In the latest Superman Homepage Member Poll we asked you the following question:
What is your favorite Superman novel of all time?
I can’t disagree with fans choosing “The Death and Life of Superman” by Roger Stern as their favorite Superman novel of all time. It was the one that got me seriously interested in Superman back in the 1990s. Good to see Elliot S! Maggin’s two novels in second and third place too.
Here’s the complete voting breakdown:
What is your favorite Superman novel of all time?
- "The Death and Life of Superman" by Roger Stern 29%, 40 votes40 votes 29%40 votes - 29% of all votes
- "Kingdom Come" by Elliot S! Maggin 17%, 23 votes23 votes 17%23 votes - 17% of all votes
- "Superman: Last Son of Krypton" by Elliot S! Maggin 12%, 16 votes16 votes 12%16 votes - 12% of all votes
- "It's Superman!" by Tom De Haven 11%, 15 votes15 votes 11%15 votes - 11% of all votes
- "Miracle Monday" by Elliot S! Maggin 10%, 14 votes14 votes 10%14 votes - 10% of all votes
- "The Adventures of Superman" by George Lowther 4%, 6 votes6 votes 4%6 votes - 4% of all votes
- "Enemies & Allies" by Kevin J. Anderson 4%, 6 votes6 votes 4%6 votes - 4% of all votes
- "Lois & Clark: A Superman Novel" by C. J. Cherryh 4%, 6 votes6 votes 4%6 votes - 4% of all votes
- Superman: The High-Flying History of the Man of Steel by Larry Tye* 4%, 6 votes6 votes 4%6 votes - 4% of all votes
- "Superman: Dawnbreaker" by Matt de la Pena 2%, 3 votes3 votes 2%3 votes - 2% of all votes
- "The Never-Ending Battle" by Roger Stern 1%, 1 vote1 vote 1%1 vote - 1% of all votes
Total Votes: 136
March 13, 2019
- March 20, 2019
Voting is closed
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Steve, I’m afraid to say that Elliott Maggin did not write Kingdom Come. Mark Waid did. However, Maggin DID write a forward in a later edition of the book. I checked my own graphic novel just to make sure.
Maggin wrote the novelisation
https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Come-Elliot-S-Maggin/dp/0446522341/ref=nodl_
Well, the graphic novel that I have (The 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)has the names Mark Waid and Alex Ross on the cover. Same for the title page but underneath it adds “with Todd Klein”. Maggin DID write the introduction. In it he writes, and I am quoting exactly, “As I write this (1997),I am completing a novel – about a hundred thousand words, one strung after the other without pictures other than the occasional free standing illustration by Alex Ross -called KINGDOM COME. It is an elaboration in prose of the story that follows. In order to write it, I,… Read more »
Yes, but the poll was about novels, not graphic novels… written novels.
It’s cool that 3 novels by Elliot S! Maggin, made top 5