Man of Steel Week - Favourite Superman Storylines of the 1980s

A tip of the hat to my buddy JP who helped me on the research to put this list together!

In no particular order...

Saga of the Silver Banshee

Action Comics #595, Superman #17 and #23. 

I loved this fresh new villain and its ties to Celtic myth and magic.

"Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?"

Alan Moore's fitting tribute to an amazing character. I've never saw Swan art 

better than when it was inked by Perez.

Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-12

While technically not a Superman story, but Crisis had a deep impact

on the Superman Universe and it indeed would never be the same.

The death of Supergirl was beautifully pulled off as was

the graceful exit of Earth-2 Superman.

Superman in Exile (1989)

The first big storyline/crossover after John Byrne left Superman and

Roger Stern and company pull off a great story.

John Byrne's "The Man of Steel"

While some readers didn't like Byrne's reboot of  Superman, it blew me away.

I always had a difficult time getting into the Curt Swan Superman, especially

in the early 1980s, so Byrne's reboot was a great way for me to catch up 

on Superman and Byrne's efforts paid off, keeping me interested in the Superman

books for years afterwords.