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Prior to this era, we have Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Warworld Saga and Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Supercorp
-Action Comics #1047-1049 (back-ups)
-Action Comics #1047-1050 (main stories)
-Superman #1-5
-Superman Annual 2023
-Superman #6-12

The Action Comics issues are included here as a bridge from the Warworld arc.  Technically, Action #1047-1049 are part of a crossover with Son of Kal-El #16-18, but no efforts were taken to actually coordinate the two series.  Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths most likely takes place on either side of Action Comics #1050, so there is not going to be a perfect chronological order going on.  I also skipped the Knight Terrors event.  There is a status quo change in Superman #1 (844) that is referenced in PKJ’s Action Comics issues, which can be placed in an optional volume between this and Absolute Power.

Absolute Power
-Absolute Power:  FCDB 2024 Special
-Action Comics #1064
-Superman #13
-Superman:  House of Brainiac Special #1
-Action Comics #1065
-Superman #14
-Action Comics #1066
-Superman #15
-Absolute Power:  Ground Zero #1
-Absolute Power #1
-Superman #16
-Batman #150 (back-up feature only)
-Absolute Power #2
-Batman #151-152 (main stories)
-Batman #151 (back-up)
-Superman #17-18
-Absolute Power #3-4
-DC:  All In Special #1

In a perfect world, DC would have produced a hardcover edition of House of Brainiac and then I would have included the FCBD special at the end of “Supercorp”, leaving “Absolute Power” in its own book.  For “Absolute Power” itself, I was only interested in the Superman and Batman tie-ins, so there are other issues that can be included.  I did not include the backup to Batman #152 because it leads into other tie-ins that I did not include.  Otherwise, it would have gone in around the same spot.  I also opted to keep the All In special as a flipbook, so this bound volume is a partial flip-book.

Phantoms
-Action Comics #1070-1081 (lead stories)
-Action Comics #1070-1081 (Supergirl back-ups)

All In
-Superman #19-20
-Action Comics #1075 (“Memory Lane” back-up)
-Superwoman Special #1
-Superman #21-23
-Summer of Superman #1
-Superman:  Lex Luthor Special #1
-Superman #24-27

The gap between Superman #27 and #28 is the only place in Williamson’s run to fit in any other stories between Absolute Power and DC KO.

Boy of Steel
-Action Comics #1087-1095

This is the beginning of Mark Waid’s Superboy run set in the past.  There is a scene in the first issue with Superman and Mayor Perry White that can anchor it to the present day.

Superman Unlimited:  Kryptonite Kingdom (TPB/HC)
-Superman Unlimited #1-6

Superman Unlimited:  This Looks Like a Job… (TPB/HC)
-Superman Unlimited #7-10
-Superman:  Chains of Love #1

There are plenty of context clues in the Superman Unlimited issues that place them all after Superman #27.  It is more cost effective to buy the official hardcovers than to bind the original issues.

We Are Yesterday
-World’s Finest #38
-Justice League Unlimited #6
-World’s Finest Annual 2025
-World’s Finest #39
-Justice League Unlimited #7-9
-Justice League:  Dark Tomorrow Special #1
-Justice League Unlimited #10-11
-Superman #28-30

The events of Superman #28-30 all take place during JLU #10-11, with the ending of both arcs being the same scene, which leads into DCKO in the next volume.  Justice League:  The Omega Act Special #1 can either fit at the end of this volume, or the beginning of DCKO.