Every Superman Run - Reading Order & Starting Points

Superman is not only the first superhero, but has remained an iconic character for over 80 years. Through the decades, he heralded the golden age, kept superheroes going through the lean 50s, got lost in the campy silver age along with the rest of DC Comics, and enjoyed a successful revival and revamp after the reboot of Crisis on Infinite Earths. He has been at the center of every major companywide event, and working on him has been the ultimate goal of every major comic writer or artist in the business. In good times and bad times, the Man of Steel is a trend-setter and as iconic as ever. These are every Superman run, phase, and monthly series. Limited series will be the subject of the next video.

The essential reading order goes as follows:

Outdated and directed at younger audiences, the Golden and Silver Ages should only be read as curiosities.

Denny O'Neil's Run
Cary Bates/Elliot S. Maggin's Run
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow
John Byrne's Run
Wolfman/Ordway's Run
Stern/Ordway/Jurgens' Run
Death of Superman
Jeff Loeb's Run
Joe Kelly's Run
Joe Casey's Run
Greg Rucka's Run
Geoff Johns's Run
Kurt Busiek's Run
James Robinson's Run
Grant Morrison's New 52 Run
Greg Pak's Run
Gene Luen Yang's Run
Peter Tomasi's Run
Philip Kennedy Johnson's Run
Joshua Williamson's Run

Top Ten ranks as follows:

10 - Jeff Loeb's Run
9 - Grant Morrison's New 52 Run
8 - Kurt Busiek's Run
7 - Philip Kennedy Johnson's Run
6 - Joe Kelly's Run
5 - Peter Tomasi's Run
4 - Geoff John's Run
3 - John Byrne's Run
2 - Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow
1 - John Byrne's Man of Steel

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