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Why Action Comics #1029 Is Getting Replaced And Reprinted
Action Comics #1029 was published on Tuesdays from DC Comics But something, it appears, was wrong And DC Comics informed comic book retailers that "due to printing damages, replacement copies of Action Comics #1029, main and variant, will be in store 4/13." We weren't entirely sure what the deal was.  Bleeding Cool reader and comics retailer[...]
DC Comics To Send Replacements For Yesterday's Action Comics #1029
Action Comics #1029 was published yesterday from DC Comics But something, it appears, was wrong No idea what, and it doesn't seem urgent enough to issue a recall, such as the Superman By Grant Morrison (And Sholly Fisch) Omnibus But DC Comics has informed comic book retailers that "due to printing damages, replacement copies of[...]
The Death Of Superman And Changing The Future In Action Comics #1029
Yesterday saw the publication of Action Comics #1029 from DC Comics, following up on the previous issue's threat of the death of Superman Jonathan Kent knows that this is when his father, Clark Kent, will die in battle That's what trips to the 31st Century and History Class does to a man. And we get a[...]
Bryan Hitch Draws Frank Quitely All-Star Superman For Crime Syndicate
And it's not the only direct reference, with this scene by Kieron McKeown… Crime Syndicate #1 by Kieron McKeown. Which does seem very rather familiar. Action Comics #1 cover. Of course, there's been quite a lot of that around this past week. Lois And Superman screencap. Crime Syndicate #1 by Andy Schmidt, Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch is published by DC[...]
Superman's Infinite Frontier Kryptonians – Have We Met Them Before?
The Superman DC Comics May 2021 solicitations for Action Comics #1031 by Philip Kennedy Johnson and Daniel Sampere, reads thus; "Warworld Rising" part two! After a war-torn battleship escapes Warworld and makes the perilous journey to Earth, Superman searches for answers about the identities of its mysterious refugees and their apparent link to the planet[...]
Classic Action Comics Story Up For Auction At ComicConnect
Action Comics fans all have their favorite covers and stories from the golden and silver ages, as Superman features some of the best and most iconic One of those covers that is a personal favorite of mine is #267, featuring Hercules punching a brick wall with a picture of Superman on it, sending bricks flying[...]
Flakes From Action Comics #1, Being Auctioned Today
Action Comics #1 is one of the most valuable, most desired, most famous superhero comic books of all time It features the first appearance of Superman, from 1939, created by Joe Siegel and Jerry Shuster On the 24th of August, 2014, a copy graded as 9.0 by CGC sold on eBay for $3,207,852, the only[...]
Superman Dreams Of Being A 9/11 Terrorist In Action Comics (Spoilers)
Action Comics #1027  time, spoilers ahead Sometimes we all have mad thoughts Walking along the street, realising that you could just push the person in front of you into traffic Or on the subway, into the path of an oncoming train Mad thoughts, we don't act on them, the horror we feel from even thinking[...]
A Different Lois Lane All Along? (Action Comics #1026 Spoilers)
Action Comics #1025 spoilers ahead During Brian Bendis' run on the Superman books – one coming to a conclusion soon – we have seen a number of new characters come to the fore Including one Marisol Leone, head of the Invisible Mafia, an organised crime syndicate hidden from Superman's view Today, Brian Bendis, John Romita and[...]
Brian Bendis Superman Run Comes to A End In December
Action Comics #1028 is described as "Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita Jr., and Klaus Janson wrap up their run on Action Comics with "House of Kent: Epilogue"!" while Superman #28 is "the Man of Steel's last stand in this final Superman tale by the superstar team of Brian Michael Bendis, Ivan Reis, and Joe Prado"[...]
Action Comics #1023 Review: A Big Chunk Of Biff And Pow
Lois, who has never understood the phrase, "mind your business," inevitably goes stumbling into the aforementioned Red Cloud and therefore requiring the invocation of her high powered hubby. The cover of Action Comics #1023 Credit: DC Comics Smallville's finest, however, is not alone His teenaged son Jon Kent is back from a thousand years in the future[...]
Action Comics #1023
In today's Action Comics #1023 from Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita and Klaus Janson we see Marisol Leone, head of the Invisible Mafia that runs Metropolis' organised crime networks and owner of the Daily Planet (until Jimmy Olsen #12 joins in with the continuity) But it seems that Superman has a bit of an issue with[...]
Today More DC Comics Characters Realise They Were Rebooted (Spoilers)
He joined DC Comics in 2018, taking over the Superman books from Action Comics #1000, introduced characters like Rogol Zaar and Red Cloud as well as the Metropolis Invisible Mafia, dealt with Jor-El returning to life, brought Ma and Pa Kent back to life, aged Jonathan Kent into an older teenager, brought back the Legion[...]
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Action Comics #1021 is in stores from DC Comics next week, the conclusion of this latest story arc which sees Superman at the Mercy of Lex Luthor and Leviathan. The Legion of Doom have defeated the Justice League and Young Justice, and they've got Superman on the ropes as well. And Lex Luthor and his allies have[...]
Connor Kent Meets Superman – and Superboy Prime (Spoilers)
Today's Action Comics #1020 drops a shoe from Brian Bendis' run on Young Justice, with Conner Kent – the Superboy/Lex Luthor clone who really shouldn't exist in this continuity, meeting Superman But rather that having some emotional moment, or a tonne of exposition, it's hurried and rushed, because Superman – and the Justice League –[...]
Action Comics #1019 [Preview]
Action Comics #1019 is in stores from DC Comics this week, by "The Great One" Brian Bendis and John Romita Jr., and we've got a preview below.         Here we find Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom preparing for friendly meeting with the villain du jour, Leviathan. Though some members of the Legion have other ideas. But Leviathan[...]
Action Comics #1018 [Preview]
DC returns to shipping comics next week, with Action Comics #1018 set to hit stores on New Years Day By "The Great One" Brian Bendis, John Romita Jr., and Klaus Janson, Action Comics #1018 continues what the solicit calls "one of the biggest Superman stories of all time," and things aren't looking good for the[...]
Action Comics #1014
Action Comics #1014 is in stores from DC Comics next week, by the creative team of writer "The Great One" Brian Bendis and artist Szymon Kudranski Later today, or maybe this weekend, or maybe early next week, DC Comics will hand an EX-X-XCLUSIVE preview of this comic to one of their compliant media partners, part[...]
Naomi Makes Metropolis Debut in Action Comics #1015
He also introduced a new character, Naomi, who is now poised to make a big impact on the DC Universe. And that will start in September, when Naomi makes her Metropolis debut in Action Comics #1015, garnering the attention of Superman and Batman The DC Universe is Bendis's world now, and everyone else is just living[...]
Was That Really a 12Chan Reference in Today's Action Comics #1012
So this panel from today's Action Comics #1011 did stick out a little. Was this Bendis trying to create a fictional alternative to 4chan and coming up, accidentally, with something real and far more objectionable? Did no one google to make sure first? Will this get amended for the trade – or the digital version swapped[...]
Manhunter Debuts, Beats Up Cops in Action Comics #1011 (Preview)
Kate Spencer dons her Manhunter costume for the first time since DC Rebirth started in this preview of Action Comics #1011 We just wish it were under better circumstances It seems the police believe Spencer is responsible for the recent attacks on the DC Universe's clandestine organizations, and Maggie Sawyer leads a strike team to[...]
Year of the Villain
This kicks off an epic event taking over 2019, setting the stage for an all-out clash between the forces of Justice and Doom: July – Year of the Villain: The Offer August – Year of the Villain: Dark Gifts September – Year of the Villain: Evil Unleashed October – Year of the Villain: Doom Rising It's unclear whether those four[...]
Lois and Clark Team Up for Journalism in Action Comics #1010 This April
And in Heroes in Crisis, Lois has been writing stories on the secret confessions of heroes at Sanctuary. But in April's Action Comics #1010, Clark and Lois finally get fully on the same page again, teaming up not as a crimefighting duo, but as investigative journalists looking into the mysterious Leviathan, which has been taking down[...]
Lois Lane Accused of Canoodling Lex Luthor in Action Comics #1004 Preview
Action Comics #1004 is in stores on Wednesday. Action Comics #1004 (W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Ryan Sook (CA) Steve Rude Superman confronts Lois Lane and wants answers: Where is Jon Kent? What happened during Lois' trip into space with Jor-El? Why didn't she contact the Man of Steel when she returned? And most importantly, does she still[...]
Ban These Books: 5 Comics We Should Ban for #BannedBooksWeek [SPOILERS]
Can we afford to allow Brisson and Larraz to kill him off, leaving us with exactly zero Cyclopses just when Uncanny X-Men is getting relaunched? We should put a stop to Extermination later this month during Banned Books week by banning it as soon as possible. Superman and Action Comics With the arrival of superstar writer "The[...]
Action Comics #1002 cover by Patrick Gleason and Alejandro Sanchez
Meanwhile, Cat Grant returns to Metropolis and the Daily Planet for a visit. Action Comics #1002 cover by Patrick Gleason and Alejandro Sanchez Action Comics #1002 is definitely the most Brian Michael Bendis DC comic to have been printed so far The recap and credits page is plastered with in-jokes, meta references, and name-drops of other DC[...]
Action Comics #1001 drake hotel
And before long, everyone forgot about the BatBot and Superman's secret identity. But what's Lois Lane up to now? She was meant to have gone off with Jor-El and Jonathan Kent on a fact-finding mission around the galaxy, writing about it for her next book. But at the end of Action Comics #1001, she was seen on[...]