The bar is high, and well-established: Richard Donners 1979 Superman the Movie and its 1981 follow-up.
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Its really hard to make a good Superman movie. Starting with the six-issue Man of Steel miniseries, Byrne fundamentally changed Supermans origins and propelled him into the present, including iconic encounters with Lex Luthor, Metallo, and Darkseid Hardcover, 480 pages, full color. Details of the rationale, and the history of how the changes came about, can be found here, excerpted from an article by Peter Sanderson, originally presented in Amazing Heroes #96, June 1986. WARNING: SPOILERS FOR MAN OF STEEL FOLLOW. This series represents the first official appearance of the Post-Crisis Superman and ignores the continuity presented in previous works.ĭC Comics management had wanted to revamp or relaunch the character for years. It served as a launchpad for the DC Extended Universe, a shared cinematic universe based on the DC properties and serves as one of many worlds of the Multiverse according to The Flash movie. Directed by Zack Snyder, produced by Christopher Nolan, and starring Henry Cavill as the title character, the film was released on June 14, 2013. John Byrne Dick Giordano - A mini-series in which the character of Superman is re-created. Man of Steel is a film based on the origins of Superman. Written and drawn by John Byrne, the series reimagined the origin of Superman and provided a snapshot of the events that first inspired him to become the Man of Steel. Get this from a library Superman: the man of steel. This is the first collection of that revitalization, which is no less exciting today, because it laid the foundation for the modern Superman (and if theres one complaint about this volume its that the quality varies, from Byrnes great Man of Steel and usually great Superman through Wolfmans unsettled. Bendis perfectly captured the beloved character and his intended villain, and the art by Reis and Fabok is some of the best in the industry. It has some issues with the plot, namely a lack of information, but this will be remedied in future issues.
Superman: The Man of Steel (1986) The Man of Steel was a six-issue limited series published on a bi-weekly basis from October until December of 1986. Following the Crisis, DC Comics revitalized the Man of Steel for a new generation. MAN OF STEEL 1 is a really strong opening issue for Bendis time at DC Comics.