# How to get started in Superman Comics?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 15, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-started-in-superman-comics/344625 "2006-02-15T14:20:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-started-in-superman-comics/344625/21 "2006-02-15T19:47:08Z")

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> [@CandidGamera](#):
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> If you meant All-Star Superman, it’s just called All-Star Superman.

Although unless you know what you’re looking for–a tiny “All Star” logo–it _looks_ like it’s simply called Superman.

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-started-in-superman-comics/344625/22 "2006-02-15T19:49:49Z")

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> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#):
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> Although unless you know what you’re looking for–a tiny “All Star” logo–it _looks_ like it’s simply called Superman.

Ah, good point. I was going on the assumption that our friendly OP would walk into the comic store and ask for it by name, rather than browsing the shelves.

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-started-in-superman-comics/344625/23 "2006-02-15T19:58:24Z")

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> [@ParadoxMan](#):
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> So to get a really good catch up would be to back up and read the Infinite Crisis series (since I’m only a few episodes behind) and then pick-up with Superman and Action Comics.

As others have noted, this isn’t the best approach. OYL is meant to create jumping-on points, and the idea is that, in some fashion, the Superman stories of One Year Later will start on a self-contained basis, making it easy for a new reader to understand what’s up. Inf-Crisis, OTOH, is exactly the opposite – it’s a huge crossover that is utterly dependant (I’m told) on the reader understanding what happened in comics published decades ago.

All-Star Superman isn’t “in continuity” with the rest of the DCU; it’s its own beast, and there are some ways in which it is very different than the millieu presented in Superman comics over the last several years. (E.g., Clark and Lois aren’t married.)

–Cliffy

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