I typed up an impassioned rant yesterday about some family bullshit that I'm in the middle of but by the time I was done I wasn't Yosemite Sam-levels of angry anymore, but just quietly frustrated and sad so I'll post the gist (bc I do still need attention and I think my mom is sick of talking to me)
my cousin's husband's mom had knee surgery on Thursday, but they also left for vacation on Thursday? I guess they thought she'd have inpatient rehab, but said cousin's husband would come home early if needed. well obviously she got discharged to home the next day and I started getting texts from my cousin about how much money flights back were. I told them all I couldn't be the "on-call" person for this but I guess they decided they could just disregard that and now cousin's husband is not coming home until next weekend and I am indeed the "on-call" person for this? which I know from my cousin's husband's mom asking me to do all this shit I said I couldn't do, as my cousin has stopped texting me and her husband NEVER ONCE texted me
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Have you got any recs or a reading guide for steel ?
lornahs's guide for him & his dcuguide chronology collect most of his appearances. and i'm still not quite finished making my way through post-crisis superman comics, so if anyone with more expertise would like to add on, please do, but so far, these are my personal favorite recs for him:
The Death & Return of Superman
Steel (1994) (i love this book, but it is violently 90s in a way that definitely won't be to everyone's tastes. might recommend skipping it at first and then coming back later when you're already invested in the character)
the Trial of Superman arc:
Superman (1987) #106
Adventures of Superman #529
Outsiders (1991) #24
Action Comics #716
Superman: The Man of Steel #51
Superman (1987) #107
Steel (1994) #22
Adventures of Superman #530
Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #3
Action Comics #717
Superman: The Man of Steel #52
Superman (1987) #108
Adventures of Superman #531
Steel (1994) #23
Showcase '96 #1 - 2
The Millennium Giants
JLA Secret Files #2
he becomes a member of the justice league and is in JLA (1997) #19 - 41, but he's mostly just kinda... there. it's been a while since i read this book, so if anyone's got a fresher memory, please correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't remember him ever getting much of a focus in this book. it's fun to see him in the justice league for sure, and i do recommend reading it, but i can't say i really consider it essential reading for him specifically
Team Superman Secret Files & Origins
Superman: The Man of Steel #95 - 97
Superman: The Man of Steel #98 (part of the Superman Y2K arc)
Metropolis Secret Files & Origins
Superman: The Man of Steel #99 - 101
the Critical Condition arc:
Superman (1987) #158
Adventures of Superman #580
Superman: The Man of Steel #102
Action Comics #767
Superman: Emperor Joker
Superman: The Man of Steel #106 - 110, #112, #114
Our Worlds at War was also a pretty important event for him, but i really can't justify recommending that you read the whole massive thing if you're only interested in him. he only shows up in a few issues (which may be a little confusing without the context of what's happening in the entire event, but it's fine):
Action Comics #594
Superman: The Man of Steel #116 - 117
Superman: The Man of Steel #118, #120, #122 - 125
Superman: The Man of Steel #130, #131 (part of the Ending Battle arc)
Superman: The Man of Steel
Superman vs Darkseid: Apokolips Now!
the Strange New Visitor arc:
Action Comics #811
Adventures of Superman #624
Superman (1987) #201
he featured fairly often in in 52 & Infinity Inc (2007), but i haven't actually gotten around to reading either one of those yet beyond skimming a few random issues, so i can't really give any specific recs there
Superman #685 - 687, #689 - 690, #695 (part of the New Krypton Saga)
Superman: War of the Supermen (also part of New Krypton)
Reign of the Doomsdays
aaaand that brings us to the end of the preboot universe. i think he was a fairly major player in the n52 superman comics, but i haven't gotten around to them, either. the only post-reboot comic i can really recommend (and i do strongly recommend it because it's an all time fave for me) is Superwoman (2016)
beyond that, i believe he's a semi-regularly occurring character in the current superman titles & that there's a Steelworks book out there somewhere. but i've kinda lost interest in current comics for the time being, so that's all i can really say about that!
hope this helps & happy reading 💕
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