DC Black Label | Superman Year One

Superman has more than just a thousand stories from the first time he debuted in Action Comics #1. Most of his stories and adventures is about his powers are punching the bad guys. But over time the narrative expands and slowly grounds the character to be a relatable hero to most readers growing up and its understandable how challenging to craft a narrative around an archetype character. There are already a lot of interpretations of how he came to Earth, and the diverse stories about his origins with each one interpreted through the writer’s perspectives. But one that really redefined a modern Superman was the story told by John Byrne in The Man of Steel, but DC Comics did not stop there in crafting his other origins. Over the years, there are writers taking Superman’s origin to great heights, and a fresh take that would also be considered canon. This is due to the multiple earths that DC Comics would bring back in their major events like Crisis on Infinite Earths. Fans would debate and discuss these stories that gives clarity, which all of these interpretations are part of the wide DC Multiverse. The most recent origin of Kal-El back in the mid-2000s was written by Mark Waid with art by Leinil Francis Yu that have masterful inks by the Great Komikero, Gerry Alanguilan that was the maxi-series, Superman Birthright.