Superman and the Men of Steel

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Official Name

Superman and the Men of Steel

Universe

DCnU

Locations

Metropolis, Krypton, The Phantom Zone, Smallville, Fortress of Solitude

Characters

Heroes

Superman

Villains

Lex Luthor, Glen Glenmorgan, "Mystery Dwarf", General Sam Lane, Metallo, Brainiac, Zod, The Anti- Superman Army (Nimrod the Hunter, The Kryptonite Men, Erik Drekken)

Others

Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Mrs. Nyxly, Detective Blake, Sergeant Casey, Pandora, Steel, Emmett Vale, Jor-El, Lara Lor-Van, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Krypto, Legion of Super-Heroes, Pete Ross, Lana Lang, Natasha Irons, George Taylor

Titles

Action Comics

Collected

Superman and the Men of Steel

Creators

Grant Morrison, Sholly Fisch, Rags Morales, Gene Ha, Andy Kubert

First appearance

Last appearance

Action Comics (Volume 2) #1
(November, 2011)

Action Comics (Volume 2) #8
(June, 2012)

History

Superman and the Men of Steel is a retelling of Superman's origin story, establishing the character's history in the DCnU following timeline changes caused by Flashpoint. It is Grant Morrison's debut arc in his Action Comics volume published as part of The New 52, with illustration by Rags Morales, Gene Ha and Andy Kubert. This succeeds the previous established origin story presented in Geoff Johns' Superman: Secret Origin.^[1]

Issues

• Action Comics (Volume 2) #1
• Action Comics (Volume 2) #2
• Action Comics (Volume 2) #3
• Action Comics (Volume 2) #4
• Action Comics (Volume 2) #5
• Action Comics (Volume 2) #6
• Action Comics (Volume 2) #7
• Action Comics (Volume 2) #8
  

Paraphernalia

Items: None known.
Vehicles: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• Pandora makes a cameo appearance to witness the events of this storyline, as she does every #1 issue published as part of The New 52. This is directly following her first appearance in the pages of Flashpoint.^[2] She can be seen on the train next to Jimmy and Lois while it's about to crash.^[1]
• The younger Superman presented in this story is a clear homage to the Golden Age of comics, similar to how Morrison wrote All-Star Superman as a Silver Age tribute. Superman's attitude towards fighting crime is presented the same way as it was in his first appearance.^[1]
  

Trivia

• No trivia.
  

Recommended Reading

• Superman Titles

• List of Superman comics
• Action Comics
• Adventures of Superman
• Superman (Volume 1)
• Superman (Volume 2)
• Superman/Batman
• Superman Confidential
• Superman: Man of Steel
• Superman: Man of Tomorrow
• World's Finest

Links and References

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