Volume 1 (31 issues)
Showcase ’96 #8 (final story)
Supergirl #1-6
Supergirl Plus #1
Supergirl #7-23
Resurrection Man #16
Supergirl #24
Resurrection Man #17
Supergirl #25-26
Supergirl #1,000,000

NOTE:  PAD did not write Supergirl #13.  Also, Supergirl #1,000,000 probably doesn’t tie into the main run so much, but it falls at a convenient place where it can be read as an extra.  Resurrection Man #16 might be able to be skipped, especially if you already have a RM volume.  Supergirl’s minimal involvement is recapped smoothly in Supergirl #24.

Volume 2 (26 issues)
Supergirl #27-35
Young Justice #12
Supergirl #36
Young Justice #13
Supergirl #37-50

Volume 3 (30 issues)
Supergirl #51-80

There were two annuals to this series, neither written by PAD. I don’t think the series got too involved during the company wide crossovers to where other issues are needed.

Shout out to jmbarnes at the Uncollected Editions forum for the volume breaks.  I found his map after I had already put this together, but without volume breaks.  He even included pictures which showed decent volume sizes.

The complete shield numbering list:

Green numbers
1 – New Krypton #1
2 – Superman #681
3 – Guardian Special #1
4 – Action Comics #871
5 – Supergirl #35
6 – Superman #682
7 – Action Comics #872
8 – Supergirl #36
9 – Superman #683
10 – Action Comics #873
11 – Supergirl #37 (no number)
12 – Superman #684
13 – Action Comics #874
14 – Supergirl #38
15 – Superman #685 (no number)
16 – World of New Krypton #1
17 – Action Comics #875
18 – Supergirl #39
19 – Superman #686
20 – World of New Krypton #2
21 – Action Comics #876
22 – Supergirl #40
23 – Superman #687
24 – World of New Krypton #3
25 – Action Comics #877
26 – Supergirl #41
27 – Superman #688
28 – World of New Krypton #4
29 – Action Comics #878
30 – Supergirl #42
31 – Superman #689
32 – World of New Krypton #5
33 – Action Comics #879
34 – Supergirl #43
35 – Superman #690

Red numbers
0—Superman Secret Files 2009
1 – World of New Krypton #6
2 – Action Comics #880
3 – Supergirl #44
4 – Superman #691
5 – Jimmy Olsen #2
6 – World of New Krypton #7
7 – Action Comics #881
8 – Supergirl #45
9 – Superman #692
10 – World of New Krypton #8
11 – Action Comics #882
12 – Supergirl #46
13 – Superman #693
14 – World of New Krypton #9
15 –Action Comics #883
16 – Supergirl #47
17 – Superman #694
18 – World of New Krypton #10
19 – Action Comics #884
20 – Supergirl #48
21 – Superman #695
22 – World of New Krypton #11
23 – Action Comics #885
24 – Supergirl #49
25 – Superman #696
26 – World of New Krypton #12
27 – Action Comics #886
28 – Supergirl #50
29 – Superman #697
30 – Adventure Comics #8
31 – Last Stand of Krypton #1
32 – Action Comics #887
33 – Supergirl #51
34 – Superman #698
35 – Adventure Comics #9
36 – Last Stand of New Krypton #2
37 – Action Comics #888
38 – Adventure Comics #10
39 – Supergirl #52
40 – Superman #699
41 – Last Stand of Krypton #3
42 – Action Comics #889
43 – Adventure Comics #11

So, no big deal, because they’re so easily numbered, you can just pick good breaking points and go, right?  Wrong.  Very rarely does the storyline actually go week to week through the various series.  The World of New Krypton series actually causes a few headaches, because the majority of the issues continue directly into one another, not allowing for any good break points to jump back to the action on Earth.  So, ultimately, the shield numbers really only help to make sure that you’ve obtained all of the necessary issues.  But I have finally been able to work out a 6 volume set.

The map itself can be found here:  http://comicbinding.com/mapping/superman-2006-2011

I do use several official TPB/HC releases, because it was cheaper than binding.

Up, Up, and Away
Superman #650
Action Comics #837
Superman #651
Action Comics #838
Superman #652
Action Comics #839
Superman #653
Action Comics #840
Action #841-843
Superman #712
Action #850
Superman #666
Action Annual #10

Last Son [TPB]
Action Comics #844-846, 851
Action Comics Annual #11

Camelot Falls 1 [HC]
Superman #654-658

Camelot Falls 2 [HC]
Superman #662-664, 667
Superman Annual #13 (first story)

I ended up cutting out much of Busiek’s run. There were a few continuity issues, mainly due to the delays in the Last Son arc, but also because I wasn’t that interested when going back and looking over the issues. The few one-off stories I liked ended up in the first volume above.

Legion of Super-Heroes [HC]
Action Comics #858-863

In a perfect world, they would have also included 864, the epilogue in here.

Atlas [HC]
Superman #677-680

Brainiac [HC]
Action Comics #866-870

Since both of those arcs are short, I opted for individual trades/hardcovers. Otherwise, I might have opted for a New Krypton prelude volume with Action 858-870, Superman #677-680, Supergirl #34, Jimmy Olsen #1, and the Legion features from Adventure Comics #1-4.

Now, we move into the New Krypton era.  To try to help readers, DC brought back a version of the “triangle” or “shield” numbers.  However, instead of basing them on year, they just started them with New Krypton #1 – colored in green – and then restarted the numbering using red shields with the Codename Patriot crossover.   However, the numbers do not actually indicate the flow of the storyline, instead just showing what order issues were released.  I find the best use for those shield numbers is as a checklist.

A list showing the New Krypton comics in shield order is here:  http://comicbinding.com/mapping/superman-new-krypton

New Krypton 1
Supergirl #34
Jimmy Olsen #1
New Krypton #1
Superman #681
Guardian Special (Adventure Comics)
Action Comics #871
Supergirl #35
Superman #682
Action Comics #872
Supergirl #36
Superman #683
Action Comics #873
Superman #684
Action Comics #874
Superman #685
World of New Krypton #1

I would have moved the Origins and Omens back ups completely to the back, but they end up sharing pages with the main story, so I’m leaving them where they are.

New Krypton 2:  World Without Superman
Supergirl #37-42
Superman #686-688
Action Comics #875-879
Superman #689-690
Superman Annual #14
Supergirl #43
Adventure Comics #0 (backup), #1-3, 5 (backup), 6 [Superboy story]
Action Comics Annual #12
Superman SF 2009

New Krypton 3:  Codename Patriot
WoNK #2-6
Action Comics #880
Supergirl #44
Superman #691
Jimmy Olsen #2
Action Comics #881
Supergirl #45
Action Comics #882
Supergirl #46
WoNK #7
Supergirl #47
WoNK #8-12
Supergirl Annual #1
Adventure Comics #1-4 (backups – Legion)

Since there is about a week gap in WoNK #7, I placed it after the Action/Supergirl crossover, even though both pick up directly from the end of Superman #691.  The story break between WoNK #7 and 8 isn’t perfect, but it works well enough to insert Supergirl #47, which has to go there.

New Krypton 4:  World Against Superman
Superman #692-693 (minus last two pages)
Supergirl #48-49
Action Comics #883-884
Superman #693 (last two pages)
Superman #694-695
Action Comics #885
Superman #696-697
Supergirl #50
Action Comics #886-889
Adventure Comics #8-10 (backups)
Action Comics #879-889 (Captain Atom features)

Supergirl #49 seems to end in a way where #50 would pick up directly on it.  However, in #50, it’s mentioned that a couple of days have passed, hence splitting those issues.  Also, there’s really not any good place for the Captain Atom feature, so I put it here, even though the last chapter sort of spoils an element of the ending of the next book.  And yes, the Action issues go here, because they are not a part of the Last Stand crossover, regardless of what the cover says.

New Krypton 5:  Last Stand of New Krypton
Adventure Comics #8
Last Stand of New Krypton #1
Supergirl #51
Superman #698
Adventure Comics #9
LSoNK #2
Adventure Comics #10
Supergirl #52
Superman #699
LSoNK #3
Adventure Comics #11
War of the Supermen #0-4
Superman #700

The middle story of Superman #700 by Dan Jurgens, will go in a Batman volume about Robin’s early years.  I did not care for Grounded, so I skipped it, but that volume would have gone right here.

Lex Luthor:  The Black Ring
Action Comics #890-896
Secret Six #29
Action Comics #897-900
Action Comics Annual #13
Jimmy Olsen #1

The Jimmy Olsen one-shot isn’t part of the Lex story, but since it contains the backups originally planned for this run, I opted to include it as a backup feature in this book. I’ll also toss the Superboy backup from #892 at the end, since I don’t plan on binding that Superboy series.

Reign of Doomsday
Steel #1
Outsiders #37
JLA #54
Superman/Batman Annual #5
Superboy #6
Action #900-904

This is the only easy way I could figure out to deal with these two separate but slightly connected stories.  Action #900 will appear in both books.  However, I would only put the backups in the Lex book.  If you’re not interested in the Doomsday lead up, you could just put #901-904 in the last book following #900. As it is, I could not find the Steel issue, so I got the Return of Doomsday trade and bound that at the front of this volume.

For a while, this looked like the end of this version of Superman, until he made a return leading into DC Rebirth.

DC Comics Presents Annual 1
DC Sampler 3
New Teen Titans 21
New Teen Titans Annual 2
Green Lantern 173
Green Lantern 176
Green Lantern 178
Flash 338
Flash 339
Tales of the Teen Titans 47
Blue Devil 5
Fury of Firestorm 28
Batman and the Outsiders 14
Batman and the Outsiders 15
Action Comics 560
Justice League of America 231
Justice League of America 232
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes 317
Wonder Woman 321
Infinity, Inc. 8
All-Star Squadron 40
DC Comics Presents 76
Superman 402
Ambush Bug 3

Volume 2

Swamp Thing 30
Swamp Thing 31
Justice League of America 233
Justice League of America 234
Justice League of America 235
Justice League of America 236
Vigilante 14
Superman 403
World’s Finest Comics 311
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes 318
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes 319
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes 320
Amethyst 2
G.I. Combat 274
G.I. Combat 275
G.I. Combat 276
Wonder Woman 323
Action Comics 564
Warlord 91
Jonah Hex 90
Atari Force 18
Batman 384
Detective Comics 551
Batman 388
Flash 350
Tales of the Teen Titans 58
Green Lantern 193
DC Comics Presents 78

Volume 3

Crisis on Infinite Earths 1
All-Star Squadron 50
All-Star Squadron 51
All-Star Squadron 52
Fury of Firestorm 41
Infinity Inc. 18
Green Lantern 194
Detective Comics 555
Crisis on Infinite Earths 2
Batman 389
Detective Comics 556
Batman 390
Detective Comics 557
Batman 391
Detective Comics 558
Swamp Thing 39
New Teen Titans 13
Crisis on Infinite Earths 3
Green Lantern 195
Swamp Thing 40
Swamp Thing 41
Swamp Thing 42

Volume 4

Crisis on Infinite Earths 4
DC Comics Presents 86
Swamp Thing 43
Swamp Thing 44
Omega Men 26
Vigilante 22
Wonder Woman 327
Wonder Woman 328
Infinity Inc. 19
Justice League of America 244
Infinity Inc. 20
Infinity Inc. Annual 1
Warlord 97
Legends of the DCU:Crisis on Infinite Earths 1
Crisis on Infinite Earths 5
Swamp Thing 45
All-Star Squadron 53
Infinity Inc. 21
Infinity Inc. 22
Swamp Thing 46
Swamp Thing 47
Swamp Thing 48
Swamp Thing 49
Swamp Thing 50
All-Star Squadron 54
All-Star Squadron 55

Volume 5

Crisis on Infinite Earths 6
Superman 413
Infinity Inc. 23
Legion of Super-Heroes 14
Legion of Super-Heroes 15
Legion of Super-Heroes Annual 1
Crisis on Infinite Earths 7
DC Comics Presents 95
DC Comics Presents 87
Infinity Inc. 24
All-Star Squadron 56
Legion of Super-Heroes 16
Legion of Super-Heroes 17
Legion of Super-Heroes 18
Superman 414
Superman 415

Volume 6

Crisis on Infinite Earths 8
JLA:Incarnations 5
Deadman:Dead Again 1
Secret Origins Annual 2
Blue Devil 17
Omega Men 31
Blue Devil 18
Blue Devil 19
Justice League of America Annual 3
Crisis on Infinite Earths 9
Green Lantern 196
Fury of Firestorm 42
New Teen Titans 15
DC Comics Presents 88
Crisis on Infinite Earths 10
Starman Annual 1
Justice League of America 245
Omega Men 33
Wonder Woman 329
Crisis on Infinite Earths 11
Amethyst 13
Green Lantern 197
Green Lantern 198
Crisis on Infinite Earths 12
Infinity Inc. 25
Losers Special 1
Green Lantern 199
Green Lantern 200
DC Comics Presents 94
All-Star Squadron 57
All-Star Squadron 58
All-Star Squadron 59
All-Star Squadron 60
Last Days of the Justice Society Special 1
Infinity Inc. 30

Volume 7

DC Comics Presents 97
Superman 423
Action Comics 583
Batman 400
Legend of Wonder Woman 1
Legend of Wonder Woman 2
Legend of Wonder Woman 3
Legend of Wonder Woman 4
Oz-Wonderland Wars 1
Oz-Wonderland Wars 2
Oz-Wonderland Wars 3
Secret Origins 11
Aquaman 1
Aquaman 2
Aquaman 3
Aquaman 4
Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer 1
Legion of Super-Heroes 37
Superman 8
Action Comics 591
Legion of Super-Heroes 38
Legion of Super-Heroes 15
Christmas with the Super-Heroes 2
Secret Origins 23

Volume 8

Legionnaires Annual 3
Speed Force 1
Flash 143 - 150
Impulse 87
Impulse 88
JLA in Crisis Secret Files 1
Animal Man 22 - 26
Plastic Man Special 1
Legion of Super-Heroes 15
History of the DC Universe 1
History of the DC Universe 2
Amazing Heroes 66
Amazing Heroes 91
Crisis on Infinite Earths Index 1
Crisis on Infinite Earths Cross-Over Index 1

This map was compiled by burntselena and originally posted at the Uncollected Editions: The Homegrown Hardcovers Binding Forum - The Crisis on Infinite Earths Binding Map