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Last Son
"Last Son" is a five-issue comic book story arc featuring Superman in the monthly ''Action Comics''. It was written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, the director of the well-known 1978 film ''Superman (1978 film), Superman: The Movie'' and a portion of ''Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, Superman II'', with pencils by Adam Kubert. This story introduces the original character, Chris Kent (comics), Christopher Kent and adapts the classic Superman film villains, General Zod (his appearance modeled after the actor, Terence Stamp), Ursa (comics), Ursa and Non (DC Comics), Non into the regular DC Universe continuity. While General Zod debuted in ''Adventure Comics'' #283 (April 1961), the "Last Son" story arc makes the first in-continuity comic book appearance of Ursa (comics), Ursa and Non (DC Comics), Non. The arc's first three parts were published in ''Action Comics'' #844 through #846. The next parts were delayed to give Kubert sufficient recovery time from health problems he di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Comics
''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications, and later as National Comics Publications and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics. Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues. The second volume of ''Action Comics'' beginning with issue #1 ran from 2011 to 2016. ''Action Comics'' returned to its original numbering beginning with issue #957 (Aug. 2016). Publication history The Golden Age Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster saw their creation, Superman (also known as Kal-El, originally Kal-L), launched in Action Comics 1, ''Action Comics'' #1 on April 18, 1938 (cover dated June), an event which began the Golden Age of Comic Books. Siegel and Shuster had tried for years to find a publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
