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It’s the end of an era for DC in June 2024, with the final full month of the 'Dawn of DC' — and, in what might be an even bigger deal, perhaps the end of Batman’s inner conflict, as well, as the hero faces off against his dark doppelgänger one last time. But if everything’s ending, what happens next…? That would be the oncoming event that is Absolute Power, in which Amanda Waller puts her master plan into action and tries to save the DC Universe from… itself…? As if that weren’t enough, Nightwing’s origin is getting the anniversary treatment, and longtime Superman villain Brainiac is coming clean about his new origin.

The Superman family of titles aren’t immune from June's lingering sense of closure; June sees the end of the three-month-long House of Brainiac storyline, which is going to have pretty big repercussions across the DCU… and not just because there’s an army of Lobos running amok as the result of the green-skinned alien’s meddling with otherworldly cultures. Yes, this is also leading into Absolute Power, too. We’d tell you more, but why not just read what DC has planned for Superman in June 2024 for yourself by reading on?

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #28

Written by MARK WAID
Art and cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by NATHAN SZERDY and FELIPE MASSAFERA
1:25 variant cover by MATT TAYLOR
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 6/18/24
Something is destroying the fifth dimension—and if an army of evil imps can obliterate all the joy and life from an entire reality, what chance do Superman and Batman stand against it? A multitude of DC guest stars—and their fifth-dimensional counterparts—join the World’s Finest duo in a last-ditch attempt to save Earth from the ultimate darkness!

MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN #1

Written by JOSIE CAMPBELL
Art by PABLO M. COLLAR
Cover by CARLI SQUITIERI
Variant cover by GAVIN GUIDRY
Variant cover by RILEY ROSSMO
Blank sketch variant
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 6/4/24
Flying from the screen to the page, it’s Superman! Picking up from the explosive end of season one, Clark’s about to spend Christmas alone in Metropolis. Though he’s feeling a bit down and out, a tip about a monster in the sewers sends Superman, Lois, and Jimmy into action! But what is this monster that can absorb anything it touches, and why is it here in Metropolis? Written by the head writer of My Adventures with Superman, Josie Campbell, and drawn by Pablo M. Collar, this series brings the hit show to your hands with an all-new adventure!

ACTION COMICS #1066

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant covers by JORGE JIMÉNEZ and PAOLO RIVERA
1:25 variant cover by MARK SPEARS
DC Pride variant cover by BETSY COLA
$4.99 US | 40 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 6/18/24
HOUSE OF BRAINIAC Part Five! THE BRAINIAC QUEEN IS ALIVE! Now that Brainiac has created his masterpiece, all bets are off, and Superman and his family are witness to a cosmic horror unlike anything they’ve ever seen. As we learn the true history of Brainiac, the main man, Lobo, must choose what side he is on before all hell breaks loose!

SUPERMAN #15

Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art and cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant covers by STJEPAN ŠEJIĆ, JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY, and MIGUEL MERCADO
1:25 variant cover by DANNY EARLS
DC Pride variant cover by ANGEL SOLORZANO
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 6/25/24
HOUSE OF BRAINIAC Part Six! FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BRAINIAC! Superman and Lex have figured out how to stop Brainiac and his Queen, but it will take a great sacrifice. Can they do the unthinkable to save their family and friends? This all leads directly into DC’s summer event…ABSOLUTE POWER!

POWER GIRL #10

Written by LEAH WILLIAMS
Art by EDUARDO PANSICA and JÚLIO FERREIRA
Cover by YANICK PAQUETTE
Variant covers by NICOLA SCOTT and DAXIONG
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 6/25/24
Break out! Power Girl joins the Holliday Girls in this action-packed “House of Brainiac” tie-in! Goblin and his goons may have the neighborhood, but they’ll never break the spirit of our local hero and her new allies. With the biker gangs brawling, it’s now up to Crush and Paige to shut the Czarnians down for good. Can the power of brains, brawn, and beauty prevail?

SINISTER SONS #5

Written by PETER J. TOMASI
Art and cover by VASCO GEORGIEV
Variant cover by RAMÓN PÉREZ
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 6/11/24
AVAST, YE SWABS! The Sinister Sons continue their galactic melee on a mission to Korugar to confront Sinestro and prove once and for all that Sinson is the one true heir to the throne of fear and power in the galaxy. But to make it there, the boys will need to walk the plank in a battle for their lives against a ship of ruffian space pirates! Pull up a buccaneer and hold onto your poop decks to find out what happens next!

KNEEL BEFORE ZOD #6

Written by JOE CASEY
Art by DAN McDAID
Cover by JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER
Variant covers by LUCIO PARRILLO and IAN CHURCHILL
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 6/4/24
DC’s darkest cosmic drama continues! General Zod has a new army to command! But as his own soldiers plot a bloody mutiny, a mysterious and murderous force is let loose aboard their vessel—the Emerald Eye of Ekron! But where is its master?

SUPERMAN: LOST

Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Art by CARLO PAGULAYAN, LEE WEEKS, JASON PAZ, and others
Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN and JASON PAZ
$24.99 US | 248 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-741-7
ON SALE 8/13/24
A stunning collection of one of the most thought-provoking Superman stories of all time! When Superman comes home from what seemed like a routine mission, Lois Lane thinks he’s only been gone for a few hours, but, in fact, the Man of Steel has spent twenty years returning from the deepest reaches of space! Lois tries to ease her husband back into a life he’s nearly forgotten, but Clark has a very different agenda: finding a way back to the distant world he barely escaped…to finish a seemingly impossible job for Superman! The Eisner Award-nominated Deathstroke team of Christopher Priest and Carlo Pagulayan reunite for a Superman epic unlike any other. Collects Superman: Lost #1-10.

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST VOL. 3: ELEMENTARY

Written by MARK WAID
Art by DAN MORA and EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
Cover by DAN MORA
$17.99 US | 168 pages | 6 5/8" x 10 3/16" | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-77952-978-7
ON SALE 7/30/24
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS METAMORPHO? In the pages of World’s Finest, Batman, Robin, and Superman have traversed some of the DCU’s most iconic locations and teamed up with the likes of the Teen Titans, the Doom Patrol, and Supergirl, but nothing compares to the search for Rex Mason, a.k.a. Metamorpho, the Element Man! It’s the World’s Finest’s strangest adventure! Plus, a date between Robin…and Supergirl?! Mark Waid and Dan Mora continue to craft instantly classic stories featuring the Caped Crusader and the Man of Steel in this third installment collecting Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #12-17.

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