Comics Author Dan Slott Is Going Up, Up, and Away to DC and Superman

This 12 months marks a big change within the air for Superman. Together with James Gunn’s upcoming movie, DC Comics is providing an enormous shakeup to the established order, and with a giant get from its distinguished competitors: like Brian Michael Bendis earlier than him, Dan Slott, a longtime author for Marvel’s Spider-Man and Implausible 4 comics, will tackle the Man of Metal.

Slott will crew with artist Rafael Albuquerque and colorist Marcelo Maiolo on Superman Limitless, a brand new month-to-month comedian set to kick off in Could. Billed as a “driving power” for what’s to be a “Summer season of Superman,” the e book kicks off with an asteroid full of Inexperienced Kryptonite crash-landing on Earth. Naturally, this kicks off an arms race for the prison underworld, and events like Intergang are very eager to get their palms on Superman’s largest weak point.

For Superman, he’ll regulate to this new paradigm shift by “forging new alliances, new tech and new ways.” Issues are additionally altering for his pals and family members on the Every day Planet. After merging with Morgan Edge’s Galaxy Communications, the outlet has grow to be a multimedia platform that prominently options characters that’ll be the movie—like Jimmy, Steve Lombard, and Cat Grant—and likewise features a new IT specialist in Tee-nah, King Solovar’s goddaughter from Gorilla Metropolis. In a press release to DC, Slott mentioned he, Albuquerque, and Maiolo will “take Superman—and also you—to locations you’ll need to escape to each month. Thousands and thousands of peculiar concepts for him, Lois, the supporting solid, traditional rogues, and all-new pals and foes, too.”

Superman Limitless will kick off Could 21, and can be arrange with a “Zero Challenge” in DC’s Free Comedian E-book Day challenge on Could 3. In keeping with DC, the “Summer season of Superman” will embrace ongoing and restricted books for fellow Supers like Supergirl, Superboy, and Krypto.

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