![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Jul. 29th, 2011
Superman origin stories
Jul. 29th, 2011 12:56 pmAction Comics #1: Superman's origin, 1938
Action Comics #158, Superman's Earth-1 origin, 1951
Man of Steel #1-5: Superman's post-Crisis origin, 1986
Superman, Action Comics, Adventures of Superman and Superman: The Man of Steel #0: Superman's post-Zero Hour origin, 1994
Superman: Birthright #1-12: Superman's ... they-just-felt-like-changing-it origin, 2003
Superman: Secret Origin #1-6: Superman's New Earth origin, 2009
Action Comics Vol 2, #1: Superman's New 52 origin, 2011
If this trend continues then by 2013, Superman comics will consist of nothing but new retcons of his origin. And by 2015, they'll start running two incompatable origins simultaneously.
Action Comics #158, Superman's Earth-1 origin, 1951
Man of Steel #1-5: Superman's post-Crisis origin, 1986
Superman, Action Comics, Adventures of Superman and Superman: The Man of Steel #0: Superman's post-Zero Hour origin, 1994
Superman: Birthright #1-12: Superman's ... they-just-felt-like-changing-it origin, 2003
Superman: Secret Origin #1-6: Superman's New Earth origin, 2009
Action Comics Vol 2, #1: Superman's New 52 origin, 2011
If this trend continues then by 2013, Superman comics will consist of nothing but new retcons of his origin. And by 2015, they'll start running two incompatable origins simultaneously.