Canonical sources
Commonly referred to as "The Chronicles"
Only occurrences in the following sources are referenced in Supermanica. This list of canonical sources has been agreed on by the current editors of Supermanica.
| Abbreviation | Title [issues] |
| Act | Action Comics [1-583] |
| Adv | Adventure Comics [103-424] |
| BL | Black Lightning [1-11] |
| DCCP | DC Comics Presents [1-97] |
| DCCPA | DC Comics Presents Annual [1-4] |
| DNAS | Daring New Adventures of Supergirl [1-12] |
| LSOK | Last Son of Krypton |
| LG | Luthor's Gift |
| MFC | More Fun Comics [101–107] |
| MM | Miracle Monday |
| NSB | New Adventures of Superboy [1-54] |
| NYWF | New York World's Fair Comics [1-2] |
| SB | Superboy [1-196] |
| SG | Supergirl [1972 series, 1-10] |
| SG2 | Supergirl [1983 series, 13-23] |
| S | Superman [1-423] |
| SA | Superman Annual [1-12] |
| SF | Superman Family [164-222] |
| SS | Superman Special [1-3] |
| SPJO | Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen [1-163] |
| SGLL | Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane [1-137] |
| WB | World's Best Comics [1] |
| WF | World's Finest Comics [2-323] |
| WK | World of Krypton [1-3] |
| KC | The Krypton Chronicles [1-3] |
| SSY | Superman: The Secret Years [1-4] |
| You may also run across: | |
| 80PG | 80 Page Giant |
| TGSB | The Great Superman Book |
How to use an abbreviation:
(WK No. 1, Jul 1979: "The Jor-El Story!")
means
World of Krypton issue #1, cover date July 1979. The name of the story contained in the issue is "The Jor-El Story!"
if a comic book contains more than one story, a / appears after the issue number followed by which story it is in the issue. For example,
(Adv No. 283/1, Apr 1961: "The Phantom Superboy!")
means Adventure Comics #283, cover date April 1961, from the first story in the issue, "The Phantom Superboy!"
similarly,
(S No. 233/2, Jan 1971: "Jor-El's Golden Folly!")
means Superman #233, cover date January 1971, from the second story in the issue (in this case, a back-up feature), "Jor-El's Golden Folly!"
Important: If you are entering a new article at Supermanica from another source, please only use The Great Superman Book or write your own article using the comic books themselves as reference. Do not copy the new article from other online encyclopedias.
