Posted By Dan Greenfield on Aug 22, 2026 | 6 comments

Coming soon to Action Comics…

Mark Waid and co. have been doing a marvelous job reimagining Clark Kent’s years as Superboy for a little more than a year now in Action Comics, taking a concept that always stretched credibility — even in a world where people fly and shoot lasers from their eyes — and making it plausible and accessible, while maintaining the Boy of Steel’s inherent charm.

Waid is taking on Superman’s greatest adversary next, beginning in October’s Action #1103, with Lex Luthor: Year One, which given the pedigree, promises to be just as compelling.

But what really caught my eye was this dazzling Ryan Sook variant cover for November’s Action Comics #1104, which simultaneously pays tribute to Luthor’s Bronze Age jumpsuit — still a fan-favorite — and Jerry Ordway’s majestic cover for 1986’s Adventures of Superman #424 (which in turn riffed on Fred Ray’s classic Superman #14 cover from 1941).

Dig this:

And here’s the newly released solicitation info, followed by the other covers unveiled so far:

ACTION COMICS #1104

Written by MARK WAID
Art by PATRICIO DELPECHE
Cover by CHRIS BRUNNER
Variant covers by RYAN SOOK and MANNY VINCENT CARBONILLA
Foil variant cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
Watchmen 40th Anniversary variant by MAHMUD ASRAR

“Lex Luthor: Year One” continues! Young Clark Kent gains a new best friend as Lex Luthor moves back to Smallville—but will Clark’s influence be enough to turn Lex to the straight and narrow?

$4.99 US | 32 Pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 11/11/26

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Main cover by Chris Brunner

Variant by Manny Vincent Carbonilla

Variant by Mike del Mundo

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