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DK Ultimate Guide
Superman The Ultimate Guide The Man of Steel New Edition
Discover and explore the world of the original and greatest of all Super Superman, the Man of Steel!
He sprang fully formed and unstoppable from the pages of Action Comics #1 in June 1938. Superman has been a jewel in DC’s crown ever since, fueling a plethora of movies and TV shows.
Packed with spectacular art from the original comic books, this definitive volume brings Superman’s story right up to date, with full details of his latest exploits in major storylines such as The Final Days of Superman, Superman Reborn, and Adventures of Jon Kent. With in-depth profiles of Superman’s allies and enemies, a detailed timeline, landmark comics, and much more, The Ultimate Guide New Edition is both a superb guide to a timeless cultural icon—who in 2025 hurtles back on movie screens in Legacy—and a prize addition to any fan’s bookshelf.
He sprang fully formed and unstoppable from the pages of Action Comics #1 in June 1938. Superman has been a jewel in DC’s crown ever since, fueling a plethora of movies and TV shows.
Packed with spectacular art from the original comic books, this definitive volume brings Superman’s story right up to date, with full details of his latest exploits in major storylines such as The Final Days of Superman, Superman Reborn, and Adventures of Jon Kent. With in-depth profiles of Superman’s allies and enemies, a detailed timeline, landmark comics, and much more, The Ultimate Guide New Edition is both a superb guide to a timeless cultural icon—who in 2025 hurtles back on movie screens in Legacy—and a prize addition to any fan’s bookshelf.
216 pages, Hardcover
Published June 17, 2025
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9,068 books2,083 followersDorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.
Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
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Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.
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November 27, 2025
A super guide to Superman!
This is a hardcover reference book serving as guide to the comic book character of “Superman” and his world published by DK. This the second guide about this topic that DK published.
Creative Team
Writers: Matthew K. Manning & Daniel Wallace
Foreword: Joshua Williamson
A REFERENCE GUIDE OF TRUTH & JUSTICE
While I am a huge fan of Superman character, I didn’t plan to buy this guide since I already had a previous one, also published by DK but it was like more than 20 years ago and evidently that one was already way out-of-date, for not mentioning too that this new one is easily three times thicker than the first one.
But fate comes in, since I bought a guide of Knights of the Zodiac as a gift for my brother and the local bookstore had a promo of 50% off price in the second book that you’d buy at the same time, and since this one was a little cheaper than the one that I bought for my brother, not only got a totally updated brand new guide about Superman but also cheaper than I’d expected.
As I told you, I wasn’t sure about buying it,…
…BUT…
…once I started to check it out, at home (it was sealed so I couldn’t check it out at the bookstore), oh boy! I congratulate myself of deciding of buying it, since it’s truly great, with a lot of information, presented in an excellent way, full of wonderful artwork too.
The reference guide takes you through the whole history of Superman in comic books, since his creation in 1938 marking the beginning of the Golden Age of Comics, passing through the Silver Age, and the rest of ages too to the present (2025).
Hightlighting key comic book issues with full detail and explaining why they are relevant in the history of the character…
…full guides of his allies, friends, love interests and villains, focusing in key characters of each category, like Batman & Robin, Wonder Woman, Lois Lane, Supergirl, Superboy, Lex Luthor, Darkseid, General Zod, Brainiac, Bizarro, Doomsday, etc… And you can learn about recent characters like Jon Kent.
Also mentioning key locations, with cool features like a map of Smallville, but also commenting about the Fortress of Solitude, Daily Planet, Metropolis, Apokolips, etc…
…and his pivotal participation in teams such like the Justice League and the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Every major crisis, published by DC Comics, is mentioned here, since Superman was always a relevant character on each crisis, but also other big DC events such as Zero Hour, Blackest Night and Flashpoint…
…obviously, also his personal events such like The Death of Superman, The Reign of Supermen, Superman Blue & Red, Warworld, etc… along with other events like the Man of Steel miniseries, new origins like Birthright and New52 and Elseworlds alternate interpretations of the character.
A detailed timeline commenting the key moments of his life in comics…
…and so much more!
All this presented in a gorgeous hardcover big format, in full color, and prestige paper.
Definitely this is a must-have for any hardcore fan of the Superman and since the new movie, made by Warner Studios, released some months ago (2025), this is a great time too to buy it.
Definitely recommended!
This is a hardcover reference book serving as guide to the comic book character of “Superman” and his world published by DK. This the second guide about this topic that DK published.
Creative Team
Writers: Matthew K. Manning & Daniel Wallace
Foreword: Joshua Williamson
A REFERENCE GUIDE OF TRUTH & JUSTICE
While I am a huge fan of Superman character, I didn’t plan to buy this guide since I already had a previous one, also published by DK but it was like more than 20 years ago and evidently that one was already way out-of-date, for not mentioning too that this new one is easily three times thicker than the first one.
But fate comes in, since I bought a guide of Knights of the Zodiac as a gift for my brother and the local bookstore had a promo of 50% off price in the second book that you’d buy at the same time, and since this one was a little cheaper than the one that I bought for my brother, not only got a totally updated brand new guide about Superman but also cheaper than I’d expected.
As I told you, I wasn’t sure about buying it,…
…BUT…
…once I started to check it out, at home (it was sealed so I couldn’t check it out at the bookstore), oh boy! I congratulate myself of deciding of buying it, since it’s truly great, with a lot of information, presented in an excellent way, full of wonderful artwork too.
The reference guide takes you through the whole history of Superman in comic books, since his creation in 1938 marking the beginning of the Golden Age of Comics, passing through the Silver Age, and the rest of ages too to the present (2025).
Hightlighting key comic book issues with full detail and explaining why they are relevant in the history of the character…
…full guides of his allies, friends, love interests and villains, focusing in key characters of each category, like Batman & Robin, Wonder Woman, Lois Lane, Supergirl, Superboy, Lex Luthor, Darkseid, General Zod, Brainiac, Bizarro, Doomsday, etc… And you can learn about recent characters like Jon Kent.
Also mentioning key locations, with cool features like a map of Smallville, but also commenting about the Fortress of Solitude, Daily Planet, Metropolis, Apokolips, etc…
…and his pivotal participation in teams such like the Justice League and the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Every major crisis, published by DC Comics, is mentioned here, since Superman was always a relevant character on each crisis, but also other big DC events such as Zero Hour, Blackest Night and Flashpoint…
…obviously, also his personal events such like The Death of Superman, The Reign of Supermen, Superman Blue & Red, Warworld, etc… along with other events like the Man of Steel miniseries, new origins like Birthright and New52 and Elseworlds alternate interpretations of the character.
A detailed timeline commenting the key moments of his life in comics…
…and so much more!
All this presented in a gorgeous hardcover big format, in full color, and prestige paper.
Definitely this is a must-have for any hardcore fan of the Superman and since the new movie, made by Warner Studios, released some months ago (2025), this is a great time too to buy it.
Definitely recommended!
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