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    Character » Superman appears in 18940 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!

    Favorite Versions of Superman

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    Here's my Top 10

    10) Bizarro

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    8) All Star Superman

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    9) Red Son Superman

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    7) Kingdom Come Superman

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    6) Kal-L

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    5) Superboy Prime

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    4) Calvin Ellis

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    Superman... as President.... destroying terrorist missile bases. I'm Sold.

    3) Man of Steel

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    2) Superman

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    1) Ultraman

    DAMN RIGHT!
    DAMN RIGHT!

    What can I say, I love Superman, but Ultraman beats him by a small margin. And Geoff Johns is doing a much better job with this character than Grant Morrison. When Owlman says Wayne's are survivors and Ultraman responds "Statistically speaking, Wayne's tend to die" I could not stop grinning. His origin is also badass, a little kryptonite and he was already putting in place his future parents. I hope one day we get an Earth 3 book.

    List some your all time favorites. It can be one from an other universe, TV. animated, movie or Elseworld.

    Aeternum Malum everybody!

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    #2  Edited By SaintWildcard

    I was to lazy to write explanations for all of them and I forgot to take of Calvin's description. Oh well.

    Plus, Bizarro would rank a bit higher.

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    #3 frozen  Moderator

    @saint_wildcard: That's the New-52 Kal L, IMO the original Kal L was better.

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    #4 frozen  Moderator

    1. KC Superman

    2. Kal L

    3. DCAU Superman

    4. Christopher Reeve Superman

    5. Pre Flashpoint Superman

    6. MOS Superman

    7. Superboy/man Prime

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    1. New-52 AC Superman.

    2. All-Star Superman; Kingdom Come Superman.

    Other versions without order:

    Pre-52 Superman (his portrayal in several stories and runs was really impressive).

    MOS Superman (also known as Cavillman, also Hopeman)

    Reeve’s Superman.

    Superman Red Son.

    Superboy-Prime. I liked potential character he could have been – one of the Greatest Superman ever or terrifying Anti-Superman. DC REALLY ruined him.

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    1. Grant Morrison's AC Superman
    2. All-Star Superman
    3. Post-Crisis Superman
    4. Geoff Johns' AC Superman
    5. Kal-L
    6. Secret Identity Superman
    7. Superman TAS Superman (not JL/JLU)
    8. Red Son
    9. KC Superman
    10. Pre-Crisis Superman
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    #7  Edited By SaintWildcard

    @squalleon said:
    1. Grant Morrison's AC Superman
    2. All-Star Superman
    3. Post-Crisis Superman
    4. Geoff Johns' AC Superman
    5. Kal-L
    6. Secret Identity Superman
    7. Superman TAS Superman (not JL/JLU)
    8. Red Son
    9. KC Superman
    10. Pre-Crisis Superman

    I feel like some of those don't count't. Being written by different people shouldn't be counted twice.

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    @squalleon said:
    1. Grant Morrison's AC Superman
    2. All-Star Superman
    3. Post-Crisis Superman
    4. Geoff Johns' AC Superman
    5. Kal-L
    6. Secret Identity Superman
    7. Superman TAS Superman (not JL/JLU)
    8. Red Son
    9. KC Superman
    10. Pre-Crisis Superman

    I feel like some of those don't count't. Being written by different people shouldn't be counted twice.

    But Geoff Johns' rebooted Superman from ground up! Grant Morrison and Scott Snyder supposedly write the same New52-Superman but they differ so much from character to setting etc. etc. the same can be said for Geoff Johns' Superman to Byrne's who supposedly are the same Post-crisis Superman.

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    #9  Edited By SaintWildcard

    @frozen said:

    @saint_wildcard: That's the New-52 Kal L, IMO the original Kal L was better.

    Even though they are different eras, I counted them as the same. Besides. that arc was brilliant and showed why New 52 Superman is more brash than Kal-L. But If I had to choose Pre-52 Kal-L wins by a small margin.

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    @frozen said:

    @saint_wildcard: That's the New-52 Kal L, IMO the original Kal L was better.

    Even though they are different eras, I counted them as the same. Besides. that arc was brilliant and showed why New 52 Superman is more brash than Kal-L. But If I had to choose Pre-52 Kal-L wins by a small margin.

    But New 52 Kal L is not even the same person as the Pre 52 version. The Pre 52 version is dead.

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    @frozen said:

    @saint_wildcard said:

    @frozen said:

    @saint_wildcard: That's the New-52 Kal L, IMO the original Kal L was better.

    Even though they are different eras, I counted them as the same. Besides. that arc was brilliant and showed why New 52 Superman is more brash than Kal-L. But If I had to choose Pre-52 Kal-L wins by a small margin.

    But New 52 Kal L is not even the same person as the Pre 52 version. The Pre 52 version is dead.

    I know, but they both represent kinder more boy scout versions than their Earth One counterparts.

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    #12  Edited By frozen  Moderator

    @frozen said:

    @saint_wildcard said:

    @frozen said:

    @saint_wildcard: That's the New-52 Kal L, IMO the original Kal L was better.

    Even though they are different eras, I counted them as the same. Besides. that arc was brilliant and showed why New 52 Superman is more brash than Kal-L. But If I had to choose Pre-52 Kal-L wins by a small margin.

    But New 52 Kal L is not even the same person as the Pre 52 version. The Pre 52 version is dead.

    I know, but they both represent kinder more boy scout versions than their Earth One counterparts.

    True, but the early version of Kal L was who the Grant Morrison AC version was based on. Originally, Kal L was rough.

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    #13  Edited By AllStarSuperman
    • Geoff Johns Post-Crisis/Pre-Flashpoint Superman with Gary Frank art.
    • Christopher Reeve Superman
    • All-Star Superman
    • Smallville Superman

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    Why not just say Earth 2 instead of Kal-El, less confusing.

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    #15  Edited By frozen  Moderator

    Why not just say Earth 2 instead of Kal-El, less confusing.

    Earth 2 Superman is Kal L, not El.

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    #16  Edited By SaintWildcard

    Honestly I should have put Red Son at number 4.....

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    #17  Edited By DeeRock313

    DCAU, MoS, pre-52, and pretty much every version that is awesome without going anywhere near planet busting level.

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    1. N 52 Superman

    2. Superman Earth 1

    3.Red Son

    4.MOS

    5.Kal-l

    6.Kingdom Come

    7.Earth 23 Superman

    8.All Star Superman

    9. Turner's God fall arc and Rucka's Ruin arc and Busiek's Camelot falls

    10. Last Son of Earth

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    Don't think I have a favorite because I like all of them. My top ten.

    1. Superman [New 52/Prime earth]

    2. Superman pre new 52

    3. Man of Steel superman

    4. Young Superman in New 52

    5. All Star Superman

    6. Earth One superman

    7. Ultraman

    8. Superboy prime

    9. Birthright Superman

    10. Superman prime one million

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    New 52 Superman

    MOS Superman

    KC Superman

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    #21 rogueshadow  Moderator
    1. Reeve Superman
    2. Kingdom Come Superman
    3. New 52 Superman
    4. Pre New 52 Superman
    5. Man of Steel
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    #22  Edited By zaied

    1. Pre-Flashpoint Superman

    2. DCAU Superman

    3. All-Star Superman

    4. Reeve/Routh Superman

    5. Post-Flashpoint Superman

    6. Val-Zod

    7. MoS Superman

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