The 'Reign of the Supermen' continues from SUPERMAN (1987-2006) #81: Superman, Superboy and the Man of Steel storm Mongul's city despite the threatening levels of Kryptonite...levels so high that it could mean the end of Superboy! Continued in ACTION COMICS (1938-2011) #691.

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The Thing. Daredevil. Captain Marvel. The Human Fly. Drawing on DC and Marvel comics from the 1950s to the 1990s and marshaling insights from three burgeoning fields of inquiry in the humanities—disability studies, death and dying studies, and comics studies—José Alaniz seeks to redefine the contemporary understanding of the superhero. Beginning in the Silver Age, the genre increasingly challenged and complicated its hypermasculine, quasi-eugenicist biases through such disabled figures as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Matt Murdock/Daredevil, and the Doom Patrol. Alaniz traces how the superhero became increasingly vulnerable, ill, and mortal in this era. He then proceeds to a reinterpretation of characters and series—some familiar (Superman), some obscure (She-Thing). These genre changes reflected a wider awareness of related body issues in the postwar U.S. as represented by hospice, death with dignity, and disability rights movements. The persistent highlighting of the body's “imperfection” comes to forge a predominant aspect of the superheroic self. Such moves, originally part of the Silver Age strategy to stimulate sympathy, enhance psychological depth, and raise the dramatic stakes, developed further in such later series as The Human Fly, Strikeforce: Morituri, and the landmark graphic novel The Death of Captain Marvel, all examined in this volume. Death and disability, presumed routinely absent or denied in the superhero genre, emerge to form a core theme and defining function of the Silver Age and beyond.

"The best creators in comics and entertainment unveil their takes on the Man of Steel, in this collection of Superman stories written by David Lapham (Stray Bullets), J.T. Kurl (GREEN ARROW), Marc Guggenheim (Arrow TV series) and many others. This series is a great jumping on point for new readers interested in the Man of Steel, as each tale is stand alone, unencumbered by continuity. These tales feature battles with some of Superman's greatest foes, including Lex Luthor, Bizarro, Brainiac and Zod!"--

"Batman: Hush writer Jeph Loeb is a legend in the comics community, and now every issue of his masterful run on the Man of Steel is collected in this trade paperback volume. The Daily Planet returns as a new era for the Man of Steel begins! Superman for All Seasons writer Jeph Loeb joins artists Mike McKone and Marlo Alquiza for a back-to-basics series that reveals the shocking reason Lex Luthor has given the Planet back to Perry White. Plus, what villain's son is heading to Earth for a collision with the Man of Steel?"--

"Doomsday has returned in these tales from ACTION COMICS #900-904! The monster that once Superman's life in a battle that destroyed half of Metropolis is back for another round with the Man of Steel. Writer Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, KNIGHT AND SQUIRE) pens a tale that not only puts Superman in a fight for his life -- but in a fight for the life of Superboy, Supergirl and all members of the Superman family. "--Publisher.