Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told

    (DC, 2004)
™ and © 1939, 1940, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1972, 1984, 1986, 1988, 2001, 2004 DC Comics, Inc.

This trade paperback collection—sort of a second edition of the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told—reprints ten—Count ‘em! Ten!—of the best Superman tales from the first sixty–six years of his stellar publishing history. Of particular noteworthiness are Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s “What If Superman Ended the War?” from the February 1940 issue of Look Magazine—in which the Man of Steel captures Hitler and Stalin faster than, well, a speeding bullet; Elliott S. Maggin and Curt Swan’s “Must There Be a Superman?” from Superman (1st Series) #247—which finds the Guardians of the Universe questioning our titular hero’s existence and purpose; John Byrne’s “The Man of Steel” from Man of Steel #1—where Superman’s origin is retold for a post–Crisis on Infinite Earths universe; and Joe Kelly, Doug Mahnke, and Lee Bermego’s “What’s So Funny about Truth, Justice and the American Way?” from Action Comics #775—in which the Big Red S demonstrates his validity in a grim and gritty confrontation with the very Machiavellian Elite.

— Thomas Moudry
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    #2
    Cover: $19.99
    W: Jerry Siegel, Otto Binder, Edmond Hamilton, Cary Bates, Dennis O’Neil, Elliot S! Maggin, John Byrne, Jerry Ordway, Greg Rucka  ·  A: Ira Yarbrough, Wayne Boring, Curt Swan, Frank Miller, John Byrne, Tom Grummett, Matthew Clark
    Collects Superman (1st Series) #30, 132, 141, 167, 233, 400, Superman (2nd Series) #2, Adventures of Superman #500
    1 copy for $19.99