Reloaded Era (2003-Present)

Following the departure of the various Superman titles' creative teams, and the one-month "Strange New Visitor" storyline that followed, DC offered "Godfall." The storyline ran for two months through the three Superman titles, frequently selling out as fans prepared for the new creative teams that would begin upon the completion of "Godfall." Each of the six issues of the storyline featured a shortened main story, featuring Superman dealing with an altered Krypton, as well as back-ups that introduced the new creators and mini-series that would accompany them.
With 2003's Superman: Birthright #1 (as well as 2003's Superman / Batman #1), Superman's origin was quietly retconned: he was shown leaving Krypton as a baby, contradicting John Byrne's Man of Steel mini-series. This change corresponded to the TV series Smallville, where the Superman character arrived as a baby. The feeling at DC was that this change made these two series more accessable and that Man of Steel was could be ignored because it was published almost twenty years before.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
1. Godfall
Action Comics #812, Adventures of Superman #625, Superman (second series) #202, Action Comics #813, Adventures of Superman #626, and Superman (second series) #203: "Godfall" storyline; features a 16-page main story scripted by Michael Turner and Joe Kelly with pencils by Talent Caldwell and inks by Jason Gorder; also features back-ups; Michael Turner cover
	Action Comics #812	no back-up data entered	0
	Adventures of Superman #625	no back-up data entered	0
	Superman (second series) #202	features a back-up "Lex Luthor: Man of Steel" story (scripted by Brian Azzarello with Lee Bermejo art)	1
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Action Comics #813	features a back-up reintroducing Gog (scripted by Chuck Austen with Ivan Reis pencils and Marc Campos inks)	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Adventures of Superman #626	features a back-up focusing on Lois (scripted by Greg Rucka with Matt Clark pencils and Nelson DeCastro inks)	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #203	features a Jim Lee sketchbook as a back-up (including notes by Jim Lee)	1
2. For Tomorrow
Superman (second series) #204-215: no data entered
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #204	Superman visits a priest and recounts the Vanishing, in which as he was off-planet a million people vanished, which happened a year before; 28 pages; cover-dated June 2004	1
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #205	Superman again visits the priest and recounts his seeing the Vanishing, including his confiscation of guns in Palestine; published on Wednesday, 26 May 2004	1
	Superman (second series) #205 [alternate]	Michael Turner & Peter Steigerwald cover	0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #206		0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman (second series) #207		0
	Superman (second series) #208		0
	Superman (second series) #209		0
	Superman (second series) #210		0
	Superman (second series) #211		0
	Superman (second series) #212		0
	Superman (second series) #213		0
	Superman (second series) #214		0
	Superman (second series) #215		0
TRACK TWO
Action Comics #814-815: Chuck Austen script; Ivan Reis pencils; Marc Campos inks; Arthur Adams cover
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Action Comics #814	Darkseid, Kalibak, and minions come to Metropolis and tell Superman that they have lost Doomsday; Perry White has not told Clark of his demotion, though Lois knows and has kept it a secret; cover-dated June 2004	1
	Action Comics #815	has Clark having just learned of his demotion and shown losing his office to Jack Ryder; Gog attacks the Teen Titans in Smallville and Superman intervenes	1
Action Comics #816-825: no data entered
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Action Comics #816	continues from the previous issue	0
Adventures of Superman #627-628: Greg Rucka script; Matthew Clark pencils; Nelson inks
Adventures of Superman #627: Gene Ha cover
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Adventures of Superman #627	has Clark moving into his new office after his demotion; Lois prepares to go to Umec, about to be invaded by the U.S. (parallel to Iraq in real life); Superman battles Replikon with the S.C.U.; cover-dated June 2004	1
Batman #627, Adventures of Superman #628, Wonder Woman (second series) #204: features a trilogy of covers by Matt Wagner
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Adventures of Superman #628	continues directly from #627; Lois Lane leaves for Umec; Wonder Woman and Green Lantern appear in cameo	1
ACTION COMICS
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Action Comics #817		0
	Action Comics #818		0
	Action Comics #819		0
	Action Comics #820		0
	Action Comics #821		0
	Action Comics #822		0
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	Action Comics #824		0
	Action Comics #825		0
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN
Adventures of Superman #629-638: no data entered
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Adventures of Superman #629		0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Adventures of Superman #630		0
	Adventures of Superman #631		0
	Adventures of Superman #632		0
	Adventures of Superman #633		0
	Adventures of Superman #634		0
	Adventures of Superman #635		0
	Adventures of Superman #636		0
	Adventures of Superman #637		0
	Adventures of Superman #638		0
BIRTHRIGHT
Superman: The Kansas Sighting #1-2: J. M. DeMatteis script; Jamie Tolagson art and cover
	Superman: The Kansas Sighting #1		0
	Superman: The Kansas Sighting #2	final issue	0
Superman: Birthright #1-12: Mark Waid script
Superman: Birthright #1: Leinil Francis Yu pencils; Gerry Alanguilan inks
	Superman: Birthright #1	30 pages; cover-dated September 2003	0
Superman: Birthright #2-12: no art or cover data entered
	Superman: Birthright #2		0
	Superman: Birthright #3		0
	Superman: Birthright #4		0
	Superman: Birthright #5		0
	Superman: Birthright #6		0
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without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman: Birthright #8		0
	Superman: Birthright #9		0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Superman: Birthright #10		0
	Superman: Birthright #11		0
	Superman: Birthright #12	final issue; cover-dated September 2004	0

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