Superman: Difference between revisions

* ''[[For the Man Who Has Everything]]''

* ''[[Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?]]'': The "imaginary" final story featuring the pre-1986 reboot (see the next entry) version of the character.

* ''[[Superman for All Seasons]]''

* ''[[The Death of Superman]]''

* ''[[Superman Secret Identity]]'': A very [[This Is Reality|different]] spin on the mythos, which is technically not about ''the'' Superman.

* ''[[Superman Birthright]]'': The ''re''-revised origin, replacing ''The Man of Steel''.

* ''Up Up and Away'': Set immediately after ''[[Fifty Two]]'' Superman lost his powers in [[Infinite Crisis]], Clark is helping bring Luthor to justice as a mild-mannered reporter, and has 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. Notable for beginning a new era for Superman, one with several [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] aspects brought back in continuity, such as Luthor back to be a [[Mad Scientist]] rather than a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]. (To be sure, the post-Crisis Luthor was always as brilliant as the pre-Crisis Luthor, but post-Crisis Luthor ''did'' [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|get that check]] in the new timeline. However, he couldn't remain a [[Villain with Good Publicity]] forever, so more recently, he's had to use science instead of wealth and power as his weapons... reminiscent of the old days when he didn't have wealth and power.)

* The ''[[New Krypton]]'' arc, where Superman has to deal with the death of his father, his loyalty being divided between humanity and the 100,000 Kryptonian survivors he's manage to rescue, and a government/military conspiracy to kill him, led by his [[General Ripper|father-in-law]] <ref> OK, he doesn't actually know the weak and unmanly nerd Clark Kent that his daughter married is the dangerous and powerful alien menace that threatens Earth, humanity and mom's apple pie are one in the same, but he's still Supes' father-in-law.</ref>.

== Parodies of the character: ==

* Super-Turtle, a [[Funny Animal]] turtle with Superman's powers, who appeared in various half-page humor strips in various [[Silver Age]] DC Comics.

 

See also [[Supergirl]], his [[Distaff Counterpart]], and ''[[Krypto the Superdog (animation)|Krypto the Superdog]]'', a 2005 cartoon based off the adventures of his Kryptonian dog.