous asked: Have you read Doomsday Clock or any of Geoff John's other works? Personally I think that he DOES have skill (his take on Superman as a kind...
SUPPORTERS ONLY: Super-Centaur V. Wonder Nazi: Dawn of WTF Did I Just Read (or: Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy)
Super-Centaur V. Wonder Nazi: Dawn of WTF Did I Just Read (or: Superman/Wonder Woman: Whom Gods Destroy) Okay, I wasn't planning to read this comic yet (it's...
Metropolis Mailbag: Perez' Wonder Woman reference?
mirrorfalls asked: Hey, man - I'm currently doing write-ups of George Perez's Wonder Woman run, and I'd like your help with a small continuity reference......
Adventures of Superman #433 (October 1987)
Adventures of Superman #433 (October 1987) This issue goes all Magnolia on us, telling five-interconnected stories, each starring a different character. They...
Superman #72 (October 1992)
Superman #72 (October 1992) Superman vs. domestic abuse: round two! The previous week in Man of Steel #16, Superman tried to help a neighbor of Clark Kent...
Adventures of Superman #484 (November 1991)
Adventures of Superman #484 (November 1991) “Blackout” Part 1! In which Professor Hamilton accidentally “blacks out” Superman’s memory, and also the entire...
Adventures of Superman #491 (June 1992)
Adventures of Superman #491 (June 1992) Superman's rematch with Metallo, who has gained a lot of weight since the last time we saw him – and I mean a lot of...
Adventures of Superman #437 (February 1988)
Adventures of Superman #437 (February 1988) Another freaking Millennium crossover, though this one’s technically only half a crossover. That’s because this...
Superman Annual #2 (1988)
Superman Annual #2 (1988) Remember Sleez, the Apokaliptian sex dwarf who took over Superman’s mind and forced him to star in a porno? He’s back, and this...
Justice League America #67-68 (October-November 1992)
Justice League America #67-68 (October-November 1992) Superman and the JLA versus the Earth's legal owner, a weird four-armed alien named Chaq who… who…...
Superman #44 (June 1990)
Superman #44 (June 1990) “Dark Knight Over Metropolis,” Part 1! Superman and Batman work together for the first time ever! Except for all those other times...
Adventures of Superman #494 (September 1992)
Adventures of Superman #494 (September 1992) Superman meets his destiny! And his destiny is a giant lady made of space, called Kismet. Maybe I just have a...
Adventures of Superman #489 (April 1992)
Adventures of Superman #489 (April 1992) PANIC IN THE SKY, Epilogue – The end of this epic saga… immediately followed by the beginning of another, almost as...
Action Comics #594 (November 1987)
Action Comics #594 (November 1987) Metropolis’ other superhero, Booster Gold, is running a smear campaign about Superman, putting out “Superman sucks”...
Metropolis Mailbag: Starting point?
Anonymous asked: I've always been a fan of post crisis Superman. Do you have any recommendations on where to start? I want to get into the Never Ending...
Superman #29 (March 1989)
Superman #29 (March 1989) Everyone’s favorite villain is back: yes, Hfuhruhurr, the alien who turned an entire city in South Dakota into a gelatinous monster...
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 1)
Who's Who in Superman Comics (Part 1) Hey, did you know that when Firefox crashes, it's able to recover text from any website you were writing on except...
Superman: The Man of Steel #6 (December 1991)
Superman: The Man of Steel #6 (December 1991) “Blackout” Part 3: THE WEDDING OF SUPERMAN! To a nudist cavewoman in a time-forsaken island! What? How? Why?...
Superman #83 (November 1993)
Superman #83 (November 1993) Funeral for a Friend: uh, that one Green Lantern supporting character who died when Coast City got blown up (Joe? Gary?). In...
Superman #1 (January 1987)
Superman #1 (January 1987) JOHN BYRNE'S EXCITING FIRST ISSUE which is actually his seventh issue, because it continues from his Man of Steel miniseries. In...
Metropolis Mailbag: Favorite issues?
comics-and-big-titties-deactiva asked: Favorite Superman single issues? When I finish this dang blog, I’ll do a post with my top 10 favorite issues from this...
Action Comics #685 (January 1993)
Action Comics #685 (January 1993) FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, PART 2! After all efforts to revive him fail, Superman is officially declared dead by Dr. Sanchez,...
Adventures of Superman #486 (January 1992)
Adventures of Superman #486 (January 1992) THE PURGE COMES TO METROPOLIS! Not that purge, though. This Purge is a robot who is trying to break into Stryker's...
Superman #51 (January 1991)
Superman #51 (January 1991) Superman gets trapped inside a diamond in his rematch against Mr. Z! What’s that? You can’t remember Superman’s first fight with...
Adventures of Superman #464 (March 1990)
Adventures of Superman #464 (March 1990) Day of the Krypton Man, Part 2: Asshole Superman vs. Drunk Lobo! Somehow, Superman gets a vision showing that Lobo,...
Superman #56 (June 1991)
Superman #56 (June 1991) “The Red Glass Trilogy” Part 1 – Superman finds himself trapped in his worst nightmare: A FILLER STORY! Also, a world in which...
The Green Lantern Stories Ron Marz Wrote BEFORE Kyle Rayner
greenlantern94to04: The Green Lantern Stories Ron Marz Wrote BEFORE Kyle RaynerBefore becoming Green Lantern writer and co-creating our boy Kyle, Ron Marz...
Metropolis Mailbag: Linear Man?
drakayl asked: [puts on nerd glasses] According to Legends of the DCU #1 (1998), Linear Man "Hunter" is actually the Pre-Crisis Rip Hunter (altered by the...
Superman #18 (June 1988)
Superman #18 (June 1988) RETURN TO KRYPTON! In Action #600, a wave of cosmic kryptonite radiation reaches Earth and Superman naturally concludes that the...
Action Comics #592 (September 1987)
Action Comics #592 (September 1987) Ah, this one. This issue begins one of the most infamous stories in Superman comics and fiction in general: the tale of...
SUPPORTERS ONLY: Justice League America Annual #8 (1994)
Justice League America Annual #8 (1994) Continuing our look at the 1994 Elseworlds annuals with a taste of the Justice League's future, since this issue's...
Superman #20 (August 1988)
Superman #20 (August 1988) Superman and the Doom Patrol join forces against Metallo! Even though Metallo doesn’t have kryptonite now, so Superman probably...
Adventures of Superman #513 (June 1994)
Adventures of Superman #513 (June 1994) “THE BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS,” Part 4! The Death of Project Cadmus! (Well, “death” in comic book terms.) After the...
Superman ‘86 to '99 Extra: Jon Bogdanove Appreciation!
Superman ‘86 to '99 Extra: Jon Bogdanove Appreciation! I had the honor of meeting '90s Superman artist Jon Bogdanove the other day at a con, so I thought I’d...
Supergirl by Tom Grummett
Supergirl/Matrix in her loveliest and ass-kickingest form, by Tom Grummett and Doug Hazlewood. From the Supergirl and Team Luthor special (that we covered...