Superman: The Man of Steel Superman: The Man of Steel Superman: The Man of Steel is a monthly American comic book series that ran for 136 issues from 1991 to 2003, featuring Superman and published by DC Comics. As a result of introducing this series alongside its already existing titles, DC Comics was able to publish a new Superman comic each week. Included in these 136 issues were two special issues: #0 (October 1994, published between issues #37 and #38) and #1,000,000 (November 1998, published between issues #83 and #84), which were tie-ins to "" and "DC One Million". The first issue was written by
Superhero film "" (2009). Non-Hollywood superhero films were also released, including the American/Spanish production "" (2001), Japan's tokusatsu films "Ultraman" (2004), "Casshern" (2004) and "Gatchaman" (2013), Malaysia's "Cicak Man" (2006), India's "Krrish" (2006), "Drona" (2008), "Ra.One" (2011), "Krrish 3" (2013), Thailand's "Mercury Man" (2006). Several non-action film oriented superhero films were released in the 2000s with varying ranges of success. Brad Bird's "The Incredibles" (2004) for Pixar was a critically acclaimed digitally-animated family oriented superhero film. Other hybrids include "Sky High" (2005) and "Zoom" (2006) which were fusions of the superhero and family film genres, "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" (2006) a combination of