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Action Comics 1049 (Cover A)

ACTION COMICS #1049

Cover Date: January 2023
Cover Price: $4.99
Publication Date: 2022-11-

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Cover Credits:
Art: Steve Beach (signed)


Variant Covers:
Cover B
Art: Nathan Szerdy (signed)
Cover C
(1:25 Variant)
Art: Mario Foccillo (signed)
Colors: Prasad Rao (signed)
Cover D
('90 Rewind Variant)
Art: Roger Cruz (signed)
Colors: Mat Lopes (signed)

Story: "Kal-El Returns, Chapter Five: The Fight Ahead" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPhillip Kennedy Johnson
ArtMike Perkins
ColorsLee Loughridge
LetteringDave Sharpe
Assistant editingJillian Grant
EditingPaul Kaminski

Feature Character(s):

Superman (appears in Superman: Son of Kal-El #18 in between pages 12 and 13)

Guest Star(s):

Manchester Black (last in issue #1047)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (appears in Superman: Son of Kal-El #18 in between pages 12 and 13)
Osul-Ra
Otho-Ra
Bibbo Bibbowski
Perry White (last in ???)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor
Desaad (next in ???)
Kalibak (next in ???)
Metron (next in ???)
Orion (next in ???)

Guest Appearance(s):

Darling (last in issue #1047)
Orphan (last in issue #1047)

Other Character(s):

Metallo

Location(s):

Multiverse
Universe-0
Space Sector 2814
Earth-0
Metropolis
Metropolis Zoo
Stryker's Island
Warworld

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.
Two days pass in between pages 12 and 13.

Solicitation:

KAL-EL RETURNS PART 5-THE EPIC CROSSOVER BETWEEN ACTION COMICS AND SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL CONTINUES! We're only one month away from the mammoth Action Comics #1050, and tensions between the Super-Family and Lex Luthor have never been higher. Meanwhile, in the Fortress of Solitude, Steel, Supergirl, and Kong Kenan repel an alien invasion!


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Second Story: "Red Moon, Part Three" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPhillip Kennedy Johnson
ArtDavid Lapham
ColorsTrish Mulvihill
LetteringDave Sharpe
Assistant editingJillian Grant
EditingPaul Kaminski

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in issue #1048/2; next in issue #1047)
Thao-La (last in issue #1048/2)

Villain(s):

Chaytil Ironbled (last in issue #1048/2)
Warzoons (last in issue #1048/2)
Kryl-Ux (last in Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1)

Location(s):

Earth
United States of America
Metropolis
Warworld

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue.
Weeks pass in between pages 7 and 8.


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