On August 14th, 2006 Superman Database blasted off from Krypton and landed on planet Earth.  The newly created site is slated to eventually include every comic to ever contain a Superman appearance.

"The reason I began this task was simple. I couldn’t find everything I needed about Superman all on one site," said site founder Shannon Cronin. "I had to jump from site to site to gather all the information I needed about a certain Superman topic. I wanted it all--plots, cover art, news, and a way to keep track of my own personal comic collection."

But simply creating a database of comic covers wasn’t enough for Cronin. "I wanted to also create an interactive community where the fans can post comments, reviews and trade comics."

Registered users of the site can create, organize and share their own comic lists by simply logging in and selecting the comics they own or want and pressing the “Add” button.
  
One month into the project Cronin admits that creating a database for the world’s most popular comic hero, isn’t going to be easy. Currently, in phase one, the database contains over 2100 comics with over 100 issues being added daily. The comics are mostly from the post crisis time frame, 1987 to present, with a few issues from 1938 also included. Phase two of the database will begin mid to late September, 2006 with all issues from 1938 to 1986 being added. Cronin predicts the database will be complete by January of 2007.
 
Once the database is complete, Cronin will begin work on additional features for the site including, Television, Films, Multimedia, Character Biographies, and Creator Biographies. 

Things are looking bright for SupermanDatabase.com.  Only up and running for a little over 4 weeks, the site has become a fan favorite and is well on its way towards becoming an essential site for all Superman fans.

Check it out for yourself at www.supermandatabase.com