The “Reign of the Superboys” saga which began earlier this month in Action Comics #1096 by Mark Waid and Skylar Patridge, found a young Superboy Clark Kent from the past colliding with today’s Justice League Unlimited.
This clash across time will bridge Superman’s earliest days with the present, while Martian Manhunter, Mary Marvel, and Booster Gold search for the missing Man of Tomorrow in the past.
Recent DC Comics News:
After the shocking events of DC K.O., Superman is missing, and guess who is finally got his chance in the spotlight: Superboy-Prime…
Reign Of The Superboys Reviews:
- Part 1: Action Comics #1096: Fish By Fish
- Part 3: Superman Unlimited #11: Reign of the Superboys
- Part 4: Superman #35: W.W.S.D.
- Part 5: Action Comics #1097: What’s Krypton?
- Part 7: Superman Unlimited #12: Beppo
- Part 8: Superman #37: Employee of the Month
- Part 9: Action Comics #1098: Sister Mary
- Part 11: Superman Unlimited #13: Super Monkey
- Part 12: Superman #38: Eat Your Heart Out, Zatanna
- Part 13: Action Comics #1099: The Simple Life
- Part 15: Superman Unlimited #14: Ultraboy
- Part 16: Superman #39: Comic Book Inception
- Part 18: Superman Unlimited #15: Battle of the Super Sons
Dragged kicking and screaming across past events, lost reboots, relaunches, and restarts in a wild ride across the DC Universe finds Prime facing Manchester Black for the soul of DC Comics in Superman #40
Superman #40
The villainous Manchester Black demands to be resurrected and thinks Superboy-Prime knows how to give him his life back.
But it’s more than that. Manchester Black wants to escape the world of comics and come to our world!
It’s meta versus meta!
If Prime survives, he will still have to deal with members of the Super-Family, who are not happy he wants to be Superman!
Creative Team
- Writer: Joshua Williamson
- Artist: Dan Mora
- Colorist: Alejandro Sánchez
- Letterer: Ariana Maher
- Cover Artist: Dan Mora
- Variant Cover Artists: S
- Editor: Paul Kaminski
- Assistant Editor: Jillian Grant
- Format: Ongoing
- Cover Price/Page Count: $4.99/32 pages
Prime faces Manchester Black for the soul of DC Comics in Superman #40 on shelves and digital platforms July 22, 2026, from DC Comics