DC’s Got a Lot of Superman Coming This Summer

Friday , April 18 isSuperman Day — in honor ofAction Comics’first progeny on April 18 , 1938 — and DC ’s got plenty ofSupermanto last the next few months .

These cardstock variants showcasing the Man of Steel are theme around the live - action adaptation in James Gunn ’s movie coming July 11 . comical artist Nicola Scott , Jorge Jiménez , Jim Lee , and others lent their gift to these covers , which will release in May , June , and July as part of the “ Summer of Superman ” enterprisingness .

Along with the ongoingAction Comicsand the mainSupermanbook , the “ Summer ” consequence has new serial forKrypto(by Ryan North and Mike Norton ) and Supergirl ( by Sophie Campbell ) , plus the newSuperman Unlimitedongoing from Dan Slott and Rafael Albuquerque . There ’s also a set of quoin box featuring the Man of Steel , a young Superboy , Supergirl , and Krypto , all from Dan Mora .

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accord to DC , the variants are forSupergirl#1(Scott / Kwok),SupermanUnlimited#1(Lee),Action Comics#1087(Jurgens),Krypto : The Last Dog of Krypton#1(Mora),Superman#27(Ordway),Batman#161(Jiménez ) , andJustice League Unlimited#9 ( Quietly ) .

Artist Kevin Maguire also has a variant forBatman / Superman : World ’s Finest#41 which’ll arrive “ soon . ”

Meanwhile , the actualSuperman comicsreleasing this summer are prepare for some consequential changes . The biggest is a three - part arc in the master book from Joshua Williamson and Mora , which will feature the Darkseid Legion . The vicious translation of the even Legion of Super - Heroes were teased at the end ofDC All - Inlast year , and they ’ll be all overSuperman # 28 - 30 . Whatever happen , it ’s “ leading toward the next boastful DCU case . ”

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