Favorite Superman Story (Comic Book Question of the Week)

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Poll Favorite Superman Story (Comic Book Question of the Week) (300 votes)

All-Star Superman 32%
Brainiac 2%
Birthright 8%
The Death and Return of Superman 6%
Earth One 5%
For All Seasons 3%
For the Man Who has Everything 5%
Kingdom Come 10%
Last Son 2%
The Man of Steel 2%
Red Son 10%
Secret Identity 3%
Secret Origin 2%
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? 3%
What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, And The American Way? 3%
Other 5%

This week we're celebrating Superman! Choose wisely and be sure to say why a certain story earned your love.

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#1  Edited By longbowhunter

Most of these I've read, a few I haven't. I picked Kingdom Come. Not just one of the best Superman stories but one of the best stories in comics period.

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#2  Edited By Deranged Midget

PFFT! Birthright all the way ladies and gents!

...

Pick it.

You know you want to...

Do it.

What are you waiting for?

Come on now...

If you're still reading this, you obviously are delaying the inevitable.

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#4  Edited By Veshark

All-Star Superman all-day err'day. And anyone who disagrees is an OLD MAN and a FOOL.

Shoutouts to WHTTMT, Kingdom Come, and For the Man.... Also, Superman & the Legion of Super-Heroes needs to be on this list.

One love.

....Sorry, been listening to Mobb Deep.....

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#6  Edited By Jayso4201

All-Star, One of the best stories ever written period.

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@veshark said:

@deranged_midget said:

HEY BRUH! I'M NOT OLD!

Denial is the first step to acceptance.........>:)

>.< I am indeed a fool but I am not old! I WILL NOT GIVE IN!

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I picked Last Son simply because of the one tie in issue where Pa tells Ma about the time that Clark took him into space...that story does an amazing job of telling readers why Superman is the best superhero ever

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I can't Choose 0_o

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#11  Edited By Veshark

@veshark said:

@deranged_midget said:

HEY BRUH! I'M NOT OLD!

Denial is the first step to acceptance.........>:)

>.< I am indeed a fool but I am not old! I WILL NOT GIVE IN!

*Motivational speaker voice* Don't worry, we'll get there eventually....it's a process.

Haha on that note, I really should get around to reading Birthright. People keep telling me awesome it is...

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Birthright all the way :)

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#13  Edited By Deranged Midget

@veshark said:

*Motivational speaker voice* Don't worry, we'll get there eventually....it's a process.

Haha on that note, I really should get around to reading Birthright. People keep telling me awesome it is...

I see how it is...

And yes! You definitely should pick it up! All the titles here are brilliant but my favourite picks have to be Birthright, Red Son, Last Son and What's so Funny about Truth, Justice and the American Way?

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#14  Edited By Veshark

@veshark said:

*Motivational speaker voice* Don't worry, we'll get there eventually....it's a process.

Haha on that note, I really should get around to reading Birthright. People keep telling me awesome it is...

I see how it is...

And yes! You definitely should pick it up! All the titles here are brilliant but my favourite picks have to be Birthright, Red Son, Last Son and What's so Funny about Truth, Justice and the American Way?

Mm, I really should. I enjoyed Waid's Captain America: Man out of Time (which was basically an origin story), so I'll definitely pick up Birthright when I get the chance.

Funnily enough, I've never read any of those picks! I know it's practically blasphemy to call yourself a Supes fan and not have read Red Son....but damnit, I don't have enough money!

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@veshark: Get on it mate! There is a great variety to the stories available!

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#17  Edited By broo1232

All star Superman easily.

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#18 the_stegman  Moderator

This is the toughest question yet...I was going to say it's a tie between Birthright and Red Son..but then you threw Kingdom Come in the mix....damn.

Okay.

1. Kingdom Come

2. Birthright

3. Red Son...

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#19  Edited By mark15

Birthright has the best Superman moments, All Star Superman never shocked me like it did.
Also, why isn't Dark Knight Returns up there, that's the best Superman story

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Gah Birthright or All-Star I just don't know...................!!!!

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My favorite story is Red Son but I wouldn't say it's the best.

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I didn't even read the rest of the choices. Picked All-Star Superman right off the bat.

If every person on the planet were to read All-Star Superman we would be so much closer to world peace and the end of world hunger. I don't know how or why but it would happen.

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I picked Birthright because I haven't read that many Superman stories. It's not one of the most praised stories but I liked Ending Battle a lot, too. I'm looking on eBay about getting "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?" I liked the movie and it's supposed to be a good book too.

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I have all the issue's for Birthright but have never gotten around to reading it. I really liked the Brainiac storyline however, Red Son Superman is my favourite Superman story.

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#26  Edited By Mucklefluga

'For The Man Who Has Everything' deserves more votes, even if it isn't the 'best' it's still up there.

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#27  Edited By Mucklefluga

This poll is making me wanna read All-Star Superman again like watching a food TV show makes you wanna grab a snack.

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#28  Edited By Thor_Ul

I can't believe than choose could be so hard....

But making a deep analysis, all the good stories of Superman are about WHO Superman is and what he means. Could be this through his beggining, his end or putting him in an alternate world.

So even I would like to vote for some of the favorites of best writers as Morrison, Straz, Waid or Moore, my vote goes to Kelly, because he was smart enough to do that in-continuity.

(Yes, I know than "For the man who has everything" was a work in continuity too, but most of the history happened in that dreamworld).

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Secret origin

Best writer/artist duo

Groundwork for a successful superman movie

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All Star Superman, no contest

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PFFT! Birthright all the way ladies and gents!

...

Pick it.

You know you want to...

Do it.

What are you waiting for?

Come on now...

If you're still reading this, you obviously are delaying the inevitable.

i picked it!

u thought i wasnt goin to?

pssshh...

but just lookin at that list shows how many great superman stories there actually are, and these are just like the top 15! there are so many more.

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#32  Edited By SandMan_

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Of course, I HAVE to vote "For the Man who has Everything."

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Most of these I've read, a few I haven't. I picked Kingdom Come. Not just one of the best Superman stories but one of the best stories in comics period.

Completely agree. Kingdom Come is my favorite comic book story ever. Alex Ross is the best artist ever.

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This is a pretty hard choice between Red Son and All Star for me... Probably All Star.

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I picked All Star but Birthright was like, a hair behind it.

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Kingdome Come! Earth-22 Kal kicks ass! And the fight with Captain Marvel is awesome

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For Tomorrow

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#39  Edited By Arkhamc1tizen

all star

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All Star

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Tough one, I like All star, Birthright and What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, And The American Way but I have to give it to For the Man Who has Everything. Btw KC is a JSA story.

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I chose Secret Identity.

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You did good, Comicvine.

You did good.

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All-Star Superman is good. I've also read some early superman comic, the Superman: Man of Steel adventure and some Confidential issues.

They were all good. Fun to read.

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When I was 12, "For the man who has everything" was my favorite. Now, I'd probably say "Our worlds at war" is my favorite, despite the bad art in some places.

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Chose All Star cause the movie was good.

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My favorite story is not there (Which is the Elseworld story The Last Family of Krypton)... So I chose my second favorite. (Current continuity doesn't bode well with me when it comes to Supes.)

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For the Man who has everything , one of Alan Moore classic and my favorite . Whenever I read Superman and Van-el scene saddens me.

Is Kingdom come really a Superman story? I think it is a DC universe story.

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Superman: Red Son.

It just completely blew my mind while i was reading it.