1986: A Landmark Year in Comics — The Man of Steel | SIDEBAR FOREVER

When John Byrne was given the creative reins of DC's The Man of Steel, he reimagined Superman for a new generation, redefining the character while challenging long-held assumptions about who the Last Son of Krypton was and what he could be.

In the final installment of our 1986 series, we trace Byrne's career leading up to The Man of Steel, explore the sweeping changes he made to Superman's mythology, debate whether the series represents his peak as a writer-artist, and ask how Byrne's remarkable body of work from the '80s stacks up against that of contemporaries like Alan Moore and Frank Miller.

*Stay tuned for a hidden bonus pod near the end of this episode where we shout-out a few honorable mentions from 1986 that weren't included in the series.