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 film in the "X-Men" series, and effectively rebooted the franchise. In 2014, Italian filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores directed a superhero-fantasy film titled "Il ragazzo invisibile", or "The Invisible Boy", which won the Young Audience Award at the 2015 European Film Awards. An "Avengers" sequel, titled "" was released in May 2015. Following the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rival DC Comics also planned to make and produce their own shared film universe called the DC Extended Universe which began with the release of "Man of Steel"; a sequel titled "" was schedule for release in May 2016, though it was