Warning: Potential SPOILERS for Action Comics #1054Starting this April Steel, a.k.a. John Henry Irons, will be getting his own featured story in Action Comics. Steel's new era is about to begin as DC launches its revamped line of Superman books.
DC's flagship title, Action Comics, will be getting a new three-part form starting with issue #1051. With Power Girl's story set to conclude this March, Steel will be taking over her slot starting with issue #1054. According to the April solicitation information: "A new era for John Henry Irons begins in 'Steel Forged' part 1!" Though there's little other information about Steel's story, the issue comes with multiple covers featuring John Henry's niece, Natasha Irons. The rest of the solicitation reads as follows:
ACTION COMICS #1054
- Written by PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON, DAN JURGENS, and DORADO QUICK
- Art by RAFA SANDOVAL, DAN JURGENS, and YASMIN FLORES MONTANEZ
- Cover by STEVE BEACH
- Variant cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
- Super-workout connecting variant (part 1 of 4) by DAVID TALASKI
- 1:25 variant cover by YASMIN FLORES MONTANEZ
- 1:50 foil variant cover by STEVE BEACH
- Superman variant cover by IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA
- $4.99 US | 48 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
- ON SALE 4/25/23
- As Superman and Natasha Irons race to save Steel from the newly transformed Metallo, the Super-Twins are lost—and alone—against the nightmarish threat of the Necrohive! How will Lois and the House of El find them? Plus, learn the shocking identity of the mysterious “ghost in the machine” behind Metallo’s transformation as he and Superman face each other in an epic rematch for the ages!
- Plus: A new era for John Henry Irons begins in "Steel Forged" part 1! And Dan Jurgens explores the not-too-distant-past world of "Lois and Clark 2" in a bold new interlude!
Steel Deserves a Place to Shine in Superman's New Era
"Warworld Saga" story, John Henry helped Superman and his niece Natasha save the people of Warworld using his engineering skills from the Fortress of Solitude.
Though readers don't yet know many details about Steel's new story in the pages of Action Comics, it's exciting to know that he'll be the next Superman ally to get his own spotlight in the series' new format. There are few characters in Metropolis deserving of that spotlight—and that's saying something, as the Superman Family begins to step up and serve their city in an even more devoted capacity in 2023.
Steel's "new era" is a thrilling prospect, and hopefully readers will learn more about his specific place in DC's revamped Metropolis. Wherever John Henry Irons ends up in this story, he will surely be ing Superman and their other friends just as staunchly as Steel always has.
Check out Action Comics #1054, available April from DC Comics!
