Adventures of Superman (comic book)

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The death of Superman and its aftermath ran through a number of issues of the Superman comics in 1992–1993 (Adventures of Superman #499. Cover art by Tom Grummett and Doug Hazlewood).
The survivors of the Crisis are about to enter into the paradise dimension. Cover of Adventures of Superman #649 (April 2006) cover, by Ivan Reis, the "final" issue of under that title.

Adventures of Superman, sometimes The Adventures of Superman, was a comic book series featuring Superman, produced monthly by DC Comics, and numbered from issue #424 (January 1987) to issue #649 (April 2006), for a total of 228 monthly issues (including issue #0 (October 1994) published between issues #516 and #517 during the Zero Hour crossover event and issue #1,000,000 (November 1998) during the DC One Million crossover event) and nine Annuals published between 1987 to 1997. It was the renamed continuation of the original Superman title which began in 1939, and with issue #650 returned to the original title. A second Superman series also ran from 1987 to 2006 (see Superman (vol. 2)), launched with issue #1 after John Byrne revamped the character, and ended along with Adventures of Superman in April 2006 with issue #226.

The first issue of Adventures of Superman (#424) followed a three-month hiatus of both Superman and Action Comics, while the Man of Steel limited series was being published. The initial team working on the renamed title was writer Marv Wolfman and artist Jerry Ordway.

The plots of the Superman books were often linked during the first few years of the series run. To coordinate the storyline and sequence of event, from January 1991 to January 2002, "triangle numbers" (or "shield numbers") appeared on the cover of each Superman comic book. During these years the Superman story lines ran like a soap opera with the story also continuing through the titles Superman, Action Comics and later in two further series, Superman: The Man of Steel and Superman: The Man of Tomorrow. After February 2002, the integration between the Superman titles became less frequent, and the remaining issues of Adventures of Superman commonly carried self-contained stories. The final issue (# 649), however, was part of a three-part crossover with Superman and Action Comics, an homage to the Golden Age Superman in the wake of events in the limited series Infinite Crisis.

For its last few years, Adventures of Superman was written by Greg Rucka. Notable plots included the villain Ruin, the attempted assassination of Lois Lane and a number of well-regarded Mxyzptlk appearances.

Bibliography

  • Adventures of Superman # 424 - 649 (Jan. 1987 - April 2006), #0 (Oct. 1994), #1,000,000 (Nov. 1998)
    • Annuals 1 - 9 (1987-1997)

Awards

Issues #501 through #503 of the series were a part of the story The Reign of the Supermen which won the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Comic Book Story for 1993.

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