A fully updated edition of DK's classic guide to sixty years of Superman comics that contains illustrations from the original comics, and full-color spreads that chronicle Superman's super powers, his weaknesses, his enemies, and his friends.
When a boy from Krypton falls to Earth in Metropolis, Superman tries to protect him by fighting Lex Luthor, Bizarro, General Zod, and renegade Kryptonians who trap the Man of Steel in the Phantom Zone.
Superman, transformed from a social activist into an American icon of truth and justice in the 1950s, fights alongside Krypto the Super-Dog, Robin, and Supergirl against criminals, aliens, and Bizarro Superman.