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Cover: Rags Morales

Superman - Action Comics #1

Oct 2012 · DC · 24.99 USD; 27.99 CAD
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“Superman Versus the City of Tomorrow”
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This New 52 volume kicks off Grant Morrison's run on Action Comics, collecting issues #0-8. It reimagines a younger, less polished Superman in his early days as a hero, clashing with both street-level threats and the mysterious forces behind the 'Men of Steel' arc. Rags Morales provides the primary artwork, grounding the story in a grittier Metropolis than readers were used to at the time.

In Superman: Action Comics #1 (2012), a future Superman and the adult Legion of Super-Heroes crash into the early days of the Man of Steel’s career, hunting a stolen piece of kryptonite hidden in a tesseract implanted in Superman’s own brain. With the relic set to be auctioned off, the Legion uses a time bubble to infiltrate the past, disguised and determined to return it before it can fall into the wrong hands. Written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Andy Kubert, with colors by Brad Anderson and letters by Patrick Brosseau, the cover by Rags Morales captures the moment the future collides with the origin.

writer Grant Morrison · artist Andy Kubert · inker John Dell · colorist Brad Anderson · letterer Patrick Brosseau · cover Rags Morales

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inker John Dell
colorist Brad Anderson
cover pencils, inks Rags Morales

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Superman from five years in the future and the adult Legion of Super-Heroes arrive in the early days of Superman's career to recover the kryptonite stolen from the spaceship that brought Superman to Earth. When they discover that the kryptonite is hidden in a tesseract implanted in Superman's brain and is to be auctioned off, the Legionnaires use their time bubble to go back into the immediate past, disguise themselves, and recover the kryptonite to return it to the spaceship.

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