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Superman is back from the dead and wearing his iconic black and silver recovery suit Standing roughly 20" tall, Superman is breaking out of his Kryptonian Regeneration Matrix The statue will feature two different head sculpts, allowing collectors to display him between long hair and bearded or clean shaved The hand-painted and hand-crafted statue captures[...]

What makes obscure comics so interesting and vital is discovering those books that most don't know were ever printed, or that top tier creators worked on "that book" or on "that character." Obscure Comics are fun to find and interesting to know about, but that border between great reads and terrible comics. How The Comics in Cereal Get[...]

Balancing out the other half of the set up from Future State: Superman of Metropolis, this shows that things in this corner of the DC Universe are pretty messy as well. Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1 Cover Credit: DC Comics The lead story is kind of the weakest link here: a paean to Superman's myth more[...]

One of Superman's foes is back as XM Studios unveils their newest DC Comics Rebirth statue Things are about to get a little bizarre as Bizarro is ready to take on the Man of Steel with his newest statue Standing roughly 17" tall, the DC Comics antihero is displayed on rubble while he crushes an[...]

Earlier this week, Arrowverse fans learned that Superman & Lois would be kicking off its series run with a two-hour premiere event on Tuesday, February 23 (shifting the seventh-season premiere of The Flash to March 2): a 90-minute first episode beginning at 8 pm ET/PT, followed by the half-hour special, Superman & Lois: Legacy of[...]

If you're like us and you caught the season premiere of The CW's Batwoman, you heard the announcer mention that Superman & Lois had a two-hour premiere event taking place on Tuesday, February 23 Small problem? That was also supposed to be the night that The Flash returned Now we have some clarity, with the[...]

Whether their appearance in a Superman comic would lead to the long-rumoured plot that Superman would end up leading The Authority is unknown, it is very likely this was a Brian Bendis planned plotline that was abandoned when he left the character earlier than planned But who knows? It could still be a fun idea. And, the new[...]

What makes obscure comics so interesting and vital is discovering those books that most don't know were ever printed, or that top tier creators worked on "that book" or on "that character." Obscure Comics are fun to find and interesting to know about, but that border between great reads and terrible comics. Who Wants Batman V Superman: Dawn[...]

Whether their appearance in a Superman comic would lead to the long-rumoured plot that Superman would end up leading The Authority is unknown, it is very likely this was a Brian Bendis planned plotline that was abandoned when he left the character earlier than planned But who knows? It could still be a fun idea. Action[...]

In last week's Future State: Superman Of Metropolis, we got to see Supergirl going up against Jonathan Kent, the new Superman Now, she was all hopped up on Nirodhium at the time… Future State: Superman Of Metropolis #1 You know, the stuff that does bad things to pure Kryptonians… Future State: Superman Of Metropolis #1 …and makes them instinctively[...]

The last time we checked in on the newest addition to The CW's Arrowverse, Superman & Lois was offering viewers some trippy glimpses at Tyler Hoechlin's Superman in action as well as looks at Elizabeth Tulloch's Lois Lane, Jordan Elsass' Jonathan, and Alexander Garfin's Jordan with the first teaser trailer for the series Now, Tulloch is[...]

What makes obscure comics so interesting and vital is discovering those books that most don't know were ever printed, or that top tier creators worked on "that book" or on "that character." Obscure Comics are fun to find and interesting to know about, but that border between great reads and terrible comics. Who Wants Comics With Their[...]

I mentioned something in one of my Future State gossip columns about upcoming Superman comics that exploded in my inbox The Time Luchadores Today we get to see them as Supergirl squares up to Jonathan Kent, the new Superman, in today's Future State: Superman Of Metropolis by Sean Lewis, John Timms, Gabe Eltaeb, and Dave Sharpe. But[...]

This would include Jonathan Kent being the new Superman and Tim Fox – sorry, I mean, Jace – being the new Batman But the main instigator of this plan, DC publisher Dan DiDio, was fired and DC took advantage of the pandemic to junk the 5G plans almost entirely I say almost Because instead much[...]

Bleeding Cool featured a previous of the upcoming Batman/Superman comic by Gene Luen Yang, Ivan Reis and Danny Miki to show a variety of "what if?" worlds for the series, spinning out of Death Metal With the sketch art, showing parallel lives, as playing out on movie film reel, it seems to involve politicians and[...]

DC's new Superman writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson, whose Future State book House Of El will be out in February recently appeared on John Siuntres' Word Balloon podcast, was asked about Future State, 5G – and the future of Superman Including what happens to this Man Of Tomorrow… tomorrow He told Siuntres, If you want to tie[...]

Superman/Batman or Batman/Superman has been a relatively popular series over the years, teaming DC Comics' two most popular characters up, but rarely going up against the respective solo titles, save for the initial run with Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuinness and Michael Turner. Credit: DC Comics So maybe it's time to try something else? Gene Luen Yang, Ivan[...]

However, in the 1970s, when Richard Donner was directing the first Superman movie, you had to work a lot harder to get someone that death threat Donner recently did an extensive interview with The Telegraph, and one thing he talked about was getting death threats for the religious allegory in Superman. Then there were the death[...]

Enough with the key art, casting news, series overviews, and social media updates, The CW! We demand to see actual footage from Superman & Lois, the newest addition to the "Arrowverse," starring Tyler Hoechlin (Superman aka Clark Kent) and Elizabeth Tulloch And that's exactly what viewers got on Tuesday, with the release of the first[...]

Clark Kent and Morgan Edge are featured on this page from "The Hero Superman Doomed to Die!" Ink over graphite on Bristol board with an image area of 10" x 15" Tape residue at top and bottom edges In Excellent condition. From the Murphy Anderson Collection. Credit: Heritage Auctions Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson Action Comics #411 Story Page 12[...]

Superman is back from the dead as Medicom announces a new DC Comics MAFEX figure Coming from the beloved DC Comics storyline The Death and Return of Superman, that Man of Steel is back in his signature black suit straight from the comic He will stand roughly 6 inches tall and feature two different head[...]

Warworld is where Superman will find himself stranded and imprisoned JR-JR is a reference to artist John Romita Jr. The image on the screen is the new Justice League series by Bendis and David Marquez The other images are a little more indistinct. Anyone get any more? Action Comics #1028 is published today by DC Comics. Action Comics[...]

It's future Superman time! In January and February, DC Comics will be running a two-month event, Future State, looking at potential and possible futures for the DC Universe, their most prominent characters and their successors Originally planned as the ongoing nature for these titles as 5G or Generation Five, it was truncated into two months[...]

Superman #1…do covers get better than this one? I don; think so Think about how iconic this cover is for a second When I think of Supes, I don't think of Action Comics #1, I think of this one Look at that smile on Clark's face, like he sees his next do-gooder that needs saving[...]

With the newest addition to The CW's Arrowverse ready to leap tall buildings in a single bound starting February 23, 2021, actor Adam Rayner (Tyrant, Hawthorne) is set to join Superman & Lois as Morgan Edge (based on Deadline Hollywood reporting) Rayner's Edge is described as "an intelligent, eloquent, and impassioned self-made mogul whose innate ability[...]

Might their time come again? The latest for launch in March is Superman: Red & Blue, in the fashion of Batman: Black & White but with a slightly greater palette of colours I say "slightly". Credit: DC Comics In the spirit of DC's iconic Eisner Award-winning Batman: Black & White anthology series, DC proudly announces Superman: Red & Blue, a[...]

Bleeding Cool told you that, replacing Brian Bendis and Superman and Action Comics would be another singular writer, and so it has come to pass That creator, no, not Mark Waid, is Phillip Kennedy Johnson. When he's not writing comics (and sometimes when he is) Phillip Kennedy Johnson is a Sergeant First Class in the United[...]

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 comic book to have sold for more than $3 million for a single original copy But you can get[...]

In the previous issue Superman #27 from DC Comics, Lana Lang was working on a feature about her life-long friend Clark Kent So she turned to another friend, Lois Lane Who gave her a copy of the book she was writing, Man Of Steel, for Lana to read – before even Clark had the chance. Credit:[...]

There is something just so iconic about the way that Jim Lee draws Superman; it is the perfect blend of alien and human He makes every image of Supes that he draws feel important and epic in nature; there are not many artists that can pull that off with Superman, believe it or not Up[...]