Superman "Superman", and released in 1979 for the Atari 2600. The last game centered on Superman was "Superman Returns" (adapted from the movie) in 2006. Superman has, however, appeared in more recent games starring the Justice League, such as "Injustice 2" (2017). In a contract dated 1 March 1938, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster released the copyright to Superman to their employer, DC Comics (then known as Detective Comics, Inc.) prior to Superman's first publication in April. This was normal practice in the comic magazine industry and they had done the same with their previous published works (Slam Bradley, Doctor Occult,
The Death of Superman the "Funeral for a Friend" issues; and "The Return of Superman" (), which compiles the "Reign of the Supermen!" issues. "The Death of Superman" was released in time for the 1992 holiday shopping season and, according to comics historian Matthew K. Manning, is the bestselling trade paperback of all time. Reprints of the three collections were published in 2003, 1998, and 2004, respectively, while a recolored edition of "The Death of Superman" was released in 2013. In September 2007, DC released an omnibus edition of the story, "The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus" (). It features all the issues