Summary
- DC Comics continues its Superman Superstars initiative in Action Comics #1067.
- “Superman and the Challenge from the Stars” features Clark taking on an alien threat in his early career.
- Simone and Barrows craft a story echoing Superman’s Golden Age, promising fun and action in new arc.
The Man of Steel is getting in touch with his past in a new story set in the early part of Superman's career. DC Comics' Superman Superstars initiative continues in Action Comics by bringing an exciting new creative team together for a story that gives a new look at the Big Blue Boy Scout's humble beginnings.
2024's Superman Superstars initiative. Starting with Action Comics #1067, Gail Simone and Eddy Barrows are uniting with Danny Miki, Rex Lokus and Dave Sharpe for “Superman and the Challenge from the Stars".
Set in the early stages of Superman's public career, an alien race turns the Earth into a battle arena, forcing Superman to take on the threat alone. Action Comics #1067 will feature a standard cover by Eddy Barrows with variants by Wes Craig, Pablo Villalobos, and Ben Oliver.
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Simone and Barrows’ story is a good way to take Clark back to where it all began and see how much or how little has changed about the icon.
In 2023, DC Comics announced that it had a bold new plan for the Man of Steel's flagship title called the Superman Superstars initiative. Rather than one creative team, Action Comics would see four different creative teams throughout the year, each one lasting for three issues. The initiative launched with Action Comics #1061 and featured Jason Aaron and John Timms, telling their twisted "I, Bizarro" story. Currently, Joshua Williamson and Rafa Sandoval are using their time on the title to cross over with the main Superman series to tell the epic "House of Brainiac" story.
In a statement, Simone relayed her excitement for the story saying it's "deliberately meant to echo my all-time favorite Superman time period" and that it's "unapologetically huge in scope and fun as hell". “Superman and the Challenge from the Stars" is meant to be a story set in Superman's early career, and it seems to take that literally. On Barrows' and Craig's covers, Clark's costume features a Superman shield with a black background, one he briefly wore decades ago. Simone and Barrows seem to be crafting a story that truly channels the fun and action of Superman's Golden Age period.
Created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, Superman famously debuted in 1938's Action Comics #1 — a title that has been published continuously, over the course of multiple volumes, for well over one thousand issues.
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Action Comics is where Superman got his start and many of his early adventures were huge battles that pitted him against some of the most dangerous forces around. Simone and Barrows’ story is a good way to take Clark back to where it all began and see how much or how little has changed about the icon. The Superman Superstars initiative promised big and bold plans for Superman and this new three-issue epic sounds like the perfect way of keeping that energy going.
Action Comics #1067 is available on July 10th from DC Comics.
