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    Character » Superman appears in 18939 issues.

    Sent to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Krypton, Kal-El was adopted by the loving Kent family and raised in America's heartland as Clark Kent. Using his immense solar-fueled powers, he became Superman to defend mankind against all manner of threats while championing truth, justice, and the American way!

    Are there any Superman stories you NEVER get sick of ?

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    The kind of stories you never get tired of reading ?

    Mine is Red Son. I read it from start to finish for the 3rd time and i end up just as satisfied as my first read. The twist ending at the end STILL gives me goosebumps.

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    Brainiac and For The Man Who Has Everything come to mind.

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    All Star Superman and What's So Funny About Truth, Justice And The American Way are the ones I cherish greatly and could read again and again.

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    #4  Edited By SmashBrawler
    • All Star Superman
    • Red Son
    • Superman and the Legion of Super Heroes
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    -Kingdom Come
    -Red Son
    -For the Man Who Has Everything
    -Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
    -Whats So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way
    -Ending Battle

    Off the top of my head.

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    -Kingdom Come

    -Red Son

    -For the Man Who Has Everything

    -Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

    -Whats So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way

    -Ending Battle

    Off the top of my head.

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    Superman: Brainiac. All day. I love it. Red Son is a favorite, as well. The ending gets me every time.

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    #8  Edited By mpierce2690

    Top of my head?

    • "For the Man Who Has Everything"
    • Superman: Brainiac
    • Superman: Secret Origin
    • Superman For All Seasons
    • "Whats So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?"
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    #9  Edited By Eternal19

    Definitly Red Son

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    All of the ones mentioned so far are definitely all-time Superman stories. Ones that capture the essence of the character.

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    All-Star Superman's insane amount of brilliance and creativity gives it great re-reading value. Also, Doomsday Jimmy Olsen

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    #12  Edited By ssejllenrad

    Kingdom Come

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    #13  Edited By thejman250

    - No, i get tired of almost all of them.

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    - No, i get tired of all most all of them.

    :(

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    Mostly the classics:

    • Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
    • For the Man Who has Everything
    • All-Star Superman
    • Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes
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    Birthright is my favorite, Kingdom Come, Red Son, and Brainiac are also great ones I don't get tired of.

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    All Star Superman, Superman: Red Son, and Whats So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way. For the last one I always point friends I have toward it if they think Superman is lame. Also it has my absolute favorite quote from Superman ever

    "Anger is easy. Hate is easy. Vengeance and spite are easy. Lucky for you, and for me, I don't like my heroes ugly and mean. I just don't believe in it."

    Now while I do like my anti-heroes, I didn't really get into them until I was in my late teens. The kind of heroes I grew up with? Yeah, described by Superman in that quote.

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    Pretty much any half decent Superman story.

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    #20  Edited By Deranged Midget
    • For Tomorrow
    • Birthright
    • New Krypton
    • Red Son
    • All Star
    • What's so Funny about Truth, Justice and the American Way?
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    • For Tomorrow
    • Birthright
    • New Krypton
    • Red Son
    • All Star
    • What's so Funny about Truth, Justice and the American Way?

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    Superman For All Seasons, mentioning it because it has not been mentioned already.

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    the first half of "for tommorow" i love the interaction between the priest and supes

    Also for the man who has everything and superman and the men of steel

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    • All-Star Superman
    • Superman: Brainiac
    • Superman: Last Son
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    Birthright, Last Son, and Red Son.

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    actoin comics 761. Not a great great Superman story but a pinnacle characterization of him.

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    All-Star Superman is one of them.

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    The death of superman. My dad got me that as one of my first ever comics so its kind of a sentimental thing. Also brainiac and for tomorrow are pretty good.

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    Last Son

    Brainiac

    Superman and the Legion of Superheroes

    Kingdom Come

    Secret Identity

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    John's Secret Origin is pretty good, Red Son is amazing, For Tomorrow, (there's a LOT of good ones listed :D )

    But for me, my particular favorite are the volumes Superman: Earth One by J. Michael Straczynski. I think Clark in this one has a much more relatable human element despite him feeling so detached from the world. It's quite touching :')

    All these stories (and growing up watching Superman TAS and JL) have made Superman my favorite (western) hero of all time, right up there with Goku (yes, it's possible).

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    I should read brainiac sometime

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    • All Star Superman
    • Red Son Superman
    • Kingdom Come


    Of those, I think All Star Superman should be the benchmark for a good Superman story.

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