History of Superman

[tamerinho]

Hello everybody

Great site and great forum.

I might be sort of in need of real updates.

I'm an eternal fan of the man of steel, I'm 36 now, I used to read all comins since the age of 7 till the age of 28 or 29 ... I followed things closely till the Doomsday period .. and the appearance of the 4 supermen .. then after that I lost trace (due to various professional and personal reasons).

Could some me PM me or email me a summary of what happened after the Doomsday thing ?

I tried to check out through various sites but I sort of got lost ... so much input and very dispersive.

I know it might seems tough to summarize  or 8 years ... but at least if someone could give me some indication where I can find info in chronological order to be able to get back on track.

Thanks in advance & Ciao.

T.

Viva Superman.     :lol:

[NotSuper]

There's a post-Crisis Superman timeline here.  Keep in mind that it's only up to March 2001. I hope this helps you.

[tamerinho]

thanks a lot... the explanation seems ok

but some facts seem to be ignored

such as SUPERBOY the original one not the one after the Superman/ Doomsday saga.

Wasn't Superman always a member of the JLA .. why do they mention that he joins and rejoins JLA ?

Sorry for bothering u with so many q's but i'd like to be back on track to follow our hero's story.

Thanks in advance

T.  

[Gary]

such as SUPERBOY the original one not the one after the Superman/ Doomsday saga.

Superman was never Superboy in this continuity. He did meet up with a Superboy who was basically the "pre-Crisis" version, who was described as living in an alternate universe.

Wasn't Superman always a member of the JLA .. why do they mention that he joins and rejoins JLA ?

I think he quit at the start of the Giffen era (wouldn't you?) or maybe even before that, and came back when Jurgens started doing JLA.

[Captain Kal]

Two 'Pre Crisis' Superboys have been shown and a third 'Pre Crisis' DCU as well.

Byrne's Pocketverse had its own Superboy that was supposed to be the Post Crisis patch to allow a Superboy to still be in the Legion.  But that Pocketverse had too many variances -- a la standard Byrned screw-up -- to be considered the legitimate Pre Crisis world or superboy. (Examples: Pocketverse Kryptonians exposed to Gold K can still be killed by Green K which would be impossible for true Pre Crisis Kryptonians; Mon-El is a king-sized continuity headache for the Pocketverse, etc.)

Cadmus Superboy interacted twice with a Hypertime Pre Crisis Superboy that evidently is the genuine article as he doesn't vary at all from the actual Pre Crisis portrayals.

PAD had a supposed 'Pre Crisis' Supergirl and DCU show-up in his Supergirl run, but not only was it totally disrespectful of the Silver/Bronze Age (e.g. 'like living in Disneyland'), but it had other variances like Pink K (which never existed in any DCU before or after) and a GL costume that Hal never wore (different lantern insignia).

All told, the Superboy and his Pre Crisis DCU that Kon-El encountered is evidently the true Pre Crisis ones.  All the other ones must be considered close variants but not the real McCoy.