There are 5 short chapters in this book with the villain Mxy giving Superman and Metropolis a hard time. Superman is  flying, using his super-hearing, heat vision, X-ray vision, super-breath, and red laser beams from his eyes as he works to keep Metropolis safe from Mxy.

Chapter 1 finds Clark Kent in trouble from two unexpected losses of time including being late for work and going to a restaurant that is no longer in business, kicking Lois Lanes chair out from under her, and his hand ‘suddenly ‘ knocking a pitcher of water all over Lois. After Lois leaves,  “Mr. Mxyzpptlk, the magical and mischievous imp from the Fifth Dimension.” (p. 14) shows up to laugh at his pranks on Clark.

In Chapter 2, Mxy brings a humpback whale into existence, along with all the water,  inside a movie theater showing A Whale of a Tale. Then Mxy makes it so the citizens of Metropolis do not recognize Superman. Nonetheless, Superman continues his work to keep the citizens safe through to the end of  Chapter5 where Superman outsmarts Mxy at the carnival in the House of Mirrors because “To send Mxy back to the Fifth Dimension, Superman had to trick the pocket-sized prankster into saying or writing his name backward.” (p. 24)

Superman – The Man of Steel : Mxy’s Magical Mayhem is illustrated in two full page color illustrations per chapter in this Super DC Heroes book. In addition to that, are the big BLAMs, THUDs, SPLATTTTs, WHAMs and other sound effects mixed in with the rest of the regular sized story text.

After the story ends, there are 3 Discussion Questions and 3 Writing Prompts.