HERO OF THE WEEK: SUPERMAN (DC)Real Name: Kal-El (aka; Clark Kent)
First Appearance: Action Comics #1 (April, 1938)
Fight Club Ranking: #5
Featured Fights:
- vs HAWKMAN: Justice League of America #200 (Mar 1982)
- vs DOOMSDAY: Superman #74 (Dec 1992)
- vs BRAINIAC: Adventures of Superman #519 (Jan 1995)
- vs SAVIOR: Action Comics #713 (Sep 1995)
- vs CAPTAIN MARVEL: Kingdom Come #4 (Aug 1996)
- vs VENOM: DC/Marvel: All Access #1 (Dec 1996)
- vs CAPTAIN MARVEL & HAWKMAN: Superman/Batman #4 (Jan 2004)
- vs PREUS: Action Comics #824 (Apr 2005)
- vs CAPTAIN MARVEL: Superman #216 (Jun 2005)
- vs JIMMY OLSEN: All-Star Superman #4 (Jul 2006)
- vs GENERAL ZOD: Action Comics #846 (Feb 2007)
Hey la, hey la! The trunks are back! Cooler heads have finally prevailed at DC Comics and the iconic Superman is making his long awaited return in Action Comics #1000! It concludes a long, but inevitable restoration of the Superman image since it was broken down for New 52 relaunch.
Entertainment Weekly has the scoop, delivering the first triumphant image of the properly panted Superman, and a celebratory announcement for the return of classic numbering! While it might be said this isn't the most dynamic image to sell the return -- it's still a pleasing sight to behold!
DC's New 52 line-wide reboot will always endure as a regrettable lapse in the continuum of their comics. It would've been such a pleasure for Action Comics to reach the rare milestone of 1000 issues without the need for creative numbering. When DC re-launched in the mid-eighties with Crisis on Infinite Earths, the publisher had the good sense to continue Action and Detective Comics uninterrupted. In 2011, the milestone was near enough to see renumbering was a poor choice, regardless of any temporary spike #1 may appear to provide.
Action Comics #1000 is promising lots of big things, including the first story by former Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis, and a cavalcade of stars including Richard Donner, Paul Dini, Dan Jurgens, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Tim Sale, and many, many more!
With some of the positive signs seen last year [HOTW: Cyborg Superman, Sinestro] it's feeling like the winds of change are blowing fresh air into Superman in 2018! Exciting times!
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