Was his run on Superman the best canonical run? If not who had a better run?

I dunno about the best but the most well known are Byrne's, Jurgen's and Busiek's.

Him and Byrne's are probably the best.

He wrote a really good Superman but the best? No.

@arturocalakayvee:

Who did better?

PapiNacho gave a good list. I loved Johns Post-Crisis Superman but his portrayal of Superman in the New 52 has seriously hindered credibility as being the best.

I remember burning through Johns run on Action. Great stuff.

He wrote a great Supes, but Greg Pak might overshadow him when he returns to the boy-scout in June. Pak is writing the best Superman since Johns left.

His Superman run definitely is overlooked both in terms of Superman-stories & as "classic GJ title" (I think I read them & didn't even realize it was GJ as first. I associated him more with GL, JSA, Teen Titans, & though I hadn't read it at the time - Flash). Too bad he's not writing like this anymore (save some Aquaman). If being a big-wig is detracting from his writing, he should just stick to that & pass the torch.

He was my favorite. Morrison's been pretty good to Superman as well with his Action run and Final Crisis.

He is one of the best but the best is more than debatable. Waid, Morrison,Rucka,Busiek are some names coming to mind.

Also if we go about all time best: Elliot S Maggin,Byrne, Allan Moore where top too.

@sog7dc: No, absolutely not.

Fantastic list. All better than Johns. Also, Morrison's reboot in Action comics. Waid's briefly canonical reboot with Birthright. Loeb's run on Superman/Batman. All of Jack Kirby's 4th world stuff including Superman.

Overall, I think my faves though have to be Byrne, Jurgens, and Morrison.

To be honest I've been enjoying Snyder's run on Unchained far more than Morrison's, but then I was a new reader when I read his Action (and I am really pissed at the delays)

Joe Kelly's Superman run is what I consider to be the best canonical run on the Superman series myself. That guy wrote stellar Superman stories like "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and The American Way" as well as keeping a consistent and freshly vibrant series. He also wrote Superman's voice and character almost perfectly IMO. Morrison is my favourite Superman writer thanks to JLA and All Star Superman but Kelly comes in a close second. For a gritty and dark writer, he knows how to write inspirational and uplifting stories as well.

Shame his run was destroyed by constant crossovers... and bad ones at that. He has written some very good single issues!

@papinacho: Yeah, Morrison can be kinda polarizing among the fans. He gets a little to heady sometimes, even for me. I checked out the first issue of Superman Unchained and didn't like it well enough to pick up the second. I don't hate Snyder or anything but I'm not really a fan of his writing style or types of stories he likes to tell.

@squalleon: I guess but his Christmas issue was glorious. Even in the crossovers, he kept a good Superman voice. As for the crossovers, although they may not have been as good as they could be, they were efforts to put Superman in the limelight by DC. Something that's mostly neglected nowadays by DC execs.

Meh, it was just nostalgia.

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True and some of them had good ideas behind but the constant crossover form and the inconsistency between the titles diminished the impact of the stories. I remember some of Kelly's single issues like the "For a thousand years" and "Metropolis Knights". Also Kelly created one of my favorite female Superman villians the Encantadora, so underused...she could be the Catwoman of Superman (but with a one sided crush).

I'm definitely looking forward to Johns on Superman from April onwards

The only Johns Superman comics I have read are Brainiac and Last Son and they are freaking awesome.