Man of Steel: Five Similarities to The Man of Steel

Shortly after Crisis on Infinite Earths created one of the first major New 52-style upheavals in the DC Comics Universe, fan-favorite writer/artist John Byrne tackled Superman, taking the character (who at that point had decades of history depicting him with near-limitless power and an enormous gallery of science fiction-inspired friends, allies and foes) and bringing him considerably down to Earth.In The Man of Steel, Byrne reintroduced a version of Superman whose physique was more that of a typical superhero, rather than the Curt Swan-style body that Superman had been depicted with for some time. He was also significantly de-powered, and other changes were made to his backstory, as well. Some of those changes have stuck around for the long term, although many of them were retconned out around 2000 when a major creative upheaval brought new blood into the Superman titles and began the process of re-applying many of the pre-Crisis aspects to the character.That said, there’s really no way around the fact that one of the best-selling Superman stories of all time is called The Man of Steel–the same title as the movie. Besides that, the publishing era which was ushered in by the Byrne miniseries is still being collected in a series of trade paperbacks featuring the “Man of Steel” branding–there are seven at present.