Superman (vol. 2)
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Superman (volume 2) or Superman (second series) was published from January 1987 to April 2006. 226 issues were printed, but the series lasted a total of 228 issues due to an issue #0 (October 1994) published between issues #93 and #94 during the Zero Hour crossover event and issue #1,000,000 (November 1998) during the DC One Million crossover event. This series was first launched after John Byrne revamped the Superman character in 1986 in the Man of Steel limited series, introducing the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman. After that limited series, Action Comics returned and Superman vol. 2, #1 was published. A new title, Adventures of Superman premiered with #424, continuing the numbering of the original Superman series.
One of the major highlights during this series' run was The Death of Superman in Superman vol. 2, #75 (January 1993). Another major storyline event during this series was For Tomorrow published in issue #204 (Jun. 2004) - #215 (May 2005).
Superman vol. 2 reached issue #226 (April 2006) and was then cancelled as part of the companywide Infinite Crisis storyline. Adventures of Superman was returned to its original title, Superman, with issue #650 (May 2006).
Twelve annual issues were printed between 1987 to 2000.
During this book's run, many comic book writers and artists worked on this series including: John Byrne, Roger Stern, Jerry Ordway, Dan Jurgens, Brett Breeding, Ron Frenz, Steve Epting, Joe Rubinstein, Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness, Joe Kelly, Steven T. Seagle, Scott McDaniel, Brian Azzarello, Jim Lee, Mark Verheiden, and Ed Benes.
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- Superman (vol. 2), #1-226 (Jan. 1987 - Apr 2006)
