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I read All-Star Superman and it was awesome. Then I read Red Son and that was awesome, too. Where do I go from here? What do I read next? Should I watch the movies? If so, which? Was his cartoon as good as the Batman one? etc etc.
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And, since DC is rebooting all their properties you can start reading at Action Comics #1.
As for the old show, I loved it. It was completely different from Batman TAS, mainly because that show had one foot in the past and Superman TAS had one foot in the future. It made for an awesome juxtaposition.
John Byrne's Man of Steel
I'll also second the recommendations on Superman For All Seasons and Kingdom Come. Kingdom Come is still my favorite Superman story.
I really enjoyed Emperor Joker which, despite the name, is definitely a Superman focused book.
The best Superman stories, to me, are the Elseworlds type of stories, like Red Son and Kingdom Come.
Here are the best Superman stories in recent years that will give you everything you're asking for from a Superman story:
Superman #151-200,
Action Comics 760-810,
Adventures of Superman 585-621
Superman Man of Steel 95-134
You can find them in the dollar bins.
They were also put into the following trades but most are out of print:
Superman
The Man of Steel (they have made this up to 6 volumes including the stories from right after Crisis on Infinite Earths, but the first volume is the John Byrne origin)
Birthright
Superman for All Seasons
No Limits
Endgame
Till Death Do Us Part
Critical Condition
Emperor Joker
President Lex
Our Worlds at War
Return to Krypton
Ending Battle
Up, Up, and Away!
Camelot Falls
The Legion of Super-Heroes
Brainiac
The Coming of Atlas
There is a story out there called Grounded, avoid it like the plague. Worst Superman story in years. I would say Birthright is even better than All-Star Superman, and should be easily available to find.
I'd save that for last. It's like a refreshing tonic for the seasoned Supes reader. It's good for everyone, but it definitely seems to be more fresh in its unique interpretation with more reading of the mainstream stuff, life a finely aged wine.