Kevin Rossi
This week in the DC flagship titles ACTION COMICS & DETECTIVE COMICS:
- War rages on between Superman and Metallo in ACTION COMICS #1053
- Batman goes head-to-head with an Azmer demon in DETECTIVE COMICS #1070
ACTION COMICS #1053
Action Comics #1053 continues with the new format for DC’s most action-packed title, offering not one, not two, but three epic adventures of Superman and the entire Super-Family!
You can check out Comic Watch’s most recent Action Comics review here: Action Comics #1052 – Enter Metallo!
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Lucio Parrillo Shazam! Fury of the Gods Movie Card Stock Variant Cover:
Eleonora Carlini International Women’s Day Cardstock Variant Cover:
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ACTION COMICS #1053
UNMADE
“No livin’ thing’s supposed to have power like this. No matter how blue your eyes are or how pretty your face is, you’re just as much a monster as me.”
War rages on between Metropolis’s two men of steel, Superman and Metallo! As Metallo’s new body continues to evolve in unexpected and nightmarish ways, the voice of his “operating system” has been changing too, testing the limits of his sanity. Finally, when his alien tech takes on a life of its own and infects the most violent members of the Blue Earth movement, the resultant abominations target Superman’s greatest strength and greatest weakness: his family! Introducing the first appearance of the Necrohive!
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer: Dan Jurgens; Phillip Kennedy Johnson; Leah Williams
- Artist(s): Marguerite Sauvage; Rafa Sandoval; Lee Weeks
- Colorist(s): Elizabeth Breitweiser; Matt Herms
- Letterer(s): Dave Sharpe; Rob Leigh; Becca Carey
- Cover Artist: Steve Beach
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Rafa Sandoval; Lee Weeks; Matt Herms; Steve Beach; Eleonora Carlini; Lucio Parrillo; Nathan Szerdy; Will Jack
- Editor: Paul Kaminski; Brittany Holzherr
- Assistant Editor: Jillian Grant
- Format: Ongoing
- Cover Price/Page Count: $4.99/48-pages
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DETECTIVE COMICS #1070
Detective Comics continues with writer Ram V (Catwoman, The Many Deaths of Laila Starr) and artist Stefano Raffaele in this week’s Detective Comics #1070, which finds Batman facing an Azmer demon.
Comic Watch’s Review: Detective Comics #1069: All Players Regroup in the Game for Control of Gotham
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Travis Moore Shazam! Fury of the Gods Movie Card Stock Variant Cover:
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DETECTIVE COMICS #1070
GOTHAM NOCTURNE, ACT I – PART V / ABSOLUTE, PART OF 3
The gothic opera crashes into a crescendo as Batman goes head-to-head with an Azmer demon…unaware that it is someone in Bruce Wayne’s life. Meanwhile, a mysterious team called the Vigil arrives to investigate the Azmer sightings—but who are the Vigil, and are they on Batman’s side? Then, in the backup: With Mrs. Freeze only a pale image of the woman Victor Fries fell in love with—what is he to do now to save her?
CREATIVE TEAM
- Writer(s): Ram V. & Si Spurrier
- Artist(s): Stefano Raffaele; Caspar Wijngaard
- Colorist(s): Adriano Lucas
- Letterer(s): Ariana Maher; Steve Wands
- Cover Artist: Evan Cagle
- Variant Cover Artist(s): Ivan Reis; Brad Anderson; John Kalisz; Danny Miki; Michelle Madsen; Kelley Jones; Travis Moore; Seb Mckinnon
- Editor: Jessica Chen
- Associate Editor: Arianna Turturro
- Format: Ongoing
- Cover Price/Page Count: $4.99/40 pages
ACTION COMICS #1053 & DETECTIVE COMICS #1070 arrive on shelves and digital platforms on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, from DC Comics.
