You all voted, now here, as part of our celebration of Superman and Lois Lane's 80th Anniversary, are the results of what you chose as the 40 Greatest Superman Stories!

Enjoy!

30. “The Showdown Between Luthor and Superman!” (Superman #164)

Likely the first notable example of the “humanize Luthor” trope that we have seen a number of great examples of over the years. Here, Edmond Hamilton, Curt Swan and George Klein bring us a battle between Luthor and Superman on a planet where Superman’s powers do not work. Surprisingly, Luthor ends up becoming a hero to the people on this planet, allowing us to see another side to the mad genius and, for the first time, get the repeated idea of “If there was no Superman around for him to attack, would Luthor actually be a good guy?”

They really did a heck of a job with Luthor around this time. And Curt Swan's art is, of course, amazing.

29. "Superman Under the Red Sun!" (Action Comics #300)

Edmond Hamilton and Al Plastino delivered this stunning look at Superman trapped in the future when the Earth is now orbiting a red sun. He then has to find a way back home with very limited resources and no powers. He teams up with an android built to look like Perry White. They then travel through the world on their way to Superman's last shot - his fortress of solitude! There are many obstacles along the way, however, and, again, Superman has no powers! He even grows a beard! It is amazing to see such a venerated science fiction writer like Hamilton adapt his craft to Superman so well. Man, the late 1950s/early 1960s was really a Golden Age for Superman stories.

28. "Brainiac” Action Comics #866-870 (2008)

Geoff Johns, Gary Frank and Jon Sibal re-introduced the villainous Brainiac by making him a greater threat than ever before. Check out how Superman reacts to the REAL Brainiac in this bit from Action Comics #868...

Wow.

Superman takes on Brainiac but things are so tough that he is unable to prevent a tragedy that hits him very close to home. A powerful story that set up DC’s New Krypton storyline.

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27. “Funeral for a Friend” (Justice League America #70, Adventures of Superman #498-499, Superman #76-77, Superman: Man of Steel #20-21, Action Comics #685-686)

This touching send-off to the world’s greatest superhero was done over a couple of months in all of the Superman titles, by the same creative team as the Death of Superman (Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern and Louise Simonson on story, Jurgens, Tom Grummett, Jackson Guice and Jon Bogdanove on pencils and Rick Burchett, Brett Breeding, Doug Hazelwood, Denis Rodier and Dennis Janke on inks).

They really did a great job handling the fact that Lois Lane had to hide her grief over her dead fiancee from the rest of the world. Also, how do you handle the death of your son when you can't tell anyone that he's dead? The Kents' struggle with the situation was heartrending.

26. “Superman’s Race With the Flash!” (Superman #199)

Superman and the Flash race for charity but soon get caught up in foiling the plot of some gangsters! Jim Shooter, Curt Swan and George Klein were the creative team on this one. Jim Shooter really did a great job back in the day of nailing ideas that fans just flat out wanted to see.