Issue Description

A Three Part Superman Novel: The Son of Bizarro
Presenting a thrilling three-part novel starring Superman and Supergirl as they meet an incredible mystery from the Bizarro world!
Bizarro No. 1 and Lois Bizarro No. 1 have a child, the first ever born on Bizarro World, who has super strength like Bizarro No. 1, but he is handsome - a freak by Bizarro standards!
 
Part I: The Son of Bizarro!
Far off in space is a queer cubical world inhabited by Bizarros, imperfect duplicates of Superman and Lois Lane created from a machine built by Luthor. One day, the original Bizarro, Bizarro No. 1, comes home to find his wife, Bizarro Lois No. 1, has given birth to a son that has super strength, but looks like a perfect human baby - a disgrace to the name of Bizarro!
 
The original Bizarros try to keep the Bizarro Superbaby a secret, but one day he flies off on his own and learns that he is reviled by the people of Bizarro world. When he sees his own reflection for the first time, he knows why. In an attempt to protect the child, Bizarro No. 1 flies to space where he hides the infant in a hollow metal object. Unfortunately, the object is a rocket, and it whisks Bizarro Superbaby off.   

Part II: The Orphan Bizarro!
Crash landing on Earth, Bizarro Superbaby is taken to Midvale orphanage where Linda Lee (AKA Supergirl) is temporarily put in charge of him. Chasing a butterfly, Bizarro Superbaby, now known as 'Buster', flies to Metropolis where it takes both Supergirl and Superman to catch him.
 
Superman charges Supergirl with concealing Buster's true nature from the world until he can come up with a plan for the child. One day, Mr. and Mrs. Crandall arrive to adopt Buster. They are in fact robots created by Superman so that he can have Buster relocated to the Fortress of Solitude where he can be safely watched over by Krypto. But Bizarro No. 1 has learned of Buster's whereabouts, and to make matters worse, Supergirl exposes Buster to a lab accident!  

Part III: The Bizarro Supergirl!
While playing in the Fortress of Solitude, Buster activates the Duplicator Ray, creating a Bizarro Supergirl. When Superman returns he realizes that Buster, who now looks like a Bizarro, must be from Bizarro World, and he instructs Bizarro Supergirl to take him home. Bizarro Supergirl, however, has become attached to Buster, and disobeys Superman taking him to a remote location on Earth to raise him herself. Believing Superman created Bizarro Supergirl to be a foster mother to Buster and keep him on Earth, Bizarro declares war, and raises an army of Bizarros to destroy the Earth! 

Superman (1939)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

Superman launched May 18, 1939 with its first issue (that doesn't actually have a #1 on the cover) and although it was a seasonal book for its first five issues, with its sixth it began a bimonthly publishing rate and kept up with said rate until its eighty-fifth. With its eighty-sixth issue Superman began it's mostly consistent monthly publishing rate which it continued using up until 1986 when the series ended at 423 issues, the last issue featuring Alan Moore's acclaimed story "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" After that, the title's numbering was continued through Adventures of Superman which lasted for several decades. It was in 2006 with #650 that the title returned to its original name, kicking off it's new era with the One Year Later storyline co-written by Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek. After the arc, the series was written by Busiek from 654-675, with James Robinson taking the reigns in 677 and holding them tight until the milestone 700th issue where JMS took over with an arc entitled "Grounded" that would feature Superman walking across America. However, JMS left the book earlier then planned and new writer Chris Roberson worked off of JMS' original notes and plotline. Unfortunately, Roberson never got to prove himself with his own story on the book as with the launch of The New 52 in September 2011, after 72 years and 714 issues (including Adventures of Superman) Superman Vol. 1 came to an end with the final chapter of the Grounded story arc serving as the final issue of the series. Superman will survive as an ongoing series at DC, with the month following the release of Superman #714 serving as the launching point of the third ongoing Superman series in DC history with #1.

For Post Flashpoint volume 3, refer to Superman.

General Notes

Superman #424-649 do not exist, however, the issues that took those numbers can be found on the Adventures of Superman page.

Another ongoing title from DC entitled Superman does exist and was published with its own numbering while Adventures of Superman was in print, thus even though this title began publication in the 30's and lasted until 2011, no two Superman titles were hitting shelves at the same time. The other Superman volume can be found here.

The main star of the series has of course been Superman but from #686-697 Mon-El was the star as Superman was away from Earth and the covers bore the banners "World Without Superman" for the first five and "World Against Superman" for the last six issues of this absence.

Collected EditionsSuperman Chronicles (Collects the earliest issues)Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus vol. 1 (#1-31)Showcase presents: Superman (late 50`s, early 60`s stories)Adventures of Superman: Gil Kane vol. 1 (#367, 372 & 375)Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (#423, Action Comics #583)Up, Up and Away! (#650-653, Action Comics #837-840 )Camelot Falls Vol. 1 (#654-658)Camelot Falls Vol. 2 (#662-664 & 667, Superman Annual #13)Redemption (#659 & 666, Action Comics #848-849)3-2-1 Action (#665, Action Comics #852-854, Legends of the DC Universe #14)The Third Kryptonian (#668-670, Action Comics #847, Superman Annual #13)Shadows Linger (#671-675)The Coming of Atlas (#677-680)New Krypton Vol. 1 (#681, Action Comics #871, Adventure Comics Special Featuring The Guardian #1, Superman New Krypton Special #1, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen Special #1)New Krypton Vol. 2 (#682-683, Action Comics #872-873; Supergirl #35-36)Mon-El Vol. 1 (#684-690, Action Comics #874, Action Comics Annual #10)Codename Patriot (#691, Action Comics #880, Supergirl #44, Superman: World of New Krypto #6, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #2)Mon-El Vol. 2 (#692-697, Adventure Comics #11, Superman Annual #14, Superman: Secret Files 2009 #1)Nightwing and Flamebird Vol. 2 (#696, Action Comics #883-889, Adventure Comics #8-10)Last Stand of New Krypton Vol. 1 (#698, Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #1-2, Adventure Comics #8-9, Supergirl #51)Last Stand of New Krypton Vol. 2 (#699, Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #3, Adventure Comics #10-11, Supergirl #52)Superman: War of The Supermen (#700)Grounded Vol. 1 (#700-706)Grounded Vol. 2 (#707-711 & #713-714)

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