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There are many skilled Superman writers, but my all-time
favorite is Elliot S! Maggin.
This bibliography of his Superman
stories is a work in progress and is not complete.
If you know
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SUPERMAN COMIC BOOK STORIES:
DC Comics Presents
Justice League of America
Superman
World's Finest
The Superman Family
SUPERMAN PROSE:
| Title | Format | Publisher | Date | Comments |
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Novel | Warner Books | 1978 | Best-seller; Read this book More info about this book |
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Novel | Warner Books | 1981 | Best-seller;
Origin of
Miracle Monday; Read this book; More info about this book |
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Short story | Exclamations! | 1991 | Read this story |
| Novel | Warner Aspect | 1998 | More info about this book; Read Chapter 14 |
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Novella | Superman Through the Ages! | 1999 | The epic story of Krypto the
Superdog! Read this novella About this story |
Superman:
| Issue # | Cover Date | Code | Title | Credit as Listed | Comments |
| 247 | Jan 1972 | MF | "Must There Be a Superman?" | Story | ES!M's first Superman story; The Guardians; More info |
| 251 | May 1972 | BF | "The Day Krypton Didn't Die!" | Script | The Fabulous World of Krypton |
| 257 | Oct 1972 | BF | "The Greatest Green Lantern of All!" | Story | "From an idea by Neal Adams" The Fabulous World of Krypton Tomar-Re; More info; read this story |
| 260 | Jan 1973 | MF | "Keeper of the Eternal Flame!" | Story | Valdemar |
| 260 | Jan 1973 | BF | "Let My People Live!" | Story | The Fabulous World of Krypton |
| 262 | Mar 1973 | MF | "The Skyscraper That Screamed For It's Life!" | Story | |
| 262 | Mar 1973 | BF | "Puzzle of the Telepathic Twins!" | Story | The Private Life of Clark Kent |
| 263 | Apr 1973 | MF | "Man of Molten Steel!" | Story | |
| 264 | May 1973 | BF | "The Headband Warriors of Krypton!" | Script | The Fabulous World of Krypton |
| 265 | Jul 1973 | SF | "Attack By the Army of Tomorrow!" | Story | |
| 266 | Aug 1973 | MF | "The Nightmare Maker!" | ? | |
| 266 | Aug 1973 | BF | "The Face on the Falling Star!" | ? | The Fabulous World of Krypton |
| 267 | Sep 1973 | MF | "World Beneath the North Pole!" | Story | |
| 267 | Sep 1973 | BF | "The Man in the Public Eye!" | Story | The Private Life of Clark Kent |
| 268 | Oct 1973 | MF | "Wild Week-End In Washington!" | Story | Guest stars Batgirl; Batman cameo |
| 268 | Oct 1973 | BF | "A Tale of Time and Tide" | Story | Fabulous World of Krypton |
| 270 | Dec 1973 | MF | "The Viking From Valhalla!" | Story | |
| 270 | Dec 1973 | BF | "I Can't Go Home Again" | Story | The Private Life of Clark Kent |
| 271 | Jan 1974 | MF | "The Man Who Murdered Metropolis" | Writer | Brainiac |
| 271 | Jan 1974 | BF | "The Warriors of Lightning Valley" | Story | The Fabulous World of Krypton |
| 273 | Mar 1974 | MF | "The Wizard with the Golden Eye!" | Writer | |
| 273 | Mar 1974 | BF | "Blind Date!" | Story | The Private Life of Clark Kent |
| 274 | Apr 1974 | SF | "Protectors of Earth, Inc." | Writer | |
| 275 | May 1974 | BF | "The Princess and the Glass Treeman!" | Story | The Fabulous World of Krypton |
| 276 | Jun 1974 | SF | "Make Way For Captain Thunder!" | ? | Introduction of Captain Thunder |
| 277 | Jul 1974 | MF | "The Biggest Game in Town!" | Words | |
| 279 | Sep 1974 | MF | "Menace of the Energy-blackmailers!" | Story | The greatest hero of them all - co-starring the
flame-haired woman of shadows; Cover of this issue |
| 280 | Oct 1974 | MF | "Duel of the Diamond Demons!" | Story | |
| 282 | Dec 1974 | MF | "Lex Luthor -- Super Scalp-hunter!" | Story | Lex Luthor a review |
| 283 | Jan 1975 | BF | "One of Our Imps is Missing!" | Story | Mr. Mxyzptlk |
| 285 | Mar 1975 | MF | "Search For the 'Impossible' Man" | Writer | |
| 286 | Apr 1975 | MF | "The Parasite's Power Play!" | Writer | Lex Luthor and Parasite |
| 287 | May 1975 | MF | "Who was that dog I saw you with last night?" | Writer | By popular demand! The return of Krypto! |
| 290 | Aug 1975 | BF | "Babble, Babble, Toil and Trouble!" | Story | Mr. Mxyzptlk |
| 292 | Oct 1975 | MF | "The Luthor Nobody Knows!" | Writer | Lex Luthor; read this story |
| 293 | Nov 1975 | SF | "The Miracle of Thirsty Thursday!" | Writer | Pre-cursor to Miracle Monday |
| 295 | Jan 1976 | SF | "Costume, Costume -- Who's Got the Costume?" | Writer | Xenofobe |
| 296 | Feb 1976 | SF, P1 | "Who took the SUPER out of SUPERMAN!" | Co-writer | "The most spectacular crisis ever to challenge the Man of Steel!"; Cover of this issue |
| 297 | Mar 1976 | SF, P2 | "Clark Kent Forever -- Superman Never!" | Co-writer | The Dinner Date 331 K |
| 298 | Apr 1976 | SF, P3 | "Clark Kent, Get Out of My Life!" | Co-writer | Agent Xviar; a review |
| 299 | May 1976 | SF, P4 | "The Double-or-Nothing Life of Superman!" | Co-writer | Mr. Xavier |
| 300 | Jun 1976 | SF | "Superman, 2001!" | Co-writer | Cover of this issue |
| 302 | Aug 1976 | SF | "Seven-foot-two... and Still Growing!" | Writer | Lex Luthor |
| 376 | Oct 1982 | MF | "The Ozone-Master Comes Calling!" | Writer | Back-up feature segues into The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #1 (No ES!M content) |
| 390 | Dec 1983 | SF, P1 | "Lost On a Comet!" | Words | Vartox! |
| 391 | Jan 1984 | SF, P2 | "Who Stole the Newswoman of the Year!" |
Co-writer | Vartox; Cover of this issue |
| 392 | Feb 1984 | SF, P3 | "If a Body Meets a Body..." | Co-writer | |
| 394 | Apr 1984 | SF, P1 | "The Man Who Would Be President!" | Writer | Valdemar |
| 395 | May 1984 | SF, P2 | "The Power and the People" | Writer | Valdemar |
| 400 | Oct 1984 | S! | "The Living Legends of Superman" (Introduction & Legends 1-6) |
Writer | Legend 7
by Jim Steranko; Superman celebrates Miracle Monday; More info |
| 411 | Sep 1985 | SF | "The Last Earth-Prime Story" | Co-writer | Special Guest: Julie Schwartz |
| 414 | Dec 1985 | SF, CX | "Revenge is Life -- Death to Superman!" | Writer | Mourning of Supergirl; Superman Revenge Squad See DC Comics Presents #87 |
| 416 | Feb 1986 | MF, P1 | "The Einstein Connection!" | Writer | Lex Luthor |
| 416 | Feb 1986 | BF, P2 | "The Ghost of Superman Future!" | Writer | Cover of this issue |
| 417 | Mar 1986 | SF | "Warrior of Mars!" | Writer | |
| 419 | May 1986 | SF | "The Man Who Murdered Evil!" | Story & Concept | |
| 420 | Jun 1986 | SF | "...And We Are the Dreamers of the Dreams!" | Writer | |
| Annual 9 | 1983 | MF | "Villain, Villain, Who's Got the Villain?" | Writer | World's Finest team vs. Lex Luthor |
| Annual 9 | 1983 | BF | "I Flew With Superman!" | Copy | Features Curt Swan; Splash page |
| Annual 10 | 1984 | SF | "The Day the Cheering Stopped!" |
Writer | The
Sword of Superman; Superman's destiny revealed;
Cover of this issue; read the story |
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Code:
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BF: Back-up Feature
CX: Crisis On Infinite Earths cross-over
MF: Main Feature in a multi-feature issue
P1: Part One of a multi-part story
P2: Part Two of a multi-part story
P3: Part Three of a multi-part story
SF: Single-Feature issue
Action Comics:
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Elliot Maggin has written various back-up features for
Action Comics, including Green Arrow, Black Canary and Atom stories that are in issues not
mentioned below. Since these back-up features are not Superman stories,
they are not necessarily listed here. Similarly, some of these issues may not
actually have any Superman stories in them, as I have not yet been able to check
each one.
| Issue # | Cover Date | Code | Title | Credit as Listed | Comments |
| 420 | Feb 1973 | MF | "The Made-To-Order Menace" | Story | Introduction of Towbee the Singer |
| 424 | Jun 1973 | MF | "Gorilla Grodd's Grandstand Play!" | Story | Gorilla Grodd |
| 429 | Nov 1973 | MF | "The Man Who Wrote Superman's Obituary!" | Story | |
| 437 | Jul 1974 | MF | "Magic is Bustin' Out All Over!" | Writer | Superman and Green Arrow |
| 440 | Oct 1974 | MF | "The Man Who Betrayed Krypton!" | Writer | |
| 440 | Oct 1974 | BF, P1 | "Little Dog Lost" | Writer | This is a Green Arrow back-up feature guest starring what may be a Krypto with amnesia |
| 441 | Nov 1974 | BF, P2 | "The Mystery of the Wandering Dog" | Script | This is a Green Arrow back-up feature guest starring what may be a Krypto with amnesia |
| 443 | Jan 1975 | MF | "At Last! Clark Kent -- Super-hero!" | Story | Superman with the Justice League of America |
| 447 | May 1975 | MF | "The Man Who Created Superman!" | Writer | Elliot in Action |
| 448 | June 1975 | MF | "Don't Get Off On the 13th Floor!" | Story | |
| 449 | Jul 1975 | MF | "My Best Friend -- the Super-spy!" | Writer | Also has a Jack Kirby Golden-Age Green Arrow back-up feature |
| 455 | Jan 1976 | MF | "Junkman - the Recycled Superstar!" | Story| Guest starring Green Arrow and The Atom. |
More info |
| 456 | Feb 1976 | BF | "Bail Out the Nutty Kid" | Story | Green Arrow and Black Canary backup feature |
| 457 | Mar 1976 | BF | "Flight of the Nutty Kid!" | Green Arrow and Black Canary backup feature | |
| 458 | Apr 1976 | MF | "Make Me a Super-Hero!" | Story | Blackrock |
| 458 | Apr 1976 | BF | "Masquerade of the Nutty Kid!" | Story | This is a Green Arrow & Black Canary back-up feature guest starring Lex Luthor |
| 459 | May 1976 | MF | "Superman's Big Crack-up!" | Writer | Blackrock |
| 460 | Jun 1976 | BF | "Welcome Home to Mxyzpolis!" | Writer | Mr. Mxyzptlk back-up feature |
| 461 | Jul 1976 | BF | "The Toughest Newsboy In Town!" | blotched out | Perry White back-up feature; Elliot quit DC over this story |
| 568 | Jun 1985 | MF | "Disappearing Act!" | Writer | |
| 571 | Sep 1985 | SF | "Mission to Earth!" | Writer | Cover of this issue |
| 642 | Mar 1989 | SF, PB | "Where There is a Will...!" |
Writer | Clark Kent; Origin and study of Green Lantern; Edited by Mark Waid; Cover of this issue |
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Code:
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MF: Main Feature in a multi-feature issue
P1: Part One of a multi-part story
SF: Single-Feature issue
DC Comics Presents:
| Issue # | Cover Date | Code | Title | Credit as Listed | Comments |
| 87 | Nov 1985 | CX, MF, P2 | "Year of the Comet" |
Writer | Earth-prime Superboy; See Superman #414; Cover of this issue |
| 87 | Nov 1985 | CX, BF, P1 | "The Origin of Superboy-Prime!" |
Writer | Earth-prime Superboy; See Superman #414; Cover of this issue |
| Annual 2 | 1983 | SF | "The Last Secret Identity!" | Story | Superwoman; More info about Superwoman |
| Annual 4 | 1985 | SF | "Welcome to LUTHORCON III!" | Story | Superwoman |
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Code:
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CX: Crisis On Infinite Earths cross-over
SF: Single-Feature issue
The Superman Family:
| Issue # | Cover Date | Code | Title | Credit as Listed | Comments |
| 165 | Jun-Jul 1974 | MF | "Princess of the Golden Sun!" | Writer | Supergirl |
| 168 | Dec-Jan 1974/75 | MF | "The Girl With the See-Through Mind!" | Story | Supergirl; with Lena Thorul (Lex Luthor's sister) |
| 171 | Jun-Jul 1975 | MF | "Cleopatra Queen of America" | Writer | Supergirl; Guest stars the JLA and Batgirl |
| 174 | Jan 1976 | MF | "Eyes of the Serpent" | Writer | Supergirl |
| 177 | Jun-Jul 1976 | MF | "Bride of the Stars" | Scripted by | Supergirl |
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Code:
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MF: Main Feature in a multi-feature issue
- I'm pretty sure that he did more issues of Superman Family...
World's Finest:
| Issue # | Cover Date | Code | Title | Credit as Listed | Comments |
| 210 | Mar 1972 | "World of Faceless Slaves" | ? | Superman and Green Arrow; sequel to GA story in Green Lantern #87 | |
| 213 | Sep 1972 | "Peril in a Very Small Place" | ? | Superman and The Atom |
Justice League of America:
| Issue # | Cover Date | Code | Title | Credit as Listed | Comments |
| 117 | April 1975 | SF | "I Have No Wings And I Must Fly!" | Writer | Return of Hawkman to JLA |
| 118 | May 1975 | SF, P1 | "Takeover of the Earth-masters!" | Writer | |
| 119 | Jun 1975 | SF, P2 | "Winner Takes the Earth!" | Writer | An epic of cosmic proportions |
| 123 | Oct 1975 | P1 | "Where On Earth Am I?" | Co-writer with Cary Bates | JLA/JSA teamup; cameos by Elliot Maggin, Cary Bates, and Julius Schwartz Scene from this issue |
| 124 | Nov 1975 | P2 | "Avenging Ghosts of the Justice Society" | Co-writer with Cary Bates | JLA/JSA teamup; cameos by Elliot Maggin, Cary Bates, and Julius Schwartz |
The Joker
| Issue # | Cover Date | Code | Title | Credit as Listed | Comments |
| May-June 1976 | SF | "Luthor - You're Driving Me Sane!" | Script | Guest stars Lex Luthor; Great Luthor appearance! |
Contributors include: Michael Bond, Derek T. Doyle, Jim Ford,
Michael R. Grabois, Bob Heer,
Howard J. Margolin, Lou Mougin, and Nathaniel Morgan.
This page is a fannish production is not affilliated with Elliot
Maggin, DC Comics, or Warner Brothers.
If you like the Super-Stories of Elliot S! Maggin and/or Jeph Loeb and are looking
for similar authors, you may want to check out the fan-fiction of
Samuel Hawkins.
Superman © DC Comics, Joanne Siegel, and Laura Siegel Larson,
TM DC Comics.
In addition to his work on Superman, Elliot S! Maggin has written
for TV, has co-written a
Generation-X novel, has edited various comic
books (including Challengers of the Unknown), and has written
for many non-Superman comic books including:
Archie's Super-Teens,
Atari Force,
Batman,
Detective Comics,
Ellison's Dark Corridors,
Elseworlds,
Green Arrow,
Green Lantern/Green Arrow,
The Incredible Hulk,
Iron Man,
Joker,
Justice League of America,
Marvel Classics,
Peter Parker,
Shazam,
Star Raiders,
Strange Sports Stories,
Total Recall,
Wonder Woman,
etc. Since tracking down
all of his work would take up far too much of my time and since I am
mainly interested in his Superman stories, this bibliography attempts
to list only his Superman-related writings, not
everything that he has ever done.
Last updated 1 September 1999 - Please contact us
to contribute any missing information.
Thanks!
