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. Secret origin
Johns, Geoff
Ebook
Superman smashes the Klan : the graphic novel
Yang, Gene Luen
Paper Book
Harvey Award winner for Best Children or Young Adult Book! The year is 1946. Teenagers Roberta and Tommy Lee just moved with their parents from Chinatown to the center of Metropolis, home to the famous hero, Superman. Tommy makes friends quickly, while Roberta pines for home....
Superman : the harvests of youth
Grace, Sina
Paper Book
A grounded and heartbreakingly human story about the legendary Superman as a teenager finding his place in a world filled with death and hate, without losing sight of his greatest power...hope. Despite being a superpowered teenager, high school has been pretty normal for...
Clark & Lex
Reichs, Brendan
Paper Book
Being the only kid with powers is tough...not being able to use them is even worse! Struggling with understanding why his parents demand he hide his amazing superpowers, Clark has no problem using a bit of super-speed or super-strength to give himself that extra edge as...
Superman. Last son
Johns, Geoff
Paper Book
Written by Richard Donner & Geoff Johns Art by Adam Kubert Cover by Kubert Richard Donner and Geoff Johns present "Last Son," collecting the epic story arc with art by Adam Kubert from ACTION COMICS #844-846, #851and Action Comics Annual #11. A rocket lands in Metropolis containing a boy Superman...
Superman : Emperor Joker
Loeb, Jeph.
Ebook
Superman. Ending battle
Casey, Joe.
Paper Book
Up, up and away
Busiek, Kurt.
Paper Book
Superman vs. Darkseid
Byrne, John
Ebook
Superman : Brainiac
Johns, Geoff
Paper Book
Written by Geoff Johns Art by Gary Frank & Jon Sibal Cover by Gary Frank The amazing "Brainiac" storyline from ACTION COMICS #866-870 is collected in this spectacular new hardcover! Written by Geoff Johns and featuring art by Gary Frank & Jon Sibal, this is the hard-hitting story that revitalized...
Superman unchained
Snyder, Scott.
Paper Book
From the skies above Metropolis to the four corners of the globe to the star-streaked spaceways beyond, one man is synonymous with the word "hero." Since his arrival marked the dawn of the superhero age, Superman has waged a never-ending battle for truth and justice, no matter when or where. ...
Superman : the men of tomorrow
Johns, Geoff
Paper Book
A new era for SUPERMAN begins as Geoff Johns takes the reigns - and he's joined by the legendary super-talent of John Romita, Jr. in his first-ever work for DC Comics! Enter Ulysses, the Man of Tomorrow, into the Man of Steel's life. This strange visitor shares many of Kal-El's...
The death of Superman
Jurgens, Dan
Ebook
Superman : whatever happened to the man of tomorrow?
Moore, Alan
Paper Book
Superman : the man of steel. Vol. 4
Byrne, John
Paper Book
Superman. Volume 2, Secrets and lies
Jurgens, Dan
Paper Book
Tucked away high in the Himalayas, a long dormant evil has made these snowy mountain tops its home.  Helspont, a decendant of the ancient alien race of Daemonites, has enlisted an army of robots to obtain all there is to know about the Kryptonian meanace standing between him and dominion over...
Superman. Volume 1, Before truth
Yang, Gene Luen
Ebook
Superman : savage dawn
Kuder, Aaron
Ebook
Superman : the final days of Superman
Tomasi, Peter
Paper Book
Superman - Action Comics. Vol. 1, Superman and the men of steel
Morrison, Grant.
Paper Book
A New York Times Best Seller! DC Comics took a bold step and renumbered the longest-running monthly comic, Action Comics, to #1 for the first time since 1938 as part of the DC Comics--The New 52 event. With this renumbering comes a new creative team featuring comics...
Superman - Action Comics. Volume 2, Bulletproof
Morrison, Grant
Paper Book
Clark Kent is dead! When grave circumstances cause Superman to leave behind his alter ego, an unimpeded Man of Steel must face his deadliest foe to date- Nimrod the Hunter! Metropolis' newest threat has killed everything he's ever tracked, but he's never killed an alien. Will the red and blue...
Superman - Action Comics. Volume 3, At the End of Days
Morrison, Grant
Ebook
Superman/Wonder Woman. Volume 2, War and peace
Soule, Charles
Ebook
Superman: Lois and Clark
Jurgens, Dan
Ebook
Superman. Vol. 1, Son of Superman
Tomasi, Peter
Paper Book
Superman. Vol. 2, Trials of the super son
Tomasi, Peter
Ebook
Superman. Vol. 4, Black dawn
Tomasi, Peter
Ebook
Superman. Vol. 6, Imperius Lex
Tomasi, Peter
Ebook
Superman. Vol. 7, Bizarroverse
Tomasi, Peter
Ebook
Superman. Vol. 3, Men of steel
Jurgens, Dan
Ebook
Superman - Action Comics: the Oz Effect
Jurgens, Dan
Ebook
Superman action comics. Vol.5, Booster shot
Jurgens, Dan
Paper Book
New Super-Man. Vol. 1, Made in China
Yang, Gene Luen
Paper Book
#1 New York Times best-selling author and National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang continues his work at DC with NEW SUPER-MAN VOL. 1, a part of DC Universe Rebirth! An impulsive act of heroism thrusts an arrogant young man into the limelight of Shanghai as China begins to form...
Superwoman. Volume 1, Who killed Superwoman?
Jimenez, Phil
Paper Book
Imbued with the powers of Superman, Lois Lane and LanaLang pledge to use their powers to protect Metropolis as Superwomen! The onlyproblem is their new powers are killing them, and neither one knows how to stopit. Can they survive long enough to uncover the deadly secret of...
Superwoman. Vol. 2, Rediscovery
Perkins, K.
Ebook
The Man of Steel
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
Event Leviathan
Bendis, Brian Michael
Ebook
Superman action comics. Vol. 5, The house of Kent
Bendis, Brian Michael
Paper Book
Superman's pal, Jimmy Olsen : who killed Jimmy Olsen?
Fraction, Matt
Ebook
Checkmate
Bendis, Brian Michael
Ebook
Superman, the one who fell
Johnson, Phillip Kennedy
Ebook
When I grow up
Tomasi, Peter
Ebook
Super sons. Vol. 2, Planet of the capes
Tomasi, Peter
Ebook
Super sons. Vol. 3, Parent trap
Tomasi, Peter
Ebook
Superman, son of Kal-El. Vol. 1, The truth
Taylor, Tom
Paper Book
A new Man of Steel for a new era! Jonathan Kent dons his father's cape as the 21st century Superman, from the bestselling writer of DCeased and Injustice! Jonathan Kent has experienced a lot in his young life. He's fought evil with Robin, traveled across galaxies...
Superman, son of Kal-El. Vol. 2, The rising
Taylor, Tom
Paper Book
Jonathan Kent is planet earth's new Man of Steel! Between fighting a dictatorship in a foreign nation and battling giant sea creatures it can be overwhelming. Will he follow in his father's footsteps or forge his own path? With Clark Kent off-world battling in the universe,...
Superman adventures. Volume 4
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. 4! In this all-ages graphic novel drawn in the style of Superman- The Animated Series, the Man of Steel must keep Metropolis safe from...

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