Fortress of Nerditude

A while ago Chris posted a picture of his Superman themed shelf of graphic novels. I love seeing stuff like that. Maybe because I'm a dirty geek voyeur. So I'm gonna do it, too. Mine is probably a bit disappointing, because I think a lot of people assume my house to look like this guy's, but I keep a pretty small limit on what I actually do have displayed from my various Superman goo-gahs.

So this is it, the whole shebang. Every Superman shield openly displayed in my home.


Not a lot, huh? I've got more stuff, sillier stuff, but It's mostly boxed up and in storage. But I can at least give you a tour of what's out there now. (You can click on these for bigger versions if you wanna try to read the spines.)


Top floor, toys, movies and high art. My painting of Superman punching a robot by art philanthropist Ali Spagnola, a Brandon Routh Superman action figure, some Superman minimates, and the big fancy schmancy movie box set because i like the tin box.


Fifth Floor, ladies and seniors. My small handful of Supergirl/Powergirl trades, SUPERDINO! and MXYSAURAS!, a Superman valentine from the 40s, a gift from Larry Young of AIT, and a Golden Age Superman action figure and trade paperbacks.


Fourth Floor, the Silver Age. DC Direct's Silver Age Superman action figures and all my Silver Age /Pre Crisis trade paperbacks. Plus a silly little mego toy from the seventies because i like owning a Superman Toy older than me.


Third floor, post-Crisis. Byrne/Jurgens era on one side, Kelly/Loeb-Rucka/Azzarello eras on the other. Plus Superman, versions of Superman, and the Superman Family from Mattel's DC Superheroes and DC Universe Classics lines.


Second Floor, modern continuity and classic evil. Trades of the post-Infinite Crisis Superman stuff, Johns and Busiek doin' it up right on one side, and Elseworlds/no specific continuity on the other. Figures are classic Superman villains from the Mattel lines (Zod and Mxy from DC Direct, but i think that fit well enough aesthetically with the other figures).


Ground Floor, Prose and the leaders of the new school in evil. More modern Superman villains from the Mattel lines. On one side prose non-fiction books about Superman, on the other, Superman novels.