Here’s our Superman comic recommendations from Comic Zombie #23!

Chris’s Pick: ALL STAR SUPERMAN by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely

Erik’s Pick: SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT by Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu

Honorable Mentions:

• Action Comics #1 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (1938)
• “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?” (aka ‘Superman vs the Elite’)
• Superman: Last Son by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner
• Action Comics (New 52, 2011) by Grant Morrison
• Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar
• Superman: Earth One by J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis
• Superman: For All Seasons by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
• “Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?” by Alan Moore
• “For the Man Who Has Everything” (Superman Annual #11 – 1985) by Alan Moore
• “Kingdom Come” by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
• Superman: The Man of Steel (1986 – Bronze Age reboot) by John Byrne
• Superman: For Tomorrow by Brian Azzarello and Jim Lee
• Superman: Secret Origins by Geoff Johns
• The Death of Superman (1992)
• The Return of Superman (1993)
• Superman: Brainiac by Geoff Johns
• Lex Luthor: Man of Steel by Brian Azzarello
• Superman and Batman: World’s Finest by Dave Gibbons
• Superman / Batman: Public Enemies, Supergirl, etc
• Superman / Wonder Woman (New 52, 2013)
• Trinity: Batman / Superman / Wonder Woman by Matt Wagner
• Superman: Unchained by Scott Snyder and Jim Lee
• Superman: The Unity Saga by Brian Michael Bendis
• Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus

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