{"id":30857,"date":"2024-04-17T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/?p=30857"},"modified":"2024-04-17T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T16:29:06","slug":"gail-simone-returns-to-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/gail-simone-returns-to-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gail Simone Returns To Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cSUPERMAN AND THE CHALLENGE FROM THE STARS\u201d!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SUPERMAN FIGHTS FOR TWO WORLDS!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gail Simone Returns to Superman, Joined by Superstar Artist Eddy Barrows, for a New Three-Part Action Comics<\/em> Arc Taking Place at the Beginning of the Man of Steel\u2019s Super Hero Career!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy advice to alien conquerors? Don\u2019t tug on Superman\u2019s cape!\u201d \u2014Gail Simone<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll I\u2019ve gotta say is\u2026 UP, UP AND AWAY!\u201d \u2014Eddy Barrows.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Action Comics\u00a0<\/em>#1067 main cover by Eddy Barrows, Danny Miki, and Tomeu Morey
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DC\u2019s 2024 Superman Superstars initiative within their Superman line of comics will continue from July to September with the all-star pairing of Gail Simone and Eddy Barrows announced as the next creative team on Action Comics<\/em>, telling a new Superman story taking place at the beginning of the Man of Steel\u2019s action-packed career. Simone and Barrows\u2019s story, \u201cSuperman and the Challenge from the Stars,\u201d follows arcs from Jason Aaron and John Timms (\u201cI, Bizarro\u201d) and Joshua Williamson and Rafa Sandoval (\u201cHouse of Brainiac\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love the classic Superman cast, and this story is deliberately meant to echo my all-time favorite Superman time period,\u201d said Simone. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to tell a quiet story of Superman in a diner; we wanted to have a massive threat, a war taking place all over the world, and only Superman could possibly protect his adopted planet. It is unapologetically huge in scope and fun as hell, with one of the best art teams I\u2019ve ever worked with\u2026Eddy Barrows, Danny Miki, and Rex Lokus on colors!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first of Simone and Barrows\u2019s three issues kicks off when a massively powerful alien race makes Earth their arena. Superman, DC\u2019s Man of Steel, must stand alone against impossible challenges that threaten locations all around the world and<\/em> the lives of those he loves. Action Comics<\/em> #1067 begins a not-to-be missed epic tale of Superman\u2019s strength, wit, and resourcefulness in an early stage of his public career!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor me talking about Action Comics<\/em> is something that goes beyond the title itself,\u201d shared Barrows. \u201cI remember when I was 7 years old, I was playing on the sidewalk, and suddenly I was run over by a truck, right there. I spent 3 days fighting for my life, and during that whole year that followed I remained in bed, doing lots of physiotherapy, lots of meds and exams. Going to the doctors was a very regular thing. And it was during that time that Superman came to my life, reading Action Comics<\/em>. Kal-El became a good friend of mine, making my days better. His adventures and his behavior were things that stuck with me! Reading his stories were the highlight of my days, for a 7-year-old recovering from an accident like I was. Back then I wouldn\u2019t have imagined that one day I would be helping to build his legacy: illustrating his stories. The stories of my all-time favorite superhero\u2026 SUPERMAN!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Action Comics<\/em> <\/em>#1067, #1068, and #1069 (July, August, and September) will be written by Gail Simone with art by Eddy Barrows, Danny Miki, Rex Lokus and Dave Sharpe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Action Comics\u00a0<\/em>#1067 foil variant cover by Eddy Barrows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Action Comics<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>#1067<\/span>\u00a0will have a main cover by Eddy Barrows, Danny Miki, and Tomeu Morey, and<\/span>\u00a0will also carry variant covers by Wes Craig, Pablo Villalobos, and Ben Oliver (1:25), on sale Wednesday, July 10. The main Eddy Barrows cover will also be released as a foil variant cover.<\/span><\/span>

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Action Comics\u00a0<\/em>#1067 variant cover by Ben Oliver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Action Comics\u00a0<\/em>#1067 variant cover by Wes Craig
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\u201cSUPERMAN AND THE CHALLENGE FROM THE STARS\u201d! SUPERMAN FIGHTS FOR TWO WORLDS! Gail Simone Returns to Superman, Joined by Superstar Artist Eddy Barrows, for a New Three-Part Action Comics Arc Taking Place at the Beginning of the Man of Steel\u2019s Super Hero Career! \u201cMy advice to alien conquerors? Don\u2019t tug on Superman\u2019s cape!\u201d \u2014Gail Simone \u201cAll I\u2019ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":30858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[26,139],"class_list":["post-30857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dc","tag-gail-simone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}