Reddit reviews Superman: Action Comics Vol. 1: Path Of Doom (Rebirth)
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I personally don't think All-Star Superman is the best place to start for the character. I've seen new readers pick it up and enjoy it, but it probably won't live up to the praise due to unfamiliarity vs the book being a celebration of decades of Superman comics.
Going forward, here are some Superman modern essentials:
All-Star Superman | #1-12 | 2005-2008 | MorrisonWhen you're done with all that, revisit All-Star Superman. I'd be willing to bet you have a different opinion on it then.
So what happened in New 52 is continued through Rebirth up until now and on. But there is a thing: at the end of New 52, a combined Superman story just happened: Final days of Superman (yep you can guess what it means) then DC Universe: Rebirth came then came the new Rebirth Superman title and the Action Comics. If you wanna get the full experience, you can start with New 52 OR just skip that, read ATLEAST Final Days of Superman then move forward into Rebirth. There is another strange storyline called Superman:Reborn that messed things again, won't spoiler anything else rather than the title. As u/colonyofcells mentioned, Men of Steel mini-series (6 issues) is coming at the end of May, if you wanna skip a lot of Superman stories (and Action Comics) then start there and move forward.
Edit: Also there was a story about Lois Lane and Clark just before the Final Days that is important regarding the continuity (if you're interested that much)
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> Your looking for Superman Reborn, that'll answer most of your questions.
Looks like you're referring to this one, which will be out in September.
Since that has Action Comics #973-976 and Superman #18-19, wouldn't I want to read the Action Comics and Superman Rebirth trades before that (e.g., Action Comics Vol. 1: Path Of Doom and Superman Vol. 1: Son Of Superman and the ones that follow those)? Or is all that stuff just standalone stories?
What about Superman: Lois and Clark?
I could list pages of recs if you wanted it, but I don't want to dwarf you with too much material thrown at you at once. If I had to recommend one particular point though, I would say start reading around the beginning of the Rebirth era, with Peter Tomasi's run on Superman (first trade here) and Dan Jurgens' Action Comics (first trade here). If you want to read a small prequel on some of the events leading to this story, you can find that in the mini-series Superman: Lois & Clark, however that's not entirely necessary to understand the story. Also, it helps to have at least a brief understanding of the Death of Superman story-arc, and the single-issue story What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way? (Action Comics #775).
This era of Superman comics is fairly recent, and focuses on the new status quo of Superman as a husband to Lois Lane and a father to their ten-year-old son Jonathon. It finds new ways to challenge Superman physically and emotionally without getting away from his core character.
Picking up the trade means buying this https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Action-Comics-Vol-Rebirth/dp/1401268048/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487263191&sr=8-1&keywords=action+comics+rebirth
It collects action comics #957-962 which is a good starting off point for new readers.
Might I also recommend buying this trade as well https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Vol-Son-Rebirth/dp/1401267769/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RNJ41Z2748C5G1WXD77C
While we're here, can someone explain to me why there's 2 Superman runs happening. I'm new to comics and jut don't quite know which to get.
https://www.amazon.ca/Superman-Action-Comics-Vol-Rebirth/dp/1401268048/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RJS9KQWXZHQD3B4PZH0Z
https://www.amazon.ca/Superman-Vol-Son-Rebirth/dp/1401267769/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=1QXZCC04NHVRQVAFPYQJ