Tag: Superman: The Stranger

Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Alex Ross turns the Marvel Universe inside out in ‘Marvel Dimensions’

See what comics and graphic novels are arriving at your local comic shop this week by Jared Cullum, Darcy Van Poelgeest, Derek Kolstad, Alex Maleev, Kyle Higgins, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Niko Henrichon, Steve Skroce, Paulina Ganucheau, Wes Craig, Weird Al Yankovic, Marina Lisa Komiya and more.

Welcome to Can’t Wait for Wednesday, your guide to what’s coming to your local comic shop this week.

I’ve pulled out some of the highlights for this week below, but for the complete list of everything you might find at your local comic shop and on digital this week, you’ll want to check out one or more of the following:

As a reminder, things can change and what you find on the above lists may differ from what’s actually arriving in your local shop. So check with your retailer to see what’s arriving at their shop this week.

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Wes Craig reimagines Superman’s early days in ‘Superman: The Stranger’

The Black Label series strips Superman down to his ‘Action Comics’ #1 roots.

Wes Craig is going old school on Superman in a new Black Label series. DC has announced Superman: The Stranger, a six-issue series arriving in September.

“Superman is my favorite hero. Always has been,” Craig said. “The version I love the most and the one that I think, strangely, reflects our modern world best, is the original. You strip away the extra powers, you strip away Ma and Pa Kent, and Smallville and Krypton, you boil it down to that explosive first issue of Action Comics, and you have this vital, powerful myth of a brash young man with incredible powers fighting against a corrupt city. That’s the story I want to tell.”

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