Superman Comic Books
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[Last updated March 28, 2024]This page gives you details on the up-coming Superman comics on sale at your local comic shop and various other outlets.
Listed are the current month's comics as well as next month's comics. The dates given are the release dates for a given week, you may find that your local comic shop's delivery dates vary by a few days from those given on this page.
Only the comics that Superman regularly appears in are listed, aswell as any specials or annuals directly relating to Superman. Completists looking for complete DC Universe releases should look to the "Upcoming Comics Information" list of web sites in the "Links" section for other sources.
APRIL 2024
Notes: Look for the SUPERMAN: HOUSE OF BRAINIAC SPECIAL #1 this month.
APRIL 2:
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD #4Written by JOE CASEY
Art by DAN McDAID
Cover by JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
Variant covers by LUCIO PARRILLO and MARK SPEARS
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/2/24
The aftermath of war! The brutal invasion of New Kandor has cost its supreme ruler everything he holds dear! But there will be a reckoningÑand General Zod will not rest until he has enacted his bloody revenge! Let the universe tremble as Casey and McDaid deliver the newest chapter of DC's darkest cosmic odyssey.
SUPERMAN '78: THE METAL CURTAIN #6
Written by ROBERT VENDITTI
Art and cover by GAVIN GUIDRY
Variant cover by OZGUR YILDRIM
Variant cover by JEFF LEMIRE
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/2/24
Superman and Metallo battle it out in Russia! Can Superman appeal to Metallo's humanity and put an end to the bloodshed, or will Metallo finally crush the Man of Steel beneath his boot?
APRIL 9:
ACTION COMICS #1064Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant covers by JORGE JIMƒNEZ, PAOLO RIVERA, and MICHAEL WALSH
1:25 variant cover by ARIEL COLîN
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/9/24
HOUSE OF BRAINIAC PART ONE!
BRAINIAC ATTACKS! Brainiac's Lobo army invades Metropolis in an action-packed oversized issue! The Super family and all the heroes of Metropolis join the fight, but will they be enough to hold off Brainiac's lethal and crazed soldiers?! Can Superman and Lex learn what Brainiac is searching for? He's not bottling Metropolis, so what is he collecting instead?!
SUICIDE SQUAD: DREAM TEAM #2
Written by NICOLE MAINES
Art and cover by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA
Variant covers by SWEENEY BOO and JERRY GAYLORD
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/9/24
Dreamer has made her break from the rest of the Squad, and Amanda Waller is pissed. Who will side with the dream-walking precog, and who will kiss the ring of the DC Universe's premier control freak? The answers will surprise you (except I think we all pretty much know Bizarro will do something "opposite," though, right?) as the Dream Team shatters!
SINISTER SONS #3
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by DAVID LAFUENTE
Variant covers by CARLO BARBERI and JORGE CORONA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/9/24
As Sinson and Lor-Zod beat the ever-loving snot out of each other on the streets of the planet Xela, a mysterious specter from the past lurks just around the periphery. The Sinister Sons now literally find themselves trapped in the belly of a Space Whale with no means of escape. To their horror they discover they are not alone in the muck and goop! Enter SPACEMAN JOE!
DC VS. VAMPIRES VOL. 2
Written by JAMES TYNION IV and MATTHEW ROSENBERG
Art by OTTO SCHMIDT, FRANCESCO MORTARINO, and DANIELE DI NICUOLO
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
$17.99 US | 160 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-029-6
ON SALE 4/9/24
Humanity lost the first battle... but the war against vampires has only just begun! The Earth is now cloaked in darkness as the victorious vampire empire has taken full control. Pockets of humanity can still be found, struggling to live, but hope fades with every darker day. The leaders of the last surviving resistance force - Green Arrow, Batgirl, and Supergirl - hatch a desperate plan to save the world... or die trying! Collects DC vs. Vampires #7-12.
APRIL 16:
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST #26Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Variant cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
1:25 variant cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN and JASON PAZ
1:50 variant cover by SCOTT GODLEWSKI
Artist Spotlight variant cover by JIM LEE
Logo foil variant cover ($6.99)
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/16/24
Beware the power of the DOOM-MITE! Following the imp-shattering events of the Batman/Superman: World's Finest 2024 Annual and #25, it's up to Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite to convince Batman and Superman that they're for real this time! If this dynamic duo of odd couples can't work together, then our entire dimension is in jeopardy!
SUPERMAN #13
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant covers by LEE BERMEJO, SEBASTIAN FIUMARA, and ALAN QUAH
1:25 variant cover by JERRY GAYLORD
Artist spotlight variant cover by JIM LEE
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/16/24
HOUSE OF BRAINIAC PART TWO!
Superman and LoboÉteam-up? Together, the Man of Steel and the Main Man race across the universe on a hunt for the Lobo Army and Brainiac. Can they get along long enough to get to them before Brainiac enacts the next stage of his dangerous plans to create a new House of Brainiac?!
JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. GODZILLA VS. KONG #7
Written by BRIAN BUCCELLATO
Art by CHRISTIAN DUCE and TOM DERENICK
Cover by DREW JOHNSON
Variant cover by JIM LEE AND SCOTT WILLIAMS
Variant cover by DAN MORA
1:25 variant cover by MIKEL JANIN
1:50 variant cover by KENDRICK "KUNKKA" LIM
$4.99 US | 40 pages | 7 of 7 | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/16/24
The best-selling series reaches its titanic conclusion!
Two worlds face annihilation in an all-out war between the DCU and Legendary's MonsterVerse! With the help of Godzilla and Kong, can the Justice League win a battle against a reformed Mechagodzilla and a new, even more deadly, hybrid TitanÑa by-product of two worlds, the likes of which neither universe has ever seen!
THE JURASSIC LEAGUE
Written by JUAN GEDEON and DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON
Art by JUAN GEDEON, RAFA GARRES, and JON MIKEL
Cover by DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON and MIKE SPICER
$16.99 US | 152 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-489-8
ON SALE 4/16/24
You know the story: an infant escapes the destruction of its home planet and is deposited on Earth to be raised by human parents. A goddess from a lost city defends truth. A Tyrannosaurus rex dons the visage of a bat to strike fear into evildoers' hearts. This heroic trinity, alongside a league of other super-powered dinosaurs, join forces to save a prehistoric Earth from the sinister machinations of Darkyloseid. Wait... what? Okay, maybe you don't know the story. Witness this brand-new - yet older-than-time - adventure and experience the Justice League as you've never seen them before! Collects The Jurassic League #1-6.
APRIL 23:
POWER GIRL #8Written by LEAH WILLIAMS
Art by EDUARDO PANSICA and JÚLIO FERREIRA
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
Variant covers by MARK BROOKS and W. SCOTT FORBES
1:25 variant cover by IRVIN RODRIGUEZ
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 4/23/24
After an unexpected attack by Brainiac and his army of Lobos, everyone who has power in Metropolis has been kidnapped and imprisoned. But fear not, our hero has avoided capture and is the lone super in a city of helpless civilians. Will she be up for the challenge? Or is a strange visitor about to turn her world upside-down? Get ready for Crush to crash this pity party!
JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 3: LEAGUES OF CHAOS
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by SZYMON KUDRANSKI, EMANUELA LUPACCHINO, SANFORD GREEN, and more
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE and NATHAN FAIRBAIRN
$16.99 US | 144 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-493-5
ON SALE 4/23/24
Brian Michael Bendis's radical take on the Justice League reaches its conclusion as the Justice League and Justice League Dark team up to save the world from descending into chaos. Xanadoth, the original Lord of Chaos, has returned to the mortal world. With revenge against the world of order her only motivation, Xanadoth takes the
form of Black Adam and possesses the League's resident Lord of Order, Doctor Fate! The Leagues must become more than the sum of their parts if there is any hope of survival! Plus, the One-Man Army Corps known as O.M.A.C. rockets into the modern DC Universe in an eye-popping adventure that teams him up with the reunited Justice
League! Collects Justice League #72-74 and the Justice League 2022 Annual.
APRIL 30:
SUPERMAN: HOUSE OF BRAINIAC SPECIAL #1Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and MARK RUSSELL
Art by EDWIN GALMON and STEVE PUGH
Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
Foil variant cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL ($8.99)
$5.99 US | 48 pages
ON SALE 4/30/24
HOUSE OF BRAINIAC PART 2.5
An essential issue in the Action Comics/Superman crossover as Brainiac's secret history with Lobo and Czarnia is revealed!
How did Brainiac create a Bottled City of Czarnia?
Who steps up to protect Metropolis after Brainiac's army leaves it in ruins?
Will Lois Lane confront Perry White about his own secrets as he runs for mayor of Metropolis?
And how is Amanda Waller involved in all of this?
All these questions are answered in this crucial issue that connects to DC's Superman-Sized event!
Meanwhile, Bibbo steps up! With the heroes gone and a city in need of some champions, our favorite bartender organizes the community to save their beloved home.
DC'S SPRING BREAKOUT!
Written by MEGHAN FITZMARTIN, CAMERON CHITTOCK, JOEY ESPOSITO, MORGAN HAMPTON, PATRICK R. YOUNG, TOM KRAJEWSKI, MIKE BARR, and more!
Art by KENYA DANINO, VASCO GEORGIEV, PAUL PELLIETIER, NICO BASCU„çN, and more!
Cover by JOHN TIMMS
Batman variant cover by DAN MORA
Harley variant cover by DAN MORA
$9.99 US | 80 pages | Variant $9.99 US (all covers are card stock)
ON SALE 4/30/24
Spring has sprung! Flowers are blooming, bees are buzzing, Harley is breaking King Shark out of Belle Reve prisonÉall is right in the DCU as both heroes and villains face all sorts of different spring breaks. Breaking out of a coffin? Lex Luthor has that covered. Spring break training? Send in Superman! Breaking out of your shell? Batman and Mr. Freeze explore that possibility through a connection in their shared past. Breaking down a worthy adversary? Katana and her sword of souls might just be able to tackle that. And it wouldn't be a spring break without a Teen Titans beach trip! All these and more in DC's Spring Breakout!Ñeight breakout stories to put a spring in your step (is there a zit breakout story? You'll have to read to find out!)
SUPERMAN: SPACE AGE
Written by MARK RUSSELL
Art and cover by MICHAEL ALLRED and LAURA ALLRED
$24.99 US | 264 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-494-2
ON SALE 4/30/24
Meet Clark Kent, a young reporter who just learned the world will soon come to an end, and there's nothing he can do to save it. Sounds like a job for his alter ego... Superman! After years of standing idle, the young man from Krypton defies the wishes of his fathers to come out to the world as the first superhero of the Space Age. As each decade passes and new dangers emerge, Superman realizes even good intentions are not without their backlash as the world transforms into a place as determined to destroy itself as he is to save it. Collects Superman: Space Age #1-3.
MAY 2024
Notes: The books continue to power on this month. Nothing of great note however.
MAY 7:
KNEEL BEFORE ZOD #5
Written by JOE CASEY
Art by DAN McDAID
Cover by JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
Variant covers by LUCIO PARRILLO and JOHN GIANG
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/7/24
In the aftermath of war, General Zod hurtles closer to his dark fate! On the verge of losing everythingÑincluding his own lifeÑa desperate and deranged Zod is faced with an all-new challengeÉintroducingÑthe Legion of Zod!
Written by MICHAEL DORN
Art by SAMI BASRI, VICENTE CIFUENTES, and MAX RAYNOR
Cover by CLAY MANN
$16.99 US | 176 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-502-4
ON SALE 5/7/24
Steel, a fan-favorite part of the Superman mythos, is back in a new story written by sci-fi icon Michael Dorn!
The Metropolis of the future is here today, but can it survive a terrorist who's out for revenge against its builderÑJohn Henry Irons, a.k.a. SteelÑand his company, Steelworks... and who possesses secrets that could undo
everything John has worked so hard to build?
While John's professional life is firing on all cylinders, his personal life is even better, as his on-again, off-again relationship with Lana Lang might be back on, permanently. Now he must decide whether it's time to give
up being Steel once and for all. But does John even know who he would be without his superhero identity? How does the other SteelÑJohn's niece, Natasha IronsÑfeel about his momentous decision? And does any of that
matter if Steelworks crumbles around him when he lacks the superpowers to fight back? Featuring appearances by the entire Super-Family!
Writer Michael Dorn (the voice of Steel in Superman: The Animated Series) teams up with artist Sami Basri (Harley Quinn, Catwoman) to bring you the next chapter of Steel's saga! Collects Steelworks #1-6 plus a story from
Action Comics #1054-1056.
52 VOLUME ONE (2024 EDITION)
Written by GEOFF JOHNS, GRANT MORRISON, GREG RUCKA, and MARK WAID
Art by KEITH GIFFEN, JOE BENNETT, EDDY BARROWS, CHRIS BATISTA, and more
Cover by J.G. JONES and ALEX SINCLAIR
$49.99 US | 584 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-585-7
ON SALE 5/7/24
DC's groundbreaking publication of the weekly comic 52 tells the story of a "missing" year in the DC UniverseÑin real-time. The cataclysmic events of Infinite Crisis have left the world without its three biggest iconsÑSuperman,
Batman, and Wonder WomanÑand the question is asked: Who will stand up in their absence? Collects 52 #1-26.
MAY 14:
ACTION COMICS #1065
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant covers by JORGE JIMƒNEZ, PAOLO RIVERA, and IVAN TALAVERA
1:25 variant cover by MARK SPEARS
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/14/24
HOUSE OF BRAINIAC PART THREE
Superman and Lobo have their hands full with Brainiac's Lobo army, so it's up to Supergirl and Conner Kent to stop Brainiac himself! It's an impossible battle, but they are joined by some unexpected and deadly allies!
SUICIDE SQUAD: DREAM TEAM #3
Written by NICOLE MAINES
Art and cover by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA
Variant covers by SWEENEY BOO and RAFAEL SARMENTO
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/14/24
No one just gets out from under the thumb of Amanda Waller, and it's looking like Dreamer is no exception! But a surprise pair of allies decide to risk it all and play hero, helping Dreamer escape Waller's clutchesÉnow they just have to escape the plane they're stuck in and prevent a bloody assault on Gamorra. Should be easy, right?
SINISTER SONS #4
Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by DAVID LAFUENTE
Variant covers by JONBOY MEYERS and SERG ACU„A
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/14/24
Will the Sinister Sons be digested by the great Space Whale?! Will the Sinister Sons defeat Spaceman Joe?! Will the Sinister Sons' duel against the Piratesites end in disaster?! Get ready this month for all the four-color adventures of Sinson and Lor-Zod as the boys try to be as bad as their dads!
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by GLEB MELNIKOV, BRUNO REDONDO, DAN JURGENS, and more
Cover by JAMAL CAMPBELL
$16.99 US | 176 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-504-8
ON SALE 5/14/24
The Man of Steel is challenged like never before when the menace called "The Chained" is freed from deep beneath Supercorp!
Why did Lex Luthor imprison this mysterious foe there in the first place? And will even super-powered armor be enough to give an outmatched Superman the upper hand? Plus, new threats from a transformed Brainiac, the Lex
Luthor Revenge Squad, and Luthor's mother and... daughter?!
This acclaimed new chapter in Superman's adventures teams all-star writer Joshua Williamson (Batman and Robin) with artists Bruno Redondo (Eisner Award winner for Nightwing), Gleb Melnikov (Batman/Superman), and Dan Jurgens (The Death of Superman)! Collects Superman #6-12.
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN BY GEORGE PÉREZ (2024 EDITION)
Written by GEORGE PÉREZ, ROGER STERN, and others
Art and cover by GEORGE PEREZ
$49.99 US | 448 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-587-1
ON SALE 5/14/24
The 1980s Superman stories by celebrated writer and artist George Pérez are collected in a complete hardcover volume! These tales include a face-off with Brainiac, a team-up with O.M.A.C., the start of Superman's New 52 adventures, and much more. Collects DC Comics Presents #61, Action Comics ##643-645 and #647-652, Action Comics Annual #2, and Superman #1-6 (2011 series).
MAY 21:
SUPERMAN #14
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant covers by SALVADOR LARROCA, DAVE JOHNSON,
and CARLA COHEN
1:25 variant cover by CHUMA HILL
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/21/24
HOUSE OF BRAINIAC PART FOUR
DING, DING, DINGÉSUPERMAN AND LOBOÉFIGHT?!
The partnership was shaky at best, but now it's exploded! Lobo has betrayed Superman, and it's on now! Even if they stop punching each other long enough to save the dayÉit's too late! Brainiac has what he needsÉand the Brainiac Queen is ALIVE.
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD'S FINEST #27
Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by JEFF DEKAL and RAMîN PƒREZ
1:25 variant cover by KERON GRANT
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/21/24
It's an IMP-losion of global proportions! As Mxy and Bat-Mite flee the dreaded Doom-Mite of the fifth dimension, Batman and Superman must travel to the fifth dimension to do battle within a dimension of omnipotent mayhem! All this, plus the march of the Legion of Doom-Mites and an absolutely ADORABLE weapon of mass destruction in this startling second installment of the latest World's Finest epic!
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #2 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by MARV WOLFMAN
Art by GEORGE PƒREZ and DICK GIORDANO
Cover by GEORGE PƒREZ
Foil variant cover by GEORGE PƒREZ
Blank variant cover
$3.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 5/21/24
Already 1,000 universes have died, and the Monitor has summoned a group of 15 heroes and villains in a race against and through time to save this one. Part two of the epic storyline is faithfully reproduced and represented in this facsimile edition.
Written by TOM TAYLOR and NICOLE MAINES
Art by CIAN TORMEY, CLAYTON HENRY, RUAIRê COLEMAN, and more
Cover by TRAVIS MOORE and TAMRA BONVILLAIN
$16.99 US | 136 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-497-3
ON SALE 5/21/24
Jonathan Kent has faced many challenges on the way to becoming Superman, but what will he do when faced with metahuman bombs? Jon and his journalist boyfriend Jay must unravel the secrets of dictator Henry Bendix's "Rising" before all the heroes of the DCU fall before the explosive threat. The mysterious heroine called Dreamer foresees a horrible outcome to the battle that's comingÉbut does that prediction also hold the key to Superman avoiding that terrible fate? Jon, Jay, and the super-activists called the Revolutionaries attack Bendix head-on, with Bendix's technology turning friends and loved ones into deadly foes! Collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #11-15.
MAY 28:
POWER GIRL #9
Written by LEAH WILLIAMS
Art by EDUARDO PANSICA and JòLIO FERREIRA
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
Variant covers by TONY S. DANIEL and DAVID TALASKI
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/28/24
Hey Power Girl, come out to play!
With the Czarnians seizing control of Power Girl's Metropolis neighborhood, Crush offers herself up as a diplomat to reason with her unreasonable relatives. But these aliens are as corrupt as they are crude and decide they'll just add Crush their growing number of hostages. Can Power Girl save the day solo, or will she fall prey to Goblin and intergalactic biker gang?
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by DANIEL SAMPERE, JIM CHEUNG, JACK HERBERT, and more
Cover by DANIEL SAMPERE and ALEJANDRO SçNCHEZ
$19.99 US | 320 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-518-5
ON SALE 5/28/24
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League are dead. The remaining heroes are left to protect the world from an onslaught of violent attacks by DC's greatest villains! Can these heroes step up to form a new Justice League? And will that be enough to stop a darkness greater than anything they've ever faced? From Joshua Williamson and Daniel Sampere, this blockbuster event picks up story threads from the classic Crisis on Infinite Earths while also planting the seeds for the Dawn of DC! Collects Justice League #75 and Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths #0-7.