Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 9



Written by John Byrne, Jerry Ordway, and Roger Stern
Art by John Byrne, John Beatty, Karl Kesel, Jerry Ordway, Dennis Janke, Andy Kubert, John Statema, Doug Hazlewood, Ron Frenz, and Brett Breeding

In these tales from SUPERMAN #19-22, SUPERMAN ANNUAL #2 and ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #441-444, the mysterious Supergirl meets Superman for the first time! Plus, the Man of Steel faces Mr. Mxyzptlk, runs into the Doom Patrol and battles Metallo! And Lex Luthor is tricked into releasing criminals from the Phantom Zone -- and it's up to Superman to clean up his mess. Plus: The triumphant return of Guardian & the Newsboy Legion in a story that will impact Superman and the City of Metropolis for years to come!

ISBN-10: 1401266371
ISBN-13: 978-1401266370

Book Store On-Sale Date: May 3, 2016 October 26, 2016

(I wonder ... will there eventually be a Volume 10?)
[[Answer: Sort of ... under another name. See: http://www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=98950]]

Wow, I didn't think this one was coming. Does this complete the Byrne run on these titles?

I believe so.

Coolness.

BTW, Roger, I think the work you guys did here is the best Superman's been since the Weisinger era and through to the modern day.

I would certainly like to see this series of reprints continue, up into the "Triangle" era with the four titles, the Death/Return sequence, and what-not.

Thanks. (But some of the early Schwartz Era issues were pretty good, too.)




If my back-of-the-envelope calculations are correct, a possible SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL VOLUME 10 would take us right up to the SUPERMAN: EXILE tradepaperback ... which could either go into a new printing, or be re-purposed as VOLUME 11.

If I knew who was in charge of the book division, I'd suggest it to them.

Ah, here's the cover image ...

Was Superman Annual #2 your first full-length story for DC?

I wonder if your story with Curt Swan in Action Comics Weekly, collected in The Power Within TPB, takes place chronologically in between this trade and the out of print Exiles...

Yes. Yes, it was.



Well, it fits somewhere...