Can The Man Of Steel Count On Ronanto’s Help Before It’s Too Late in Superman: Book Of El #5

By Chad Burdette

 on January 6, 2026

Fan-favorite Future State: Superman: House of El creators Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Scott Godlewski reunite to conclude the events of Future State and Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Action Comics, the next epic adventure continues here as Brainiac returns in a terrifying new form in Adventures of Superman: The Book of El #4

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Lucio Parrillo Variant Cover:

Superman: Book Of El #5

Kryl-Ux has unleashed a Sun-Eater in the heart of Lanternholm: the galaxy’s only safehaven for the Lightborn people, and the reason for the rift between Ronan and Rowan Kent, who left Earth to become Lanternholm’s guardian.

Superman has arrived just in time, but survival comes with a heartbreaking cost. And Ronan has started receiving information from a dark source

Creative Team

• Writer: Phillip Kennedy Johnson
• Artist: Scott Godlewski
• Colorist: Alex Guimarães
• Letterer: Dave Sharpe
• Cover Artist: Scott Godlewski and Alex Guimarães
• Variant Cover Artists: Saowee; Lucio Parrillo; Corin Howell
• Group Editor: Paul Kaminski
• Editor: Kathleen Wisneski
• Assistant Editor: Jillian Grant
• Format: Limited Series
• Cover Price/Page Count: $3.99/32 pages

Can the Man Of Steel continue to count on Ronanto help save Osul-Ra and Otho-Ra before it’s too late in Superman: Book Of El #5, on shelves and digital platforms January 7, 2026, from DC Comics