First Look: Bendis’ Action Comics #1,001, Superman #1

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DC Comics has released an advance look at its July 2018 solicitations for writer Brian Michael Bendis’ first issues of Action Comics and Superman 

Superman #1 puts Superman on a mission to extract Earth from the Phantom Zone, while Action Comics #1,001 focuses on trouble in Metropolis.

Here’s the full solicitation text for both issues, along with their covers.

SUPERMAN #1
written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
art and cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
variant cover by ADAM HUGHES
variant cover by DAVID MACK

A bold new chapter for the greatest superhero of all time begins here as the superstar team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Ivan Reis begin their run on the all-new SUPERMAN! The fallout from the Man of Steel miniseries has Clark Kent looking at the world through new eyes…with new ideas about what Superman could and should do for the city of Metropolis and the planet Earth. His first job? Getting the planet back out of the Phantom Zone!
ON SALE 07.11.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T

ACTION COMICS #1,001 
written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
art and cover by PATRICK GLEASON
variant cover by FRANCIS MANAPUL
variant cover by DAVID MACK
Acclaimed writer Brian Michael Bendis’ new chapter for the Man of Steel and the world of tomorrow begins here! The devastating repercussions from the Man of Steel miniseries still reverberate as Metropolis enters a new age! The Daily Planet teeters on the brink of disaster! A new criminal element has made its way onto the streets of Superman’s hometown! The longest- running superhero comic of all time explodes off the page with art by fan favorite Patrick Gleason.
ON SALE 07.25.18
$3.99 US | 32 PAGES
FC | RATED T