favourite syperman story i would like to know?

Answer 1

I always liked When You Wish upon a Planetoid, where Superman teamed up with Clark Kent...!

The Controllers ( a mysterious race of beings who were later shown to be relatives of the Guardians of the Green Lantern Corps) were building their first Miracle Machine, which had the power to turn thoughts into reality. By the thirtieth century (home of the Legion of Super Heroes) they could consider the Miracle Machine a toy. But at first, they found it uncontrollable, and wished it would go away.

It appeared on an asteroid which Superman was shoving out of the way so it wouldn't crash into an inhabited planet. He was just idly wishing that he could be both Clark and Superman so that he didn't have to give either of his double lives the short end of the stick!

Next time there was an emergency reported at the Daily Planet, Clark slipped off to a nearby storeroom and pulled his shirt off, exposing the white T-shirt beneath. He wondered why he had done such a silly thing. Superman was reported as having stopped the emergency, and flew by the Planet offices later to give Clark the scoop.

Clark kept having strange dreams about flying through space and rescuing people. Superman kept flying through space and rescuing people. But Superman was falling out of touch with people. He no longer had time for his friends. Emergencies demanded his attention, 24/7. He even told Lois not to endanger herself to get his attention, because if he had to sacrifice her to prevent some madman taking other's lives, he would do it!

Eventually, after Superman had been having trouble dealing with the Atomic Skull (an otherwise very mediocre villain), Clark woke up from one of his nightmares at home and reached for his glasses. Looking at himself in the mirror, he noticed that his glasses did nothing to improve his vision. Then he looked at himself in the mirror again, with his trademark curl of hair hanging down, and breathed "Great Krypton! now I know what my dreams were telling me!"

The next day, Clark got in touch with Superman at the Daily Planet. Superman came, but wasn't inclined to listen to Clark, he was busy and had more important emergencies to attend to.

Clark convinced him that he was telling the truth when he asked Superman to review the course he had sent the asteroid away on. It would miss the alien planet, but hit its moon, and the people would still die when the fragments of the moon crashed into the planet. So, Superman had to go save them before they died due to his own mistake!

Just then, Jimmy came in to tell them that the Atomic Skull was attacking a nuclear power plant in California and threatening to blow it up. It was millions of lives on Earth versus billions of lives on another planet, and Superman had to make the agonizing decision to save the greater number of people.

But Clark told him, "Drop me off in California first, Superman! I'll stop the Skull!" And he did. You can get a back issue from your local comic shop and find out how-- well, all right. Clark contacted Star Labs out in California, where they had been learning how to prevent major earthquakes by triggering little ones. Clark used their equipment to trigger a little quake at the nuclear facility the Atomic Skull was threatening to destroy. The automatic earthquke response systems at the power plant activated; the self-sealing foam was released, to prevent any radioactivity from being released into the environment, and since it was designed to contain radioactivity, the Skull was sealed in it like a fly trapped in amber.

Later, Clark and Superman got together. Clark showed him the secret lab and tunnel beneath the Kent house, where they had gorwn up. Superman could see everything with his x-ray vision, but it was no use. It wasn't that he didn't believe Clark. He could see the evidence. He just didn't have any memory of ever having been Clark Kent. Clark realized that there was nothing he could do, and they would just have to go on with their separate lives.

Before they left Smallville, Clark asked Superman to take him to his parents' graves. (This was in the pre-Crisis days, when the Kents had died.)

Clark remarked, "The pain has faded, but the guilt is still there."

"The guilt...?" Superman didn't understand.

"Yes," Clark explained, "the guilt of knowing that with all my powers..."

"...I couldn't save them!" Superman finished.

The memories had come back! And somehow, wishing that they had never separated, the previous wish was undone, and they were back together again, one person.

And so Superman started acting decently toward his friends and not so stiff and cold and alien any more. He was thankful to have Clark, and Clark felt exactly the same way.

This story won a Best Story of the Year award. It deserved it, too.

Answer 2

"Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow" by Alan Moore. It had all the Classic Superman mythology but written in a superbly, almost poetic, updated way. See also "For The Man Who Has Everything" also by Moore

Answer 3

A Superman for All Seasons by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale

Answer 4

it really is Ozzy discussing Lemmy from again even as Motorhead opened for the snow fall Of oz..excursion: "on the snow fall Of oz..excursion he had a ordinary bag with 3 books and a notepad. No change of garments. His rider replaced into seven bottles of bourbon, 8 bottles of vodka, 2 bottles of orange juice and that is it." I appeared it up and curiously rider is short for excursion rider, it really is, the guy who is going ahead and preps the behind the curtain area for the musician. This comes from the hot difficulty of Rolling Stone which did an editorial on Lemmy. It also had Madonna on the cover alongside with an interview of her speaking about the early 80s, playing CBGB, studying to play guitar and drums. this may nicely be the right difficulty Rolling Stone has ever executed :)

Answer 5

Either Red Sun or Secret Identity. Red Sun because of the filthy commies, and Secret Identity because it ran with the whole "You will believe a man can fly" thing. Neither one in continuity, but both great stories.

Answer 6

For the Man Who Has Everything is one of my favourite Superman stories. It must be a few other people's as well as it has been on television as the second episode of the first season of the animated series Justice League Unlimited.
The story was also adapted for a Green Lantern storyline with Green Lantern and Green Arrow.

For the Man Who Has Everything is a story by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons published in Superman Annual #11.


Plot
Batman, Robin, and Wonder Woman visit the Fortress of Solitude on Superman's birthday, only to find him in a vegetative state, trapped by an alien vine called the Black Mercy plant.

Soon, the alien Mongul steps into the scene, revealing that Superman is in an induced coma, dreaming about his heart's desire. Wonder Woman starts fighting Mongul while Batman and Robin try to free Superman. Meanwhile, Superman dreams about an alternate life on Krypton in which he is married to an actress named Lyla and fathers two children by her. The dream also includes a sub-plot about his father Jor-El, who in Superman's vision becomes the leader of an extremist right-wing movement called the Sword of Rao which supports the use of the Phantom Zone to punish criminals like Jax-Ur. In retaliation, the Anti-Phantom Zone campaigners attack and seriously wound Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El. Jor-El refuses to visit his injured niece, however, being still bitter over his brother Zor-El's rejection of his prediction of Krypton's destruction.

Back in the fortress, Batman finally removes the Black Mercy plant from Superman’s chest just in time for him to rescue Wonder Woman, who has been defeated by Mongul and is at his mercy. As Superman and Mongul engage in battle, Batman is trapped by the plant and subsequently dreams of the night of his parents' murder, envisioning an alternate version of the event in which his father averts the tragedy.

Robin frees Batman using Mongul’s gloves; he traps the plant in one and manages to drop it on Mongul, who is promptly snared in its tendrils.


Publication
As well as appearing in Superman Annual #11 it has been reprinted in:

DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (trade paperback, 2006, Titan ISBN 1-84576-257-6 DC ISBN 1-4012-0927-0

Answer 7

Superman Birthrite. It may not be out yet, my wife's a librarian and gets advance copies on books, graphic novels. Definitely worth a read by all Superman fans. Check it out.

Answer 8

Kingdom Come. I loved it because it validated why Superman is The greatest of the Superheroes. Not because of his powers, because of his humanity.

Answer 9

Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow.

A classic piece of comic literature. If not pure literature.