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Leo's rattled off virtually almost every pick I was going to make
Here's a couple of my modern era favourites that haven't been mentioned
-Fall of Metropolis: The direct follow up to Bizzaro's World. Lana Lang gets married while Metropolis experiences a 9/11-level tragedy as a desperate and dying Lex Luthor threatens to inflict devastation...only for one of his lackeys to ultimately pull the switch that unleashes doomsday devices that tear through the city. Culminates in a throw down between Lex in one of Clark's Kryptonian healing suit and the man of steel
-Emperor Joker: Eventually adapted for the animated 'Brave and the Bold' series, this a wonderful blend of manic Joker mania with that other thing Superman is most vulnerable to: magic. Seizing control of the world with the powers of fifth dimensional imp Mxyzptlik, Joker seemingly all the cards, even finally managing to break Batman's spirit, before Superman points out to him that he can't ever imagine a world without Batman in it, and in realising that, his grip on whatever passes for this sort of reality slips away from him.
-Geoff Johns' Brainiac: Adapted into the animated movie "Superman Unleashed". Basically retcons all previous Brainiacs are pretenders to the throne and establishes a 'definitive version' that has come to capture the Earth and Supes must stop him. Story ends in the death of Jonathan Kent, which at the time was a big deal, though did feel rather pointless given Clark had been long established as Supes by this point while Jonathan had been alive the whole time, so his death didn't do much to influence any future career path.
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