Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 12:32:48 GMT -5
And his run (after the short story in ACTION #1000) officially begins with a weekly 6-issue MAN OF STEEL miniseries. (I'm wondering if John Byrne is just cosplaying as Bendis here, for some reason )
Fantastic group of artists. Not crazy about SUPERMAN relaunching, but they're keeping ACTION's numbering so I don't...mind as much...
Brian Michael Bendis‘ first full-time work for DC Comics will be to kick off Man of Steel, a six-issue weekly miniseries. Bendis’ Superman tale will be illustrated by a who’s who of artists, including Ivan Reis, Evan “Doc” Shaner, Ryan Sook, Kevin Maguire, Adam Hughes and Jason Fabok. The series, announced this morning via an interview with Forbes, is slated to debut Wednesday, May 30; a prelude chapter illustrated by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez will arrive May 2 in the DC Nation #0 preview sampler.
Following the miniseries, Bendis will write both Superman and Action Comics. The former will relaunch with a new #1, while Action will continue its numbering, with Bendis’ first issue being Action Comics #1001.
Bendis’ first DC Comics work overall will be a ten-page Superman story in Action Comics #1000, illustrated by Jim Lee. “It’s not just some random backup story or flight of fancy,” Bendis told Forbes. “It is a major chapter in what we’re doing, with some really big bombs we’re dropping in Superman’s life — and two of them happen right there in Action Comics #1000. So it’s a huge tease of what we’re doing and what’s coming up in Superman’s life.”
Reis and Joe Prado will provide all six covers for the series, which will connect to form a single image. You can see the pencils for the first four covers, below.
“[Man of Steel is] telling the giant new story that’s the status quo, what’s going to be going on with Superman and Metropolis and everything around him,” Bendis said of the project. “Again, it’s following up on the big bombs we drop not only in Action Comics #1000, but following up all of those beats and digging in even deeper.”
Following the miniseries, Bendis will write both Superman and Action Comics. The former will relaunch with a new #1, while Action will continue its numbering, with Bendis’ first issue being Action Comics #1001.
Bendis’ first DC Comics work overall will be a ten-page Superman story in Action Comics #1000, illustrated by Jim Lee. “It’s not just some random backup story or flight of fancy,” Bendis told Forbes. “It is a major chapter in what we’re doing, with some really big bombs we’re dropping in Superman’s life — and two of them happen right there in Action Comics #1000. So it’s a huge tease of what we’re doing and what’s coming up in Superman’s life.”
Reis and Joe Prado will provide all six covers for the series, which will connect to form a single image. You can see the pencils for the first four covers, below.
“[Man of Steel is] telling the giant new story that’s the status quo, what’s going to be going on with Superman and Metropolis and everything around him,” Bendis said of the project. “Again, it’s following up on the big bombs we drop not only in Action Comics #1000, but following up all of those beats and digging in even deeper.”
Fantastic group of artists. Not crazy about SUPERMAN relaunching, but they're keeping ACTION's numbering so I don't...mind as much...