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Cover: Leinil Francis Yu & Gerry Alanguilan

Superman: Birthright #12

Sep 2004 · DC · 2.95 USD; 4.50 CAD

📊 ~33,887 copies sold its debut month

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“Neverending Battle”

The concluding chapter of Mark Waid's acclaimed Superman: Birthright arrives with a cover that says everything: Superman stands tall in a warm golden light, cape sweeping behind him, his expression steady and resolute as he gazes outward — a hero fully arrived. Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan's cover art gives the Man of Steel a grounded, almost sculptural presence that makes the tagline "The Hero Emerges" feel genuinely earned. It's a fitting close to this twelve-issue retelling of Superman's origins, rendered with quiet confidence rather than bombast.

writer Mark Waid · artist Leinil Francis Yu · inker Gerry Alanguilan · colorist Dave McCaig · letterer Comic Craft · cover Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan

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Full credits

writer Mark Waid

artist Leinil Francis Yu

inker Gerry Alanguilan

colorist Dave McCaig

letterer Comic Craft

cover pencils Leinil Francis Yu

cover inks Gerry Alanguilan

Reprints

Reprinted in Superman: Birthright #[nn] (2004), Superman: Birthright #[nn] (2005), Superman #8 (2006), Superman: Legado #[nn] (2006), Superman - Les Origines #[nn] (2013), DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection #40 (2015), DC Comics Graphic Novel Collection #41 (2015), Superman: Birthright The Deluxe Edition #[nn] (2023)

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