Jim Dandeneau over at Den of Geek! has posted a Master’s thesis on the ultimate reading order for Grant Morrison’s Superman stories. Through four in-depth pages, Dandeneau presents a “reconfigured” reading order for all of Morrison’s Superman stories, allowing readers to experience in essence one epic Superman story–a story 20-years in the making.
The reconfigured reading order brings together all of Morrison’s Superman issues from JLA, Final Crisis, the New 52 Action Comics, The Multiversity, and, of course, his seminal Superman tale–and what I would argue is THE greatest Supes story of all time–All-Star Superman.
The reconfigured reading order is below, but for the awesome, more in-depth look at the entire story, definitely check out Dandeneau’s original article–it’s a really well-written and enjoyable read.
Grant Morrison’s Superman Reconfigured Reading Order:
- Action Comics #9
- Action Comics #1-8
- The Multiversity #1
- JLA #1-9, JLA Secret Files & Origins #1
- Action Comics #10-12, Action Comics Annual #1, Action Comics #0
- The Multiversity: Society of Super-Heroes #1
- Action Comics #13-18
- JLA #10-15, JLA Secret Files #2, New Year’s Evil: Prometheus #1, JLA #16-17, JLA/WildC.A.T.S. #1
- The Multiversity: The Just #1
- JLA: Earth 2
- JLA #18-23
- The Multiversity: Thunderworld Adventures #1
- DC One Million #1-2, JLA #1,000,000, DC One Million #3-4
- JLA #24-31
- JLA #32-41
- The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1
- JLA Classified #1-3
- Final Crisis #1-3, Final Crisis: Superman Beyond #1-2, Final Crisis: Submit, Final Crisis #4-6
- The Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1
- Final Crisis #7
- The Multiversity: The Multiversity Guidebook #1
- All-Star Superman #1-5
- The Multiversity: Mastermen #1
- All-Star Superman #6-12
- The Multiversity #2
