Superman (comic book)

Superman
Cover of Superman #1 (summer 1939), art by Joe Shuster.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	List Quarterly: #1–5 Bimonthly: #6–85 Eight times a year: #86–232 Monthly: #233–423, #650–714 Monthly: vol. 3 #1–52 Twice monthly: vol. 4 #1–45 Monthly: vol. 5 #1–32 Monthly: vol. 6 #1–
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	List (vol. 1) June 1939 – September 1986; April 2006 – August 2011 (vol. 2) See 1986 revamp (vol. 3) September 2011 – May 2016 (vol. 4) June 2016 – April 2018 (vol. 5) July 2018 – June 2021 (vol. 6): February 2023 – present
No. of issues	List (vol. 1) 488 (#1–423, #650–714), 14 Annuals and four Specials (one Superman Special Edition and three Superman Specials) (vol. 2) See 1986 revamp (vol. 3) 57 (#1–52, plus issues #0 and #23.1-23.4), one Special and three Annuals (vol. 4) 45 (#1–45), a DC Rebirth one-shot, one Superman Special, and one Annual (vol. 5) 32 (vol. 6) 7 and 1 Annual (as of December 2023 cover date)
Main character(s)	Superman Lois Lane Jimmy Olsen Lex Luthor
Creative team
Created by	Jerry Siegel Joe Shuster
Written by	List (vol. 1): Cary Bates Kurt Busiek Don Cameron Bill Finger Geoff Johns Elliot S. Maggin Alan Moore Martin Pasko James Robinson Jim Shooter Jerry Siegel Len Wein See 1986 revamp (vol. 3): Keith Giffen Dan Jurgens Scott Lobdell George Pérez Gene Luen Yang (vol. 4): Peter J. Tomasi Patrick Gleason (vol. 5): Brian Michael Bendis Sean Lewis Phillip Kennedy Johnson (vol. 6): Joshua Williamson
Penciller(s)	List (vol. 1): Joe Shuster Wayne Boring Al Plastino Ross Andru Curt Swan José Luis García-López Dick Dillin Stuart Immonen Pete Woods Renato Guedes Karl Kerschl Carlos Pacheco Eddy Barrows See 1986 revamp (vol. 3): Kenneth Rocafort George Pérez Howard Porter John Romita Jr. (vol. 4): Patrick Gleason Doug Mahnke (vol. 5): Ivan Reis
Inker(s)	List (vol. 1): George Klein Mike Esposito Murphy Anderson Frank Chiaramonte Bob Oksner Jesus Merino (vol. 2): Karl Kesel Dennis Janke Brett Breeding Josef Rubinstein Dick Giordano Cam Smith Scott Williams (vol. 3): Klaus Janson

Superman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Superman as its protagonist. Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book Action Comics #1 in June 1938. The strip proved so popular that National launched Superman into his own self-titled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with the cover date summer 1939. Between 1986 and 2006 it was retitled, The Adventures of Superman, while a new series used the title Superman. In May 2006, it was returned to its original title and numbering. The title was canceled with issue #714 in 2011, and was relaunched with issue #1 the following month which ended its run in 2016. A fourth series was released in June 2016 and ended in April 2018, while the fifth series was launched in July 2018 and ended in June 2021. The series was replaced by Superman: Son of Kal-El in July 2021, featuring adventures of Superman's son, Jon Kent. A sixth Superman series was released in February 2023.