I will continue the Superman recommendations in preparation for the movie that will come out…golly…next week! Last week’s recommendation was what I personally consider to be one of the best Superman storylines of all time: The Death of Superman.
This week’s Superman recommendation definitely gives The Death of Superman a run for its money. And I am referring to Superman: Exile.
Superman: Exile ran for 13 issues in 1989 and was a direct consequence of when Superman was forced to take the lives of three Kryptonian criminals. There were many consequences for Superman from this action, but it all cumulated to his decision to go into a self-imposed exile and find himself again.
Much like the Death of Superman, this ran through all the Superman issues at the time. But what makes this unique, at least in my mind, was that this event would bring into fruition the so-called ‘Triangle Era’ where all the Superman books continued from each other and you could follow the order with the numbered Superman shield-triangle on the front cover. This is the event that started it all.
What’s more, is that it has all the creators that we love and who would continue to bring impact to not only Superman as a character, but to the world of Metropolis and beyond. Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern, Dan Jurgens guided by Mike Carlin brought Superman’s inner turmoil to the page, and set it in a universe full of aliens, war, conflict and Mongul. Not only did they flesh out the character, but I would argue they fleshed out the DC Universe. I included the reading order below, but DC did recently release a beautiful Omnibus sized edition of the event and that is definitely worth checking out.
Superman Exile Reading Order:
- Superman 28
- Adventures of Superman 451
- Superman 29
- Adventures of Superman 452
- Superman 30
- Adventures of Superman 453
- Adventures of Superman 454
- Action Comics Annual 2
- Superman 32
- Adventures of Superman 455
- Superman 33
- Adventures of Superman 456
- Action Comics 643
All of these issues are affordable and you can find them quite easily at a Comic Book store that has a solid back issue bin. Hunt these down and I promise you, you won’t regret it.
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Bis bald,
Franka