This is the hard reading order for Phase 1 of Superman Rebirth. This is focused on only the MOST important Superman Volumes. Superman Rebirth is mainly focused on three plot lines. 1. Who is Mr. Oz? 2. Jonathan Kent (Superboy) meeting the world. 3. Superman’s relationship to the current continuity. The hard version adds side characters who mostly go on their own adventures including the amazing new character Kenan Kong. The main Superman though is a new Superman who lived in the multiverse before Flashpoint wiped away the modern era.
Difference between Easy and Medium: Adds the missing Superman (2016) stories: Multiplicity, Black Dawn, and Superman: Hopes and Fears. Supersons titles are added: When I grow up, Planet of the Capes, Super Sons of Tomorrow, and Parent Trap. Action Comics: Men of Steel is added as well.
Difference between Medium and Hard: Adds the Oz Effect pseudo tie-in, New Super-man, Supergirl, Superwoman, and Trinity.
Road to Rebirth: (Optional)
Superman: Lois and Clark
Superman: Lois and Clark #1-8
Part 1:
New Super-man: Made in China
New Superman #1-6
Superman: Son of Superman
Superman: Rebirth #1
Superman #1-6
Action Comics: Path of Doom
Action Comics #957 - 962
Supergirl: Reign of the Cyborg Supermen
Supergirl: Rebirth #1
Supergirl #1-6
Superwoman: Who is Superwoman?
Superwoman #1-7
Trinity: Better Together
Trinity #1-6
Action Comics: Welcome to the Planet
Action Comics #963 - #966
(Includes a part of Justice League #52 in the trade)
Superman: Trials of the Supersons
Superman #7-13
New Super-man: Coming to America
New Super-man #7-12
Action Comics: Men of Steel
Action Comics #967 - 972
Superman: Multiplicity
Superman #14-17
Superman Annual #1
Superman: Black Dawn
Superman #20 - 26
EVENT: Superman Reborn
EVENT: SUPERMAN REBORN at this point the New 52 continuity and rebirth continuity come together. At this point Last Days of isn’t all that helpful
Road to Reborn:
Action Comics #973-974
Superman Reborn
Superman #18
Action Comics #975
Superman #19
Action Comics #976
Part 2
REBORN AFTERMATH:
Action Comics: The New World
- The new continuity explained
Action Comics #977 - 984
Superman: Hopes and Fears
Superman #27-32
New Super-man: Equilibrium
New Super-man #13-19
Supersons: When I Grow Up
Supersons: When I Grow Up
Supersons #1-5
Superwoman: Rediscovery
Superwoman #8-12
Supergirl: Escape from the Phantom Zone
Supergirl #7-8
Batgirl Annual #1
Supergirl #9-11
EVENT: OZ EFFECT
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(okay not quite an event but part of two really important sort of shared stories!)
Action Comics #985-992
Detective Comics: A Lonely Place of Living (An Oz Effect sort of tie-in)
Detective Comics#963 - 668
Action Comics: Booster Shot
- (OZ Effect: Aftermath) //Last Volume of run
Action Comics #993 - 999
Action Comics Special #1
Planet of the Capes
Supersons #6-10
Superwoman: The Midnight Hour
Superwoman #13-18
Supergirl: Girl of No Tomorrow
Supergirl #12-14
Supergirl Annual #1
Supergirl: Plain Sight
Supergirl #15-20
Superman: Imperius Lex
Superman #33-36
Superman #39-41
EVENT: SUPERSONS OF TOMORROW
Superman #37
Supersons #11
Teen Titans #15
Superman #38
Supersons #12
New Super-man and the Justice League of China
New Super-man #20-24
Superman: Bizarroverse
Superman #42-43
Superman #44-45
Superman Special #1
Supersons: Parent Trap //Last Volume
Supersons #13-16
Supersons Annual #1
The End of Phase 1 Superman: Action Comics #1000