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[michaeljoncarter]

Have you got any recs or a reading guide for steel ?

lornahs's guide for him & his dcuguide chronology collect most of his appearances. and i'm still not quite finished making my way through post-crisis superman comics, so if anyone with more expertise would like to add on, please do, but so far, these are my personal favorite recs for him:

The Death & Return of Superman

Steel (1994) (i love this book, but it is violently 90s in a way that definitely won't be to everyone's tastes. might recommend skipping it at first and then coming back later when you're already invested in the character)

the Trial of Superman arc:

Superman (1987) #106

Adventures of Superman #529

Outsiders (1991) #24

Action Comics #716

Superman: The Man of Steel #51

Superman (1987) #107

Steel (1994) #22

Adventures of Superman #530

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #3

Action Comics #717

Superman: The Man of Steel #52

Superman (1987) #108

Adventures of Superman #531

Steel (1994) #23

Showcase '96 #1 - 2

The Millennium Giants

JLA Secret Files #2

he becomes a member of the justice league and is in JLA (1997) #19 - 41, but he's mostly just kinda... there. it's been a while since i read this book, so if anyone's got a fresher memory, please correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't remember him ever getting much of a focus in this book. it's fun to see him in the justice league for sure, and i do recommend reading it, but i can't say i really consider it essential reading for him specifically

Team Superman Secret Files & Origins

Superman: The Man of Steel #95 - 97

Superman: The Man of Steel #98 (part of the Superman Y2K arc)

Metropolis Secret Files & Origins

Superman: The Man of Steel #99 - 101

the Critical Condition arc:

Superman (1987) #158

Adventures of Superman #580

Superman: The Man of Steel #102

Action Comics #767

Superman: Emperor Joker

Superman: The Man of Steel #106 - 110, #112, #114

Our Worlds at War was also a pretty important event for him, but i really can't justify recommending that you read the whole massive thing if you're only interested in him. he only shows up in a few issues (which may be a little confusing without the context of what's happening in the entire event, but it's fine):

Action Comics #594

Superman: The Man of Steel #116 - 117

Superman: The Man of Steel #118, #120, #122 - 125

Superman: The Man of Steel #130, #131 (part of the Ending Battle arc)

Superman: The Man of Steel

Superman vs Darkseid: Apokolips Now!

the Strange New Visitor arc:

Action Comics #811

Adventures of Superman #624

Superman (1987) #201

he featured fairly often in in 52 & Infinity Inc (2007), but i haven't actually gotten around to reading either one of those yet beyond skimming a few random issues, so i can't really give any specific recs there

Superman #685 - 687, #689 - 690, #695 (part of the New Krypton Saga)

Superman: War of the Supermen (also part of New Krypton)

Reign of the Doomsdays

aaaand that brings us to the end of the preboot universe. i think he was a fairly major player in the n52 superman comics, but i haven't gotten around to them, either. the only post-reboot comic i can really recommend (and i do strongly recommend it because it's an all time fave for me) is Superwoman (2016)

beyond that, i believe he's a semi-regularly occurring character in the current superman titles & that there's a Steelworks book out there somewhere. but i've kinda lost interest in current comics for the time being, so that's all i can really say about that!

hope this helps & happy reading 💕