The author, a prize-winning journalist here delivers a full-fledged history not just of the Man of Steel but of the creators, designers, owners, and performers who made Superman the icon he is today.

Superman's closest allies help him in his super adventures, and Lex Luthor gets his own dirty tricks used against him.

Following a mysterious absence of several years, the man of Steel returns to Earth. While archenemy Lex Luthor plots to render him powerless once and for all, Superman faces the realization that Lois Lane has moved on with her life.

When a series of earthquakes ripple across the planet, a school field trip turns deadly. Students are trapped on a crumbling mountain, and only Superman can rescue them. But the tremors have exposed a large chunk of kryptonite. With the Man of Steel weakened by the radioactive rock, a student must save the day. Who will it be?

Christmas dreams become nightmares when toys turn deadly. Tiny helicopters attack holiday shoppers. Cannons shoot out rubber duckies. Even a bouncing soccer ball is transformed into a deadly weapon. Superman must save Lois Lane and a group of children trapped on a runaway holiday parade float. But when the float moves inside a giant tunnel made of lead, even Superman's super-vision cannot find the victims. Only one person can be behind all the mayhem--the...

As the sun sets in Metropolis, the electricity suddenly goes out, and crime wave erupts throughout the darkened city. This is a job for Superman! But as the man of steel restores order, an even bigger problem arrives-- the evil Parasite. This power-hungry monster won't let Superman save the day without a fight. If the Man of Steel isn't careful, it'll be lights out for him as well.

Thirty years ago, BRAINIAC shrank the city of KANDOR and sealed it inside an unbreakable glass container. The evil supercomputer is still exploring the universe, collecting cities from hundreds of planets. SUPERMAN must stop BRAINIAC from bottling up METROPOLIS, and then save KANDOR - the last remnant of his home planet, KRYPTON.

Taking a rare day off from the Daily Planet newspaper, Clark Kent relaxes with his new sci-fi novel, Little Green Men. Then suddenly, the mild-mannered reporter hears a scream! Unable to ignore his other job as Superman the world's greatest hero, he soars toward the cry for help, rescuing a construction worker from a near fatal fall. The interruptions, however, don't stop there, and the Man of Steel's lazy day quickly becomes stranger than fiction....

Superman has his hands full. First, he encounters his cousin, Supergirl, a reckless teenager with powers like his own. Then he confronts a creature known as Parasite, who can absorb Superman's strength and super-speed just by touching him. Superman knows enough to not shake hands with the deadly fiend, but Supergirl is still learning the ropes. Filled with her power, the Parasite now battles the Man of Steel in a fight that rocks the planet. How can...

Superman is the target of Lex Luthor's deadliest scheme. The cruel genius has poisoned criminal John Corbin. He withholds the antidote until Corbin makes a promise: he will let Luthor turn him into a robot powered by kryptonite. But once the creature named Metallo discovers that he is more machine than human, revenge fills his strange heart.