Comments on: Superman (1987)

By: tglass1976

tglass1976 — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:47:35 +0000

I debated about how to bind the Superman stuff and doing it by year seemed the best option to me. It’s true that you may end up with large story arcs that get broken up by year breaks but, for me, I enjoy the archival look of having each year in it’s own volume(s).

I’ve only had my 2 1997 volumes done so far, (note to self: post my map for 1997) and I really like how it turned out. If you decide to do it more by story arc than year then you can simply adjust the volume breaks.

Bluedevil2002 put together a map that focuses more on story arcs that you may want to check out as well (http://comicbinding.com/mapping/superman-1987-1999).

By: jasond

jasond — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:56:00 +0000

I was thinking of binding by year and S-shield numbering, but I’m afraid that way would separate certain arcs that I’d like to keep together (like the Death of Superman issues).

By: Steve Topper

Steve Topper — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 01:19:55 +0000

I see.

I ended up binding my pre-Crisis Superman in 20 issues chucks, not years — so I thematically put Man of Steel outside of my binds. In retrospect, I wish I had bound by year.

Thanks

By: tglass1976

tglass1976 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:09:02 +0000

I’m mapping my Superman books by year and the Man of Steel mini was in 1986. I plan to include it at the end of my 1986 map. That will be the transition from pre-crisis to post-crisis.

By: Steve Topper

Steve Topper — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:32:14 +0000

Realizing you’re mapping the reboot, I find it curious you did not include the Man of Steel mini-series which really starts the entire series.