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
Vita-Man father created them. With this, he became the superhero Vita-Man (a play on the word vitamin), and later joined the Knights of Justice alongside Ultiman, Venus and Dr. Stellar. Vita-Man Vita-Man is a fictional superhero published by Big Bang Comics. He first appears in "Big Bang Comics" #1, and was created by Gary Carlson and Mark Lewis. He is based on Hourman. Vita-Man first appears on the back cover of "Big Bang" #0 starring in the fictional "Red Hot Comics" #14. After numerous reader requests to see Vita-Man in action, he finally gets his own story in "Big Bang Comics"