The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... Superman

Welcome to the Wellington Comic Lover’s (WCL) Guide, where we take you through the Wellington City Libraries’ collection of a comic book character. This guide is about the undercover reporter himself, Superman!

Who is Superman?

Sent away in a rocket from the doomed planet Krypton as an infant, Kal-El arrived on Earth and was raised by a kindly couple, who taught him the values of truth and justice. Gaining incredible superpowers under Earth’s yellow sun, he protects his adopted home as Superman, while working for the newspaper 'The Daily Planet' as the reporter Clark Kent.

Updated December 9, 2024
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Superman. Volume 1, Before truth
Yang, Gene Luen
Paper Book
POWERLESS, EXPOSED -- BUT STILL THE WORLD'S GREATEST HERO!   Superman is going through some changes. First, there's his new "solar flare" power, which releases tremendous amounts of energy but leaves him functionally human--fragile, vulnerable, prone to hangovers--for 24 hours.
Superman. Volume 2, Return to glory
Huder, Aaron
Paper Book
In "The Savage Dawn," Superman is forced to join a super-fight club--and the stakes couldn't be higher. The Man of Steel must make a fateful choice. Can he risk exposing himself to the one thing that could save him? Later, Superman and Wonder Woman lead an army of gods and monsters against Vandal...
Superman/Wonder Woman. Volume 2, War and peace
Soule, Charles
Paper Book
The dust may have settled in Smallville after Superman's encounter with Doomsday, but the Man of Steel did not escape unscathed: infected by Doomsday's toxic virus, Superman is slowly turning into a greater threat to Earth than the alien monster ever was.   Soon the plague that...
Superman/Wonder Woman. Volume 5, A savage end
Buccellato, Brian
Paper Book
The world's most powerful couple returns in the third volume of SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN by the all-star creative team of Peter J. Tomasi (BATMAN & ROBIN) and Doug Mahnke (GREEN LANTERN). Superman's powers have still not returned to full strength, and now Wonder Woman is forced to turn to...
Superman. Vol. 4, Black dawn
Tomasi, Peter
Paper Book
Though Superman and his family have found a measure of peace in their adopted town of Hamilton, they've also sensed a sinister presence lurking beneath its idyllic rural fa ade-something, as a visiting Batman and Robin are about to discover, that is stripping young Jonathan Kent of his powers and...
Superman Action comics. Vol. 1, Path of Doom
Jurgens, Dan.
Paper Book
He was the world's greatest hero. Then the world he knew was wiped from existence. Escaping with his wife and son, Superman fled to a strange new version of Earth. There he worked in the shadows and watched as a different Superman-younger, less experienced, but every bit as heroic...
Superman. Vol. 3, Men of steel
Jurgens, Dan
Paper Book
Lex Luthor is under attack--and only Superman can save him! When the world's most ingenious scientific mind took on the mantle of Metropolis' new Man of Steel, the world took notice--and so did the mysterious Godslayer! But are the Godslayer's actions justified? Will stopping Lex Luthor...
The Man of Steel
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
The Last Son of Krypton is about to meet his home planet's nemesis. After revolutionizing superhero storytelling in such classic titles as Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil and New Avengers, acclaimed comics author Brian Michael Bendis brings that same magic to the...
Checkmate
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
The sequel to 2019's hit mystery Event Leviathan arrives, as unlikely allies unite to take on the DC Universe's deadliest threat! The award-winning team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev are back with Event Leviathan- Checkmate, the sequel to the...
Warworld rising
Johnson, Phillip Kennedy
Paper Book
A new chapter in Superman's life begins as the challenges of Dark Nights- Death Metal are causing Clark Kent to feel...a change in his powers. Is it possible the Metropolis Marvel could be losing a step? The Man of Steel's struggles in taking down the creatures from...
Superman action comics. Volume two, The arena
Johnson, Phillip Kennedy
Paper Book
The biggest Superman event begins here! Superman has arrived on Warworld and his greatest battle is only beginning. Can Superman and the Authority dethrone Mongul and liberate an enslaved Warworld? After learning of an enslaved race with mysterious ties to Krypton, Superman and...
Superman : Kal-El returns
Johnson, Phillip Kennedy
Paper Book
Father and son are at last reunited after the Warworld Saga ripped them apart! In the aftermath of Superman's epic Warworld Revolution, the Man of Steel is back on Earth and stronger than he's ever been! As he and Steel join forces to remake Metropolis as a true City of Tomorrow,...
Superman adventures. Volume 3
Millar, Mark
Paper Book
Spinning off of the classic TV show Superman- The Animated Series, the Man of Steel's all-ages exploits continue here in SUPERMAN ADVENTURES VOL. 2! In this all-ages graphic novel drawn in the style of Superman- The Animated Series, the Man of Steel must keep Metropolis...

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