DC Reveal Superman Related May Solicitations
DC Comics have released a full list of Superman related comic book solicitations for May 2025.
SUPERMAN UNLIMITED #1
Written by DAN SLOTT
Art and cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
Variant covers by FRANK QUITELY, GABRIELE DELL’OTTO, LEINIL FRANCIS YU, and SEBA FIUMARA
1:25 variant cover by DAVE RAPOZA
1:50 variant cover by CHRISTIAN WARD
1:100 variant cover by FRANK QUITELY
1:250 variant cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
James Gunn Cameo variant cover by DAN MORA
Gold foil variant cover by SOZOMAIKA
Superman month variant cover by JIM LEE
Blank Sketch variant cover
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/21/25
The summer of Superman heats up with a brand-new ongoing series taking the DCU by storm! When an asteroid the size of Metropolis hurtles toward collision with planet Earth, the Justice League dispatches Superman to avert the crisis—but a sinister threat lurks within that will change the world like never before, and this danger glows green. The Last Son of Krypton must risk everything to save his adopted home, the very home which now tries to kill him, from complete destruction! The Man of Steel is poised to fly like never before in this new cornerstone series, brought to life by the dazzling DC debut of writer Dan Slott (The Superior Spider-Man) and renowned artist Rafael Albuquerque (All-Star Batman)!
ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN #7
Written by JASON AARON
Art by CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO
Cover by RAFA SANDOVAL
Variant covers by DAN PANOSIAN and LESLEY “LEIRIX” LI
1:25 variant cover by JORGE MOLINA
1:50 cover by DAN PANOSIAN
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 (card stock)
ON SALE 5/7/25
His stolen alien technology is at the heart of Lazarus Corp’s global success. But he operates out of a seedy lair, packed with bottled cities…cities he tortures relentlessly, just to hear the faint chorus of screams. Who is the mysterious Brainiac? And why is he so interested in the Last Son of Krypton?
SUPERMAN #26
Written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSON
Art by EDDY BARROWS and EBER FERREIRA
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by DERRICK CHEW, GUILLEM MARCH, and MARC ASPINALL 1:25 variant cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Supermash-up variant by RILEY ROSSMO
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/28/25
Superman is infected with red kryptonite! And after the shocking events of Superman #25 with Lex Luthor and Mercy Graves, Superman is possessed with a new kind of anger. Who will join Superwoman in protecting Metropolis from his rage?
SUPERGIRL #1
Written by SOPHIE CAMPBELL
Art and cover by SOPHIE CAMPBELL
Variant covers by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU, PABLO VILLALOBOS, and JOSHUA MIDDLETON
1:25 variant cover by BILQUIS EVELY
1:50 variant cover by W. SCOTT FORBES
Foil variant cover by STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU
Blank variant cover
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/14/25
Kara Zor-El has been a key member of the Super-Family in Metropolis, but what happens when she strikes out on her own? Follow Kara as she returns to her roots in Midvale…home of Supergirl! But how could this be?! Our hero has not been back in years, and the protector of that town has been saving the day for weeks. Can Supergirl stop the impostor before they steal her fresh start and life?
Celebrated writer/artist Sophie Campbell (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wet Moon) makes her mark on the DC Universe with this thrilling debut issue!
Plus a new costume designed by bestselling cover artist Stanley “Artgerm” Lau!
BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #39
Written by MARK WAID
Art by DAN MORA
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by LUCIO PARRILLO and ADRIÁN GUTIÉRREZ
1:25 variant cover by A.L. KAPLAN
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/21/25
“We Are Yesterday” Part Four (of six)
The Batman and Superman of yesterday…today?! As Gorilla Grodd’s vicious temporal onslaught upon the Justice League continues, the Dark Knight and Man of Steel from the time of the World’s Finest get a horrifying glimpse into their own futures…and the tragedies to come! It’s minute-by-minute mayhem in the epic new instalment of the “We Are Yesterday” crossover with Justice League Unlimited!
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #7
Written by MARK WAID
Art by TRAVIS MOORE
Cover by DAN MORA
Variant covers by TIAGO DA SILVA, EJIKURE, and YANICK PAQUETTE
1:25 variant cover by TRAVIS MOORE
1:50 variant cover by PHIL HESTER
AAPI Heritage Month variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
Supersmash-up variant by TK
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/28/25
“We Are Yesterday” Part Five (of six)
Unlimited no more?! The Justice League is fractured throughout time as the Legion of Doom achieves the unthinkable…the siege of the Watchtower! As Gorilla Grodd’s attack intensifies, it’ll be up to one hero to call in the cavalry, and it is not who you think! Destruction, redemption, and a cavalcade of chaos culminate in this penultimate chapter of “We Are Yesterday,” a special crossover with Batman/Superman: World’s Finest!
ACTION COMICS #1086
Written by G. WILLOW WILSON
Art by GAVIN GUIDRY
Cover by BRAD WALKER
Variant covers by DAVID TALASKI and CULLY HAMNER
1:25 variant cover by MARCIO TAKARA
AAPI Heritage Month Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
$4.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/14/25
Arctic attack! With Superman on the ropes, Kilg%re continues his fight against humanity with the help of the animals of the snow desert. Could our hero’s fortress hold the key to a victory? Find out in the thrilling finale of Superman Superstars!
MAD MAGAZINE #44
Written by THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS
Cover by AN IDIOT IN A CAPE
$5.99 US | 56 PGS
ON SALE 6/11/25
Spoof, ruckus, and humor in a jugular vein! MAD #44 uses comedic kryptonite to flatten your funny bone! This super issue takes your laughter up, up, and away with fabulous MAD favorites like “A MAD Look at…” by Sergio Aragonés, Spy Vs. Spy, plus more new content that will send you outta this world. Also, you can solve the new Fold-In by Johnny Sampson faster than a speeding bullet. So, get to your local comic shop in a single bound and scoop up the latest issue of MAD!
FIRE & ICE: WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER #2
Written by JOANNE STARER
Art by STEPHEN BYRNE
Variant covers by DAN MORA and AMY REEDER
$3.99 US | 32 pages | 2 of 6 | Variants $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/14/25
First their powers are stuck in the wrong bodies—Ice is shooting flames while Fire’s bringing early snow to Kansas. But then, during a chaotic night of karaoke, Fire makes a daring wish on a magic artifact she finds in Zatanna’s hat: get the right powers back in the right bodies. And her wish works…technically. Because now they’re body-swapped. And still stuck with the wrong powers. That’s right—it’s Freaky Friday for Fire and Ice!
SECRET SIX #3
Written by NICOLE MAINES
Art and cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
Variant covers by ARIEL OLIVETTI and LEIRIX
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variants $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/7/25
The Secret Six are hot on the trail of the deadly new Checkmate organization and the key to discovering the whereabouts of the captured super-secrets treasure trove…but their mission has brought them to the most perilous location imagin- able: a sleazy bar. But not just any sleazy bar—this is Club Classified, where the movers and shakers in government, super-villains, and any cross-section between those two meet to decide the fate of the world…and Checkmate is all up in there. Get ready for a bottle episode in more ways than one, as Deadshot, Dreamer, Catman, the Super Son, Black Alice, and Gossamer get up to get down
DC VS. VAMPIRES: WORLD WAR V #9
Written by MATTHEW ROSENBERG and SHANE McCARTHY Art by OTTO SCHMIDT and FÁFBIO VERAS
Cover by OTTO SCHMIDT
Variant covers by DANI and BJÖRN BARENDS
$4.99 US | 32 pages | 9 of 12 | Variants $5.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/14/25
With Darkseid’s hold on the planet growing tighter, the fragile alliance between heroes and vampires may not be strong enough to take him down. But as luck would have it, someone knows how to save humanity. Unfortunately, it’s the last person you want. Guided by Doctor Fate and the Phantom Stranger…it’s John Constantine to the rescue.
DC X SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #3
Written by IAN FLYNN
Art by ADAM BRYCE THOMAS
Cover by PABLO M. COLLAR
Variant cover by SERG ACUÑA
$3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock)
ON SALE 5/21/25
The Justice League is gone! Who will protect the Earth and beyond from the myriad of supervillains on the prowl? Enter Sonic the Hedgehog and his friends to pick up the slack! Watch as Sega’s iconic characters don the costumes of DC Comics’s finest and take on their greatest foes!
SUPERMAN VS. SHAZAM! ALL NEW COLLECTORS EDITION #58 FACSIMILE EDITION
Written by GERRY CONWAY
Art and cover by RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO
Foil variant cover by RICH BUCKLER and DICK GIORDANO ($16.99 US)$14.99 US | 72 pages
ON SALE 5/28/25
When the immortal Martian wizard Karmang seeks to resurrect
his long-dead race, he enlists Black Adam and the Quarrmer to capture the energy required—by annihilating Earth-One and Earth-S! To keep Superman and Captain Marvel from interfering with this plan, the two champions are set against one another. Now it’s the Man of Steel versus the World’s Mightiest Mortal—with the fate of two worlds in the balance!
SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS: PHANTOMS
Written by MARK WAID
Art by CLAYTON HENRY and MICHAEL SHELFER
Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
$24.99 US | 268 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Softcover| ISBN: 978-1-79950-212-8
ON SALE 7/15/25
The grim dimensional prison known as the Phantom Zone holds the worst criminals known to the universe, each one as powerful as Kal-El. Now Krypton’s Last Son must enter the Phantom Zone to investigate a deadly jailbreak…but is trouble on the horizon? As the Aethyr sets his devious plan into motion, Superman must unravel the true nature of the Phantom Zone before it claims its final inmate!
From superstars Mark Waid (Batman/Superman: World’s Finest) and Clayton Henry
(Batman/Superman) comes the untold tale of one of Superman’s most storied dimensions. What is the history of the Phantom Zone, and how can the Man of Steel ever escape it again?
SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT – DC COMPACT COMICS EDITION
Written by MARK WAID
Pencils by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Inks by GERRY ALANGUILAN
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU and GERRY ALANGUILAN
$9.99 US | 312 pages | 5.5″ x 8.5″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-191-6
ON SALE 6/24/2025
The whole world knows that Superman fights for truth and justice…but why does he? What drives a farm boy from Kansas to divide his life between posing as a mild-mannered reporter and embarking on a career as a superhero?
Superman: Birthright is an epic telling of Superman’s origin crafted by the superstar team of Mark Waid, Leinil Francis Yu, and Gerry Alanguilan. Within these pages is the exciting tale of the Man of Steel’s early days, incorporating his vast and colorful legend into a brand-new, epic story…a battle to save both the legacy of Krypton and the future of Metropolis!
SUPERMAN/BATMAN: DC COMPACT COMICS EDITION
Written by JEPH LOEB
Art by ED McGUINNESS, MICHAEL TURNER, and DEXTER VINES
Cover by MICHAEL TURNER
$9.99 US | 304 pages | 5.5″ x 8.5″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-213-5
ON SALE 7/15/25
Superman/Batman: Book One contains two titanic tales of loyalty and unlikely friendship featuring two of the most famous superheroes on the planet—the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight. First, “Public Enemies” unites the iconic heroes when President Lex Luthor accuses Superman of terrible crimes against humanity and assembles a top-secret team of powerhouse heroes to bring him in. But the World’s Finest duo is determined to topple the corrupt president’s reign once and for all!
Then, “Supergirl” begins with Batman discovering something strange at the bottom of Gotham Bay, which leads him to a mysterious and powerful teenage girl who is bent on destroying Gotham City! Soon she’ll capture the attention of Superman, Wonder Woman, and even Darkseid and his Female Furies. What is this strange girl’s connection to Superman? How will Darkseid succeed in recruiting her to do his bidding? Who is she, and whose side will she end up on?
SUPERGIRL: COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE (2025 EDITION)
Written by LANDRY Q. WALKER
Art and cover by ERIC JONES
$12.99 US | 160 pages | 5 1/2″ x 8″ | Softcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-197-8
ON SALE 8/5/25
If you think life is tough as a hero, try being in the eighth grade!
Super-strength, the ability to fly, and extra-speedy reflexes should make a kid’s life easier, but they only seem to complicate things for Supergirl. Life gets even more messy when a new enemy named Belinda Zee shows up. Suddenly, facing down super-villains doesn’t seem so bad.
Arch-frenemies, scheming faculty, an intergalactic orange kitty, and a flying horse are just a few things that come Linda’s way. Will Supergirl even make it to graduation? Landry Q. Walker and Eric Jones explore how an ordinary girl from Krypton became the most extraordinary girl on Earth in a new edition collecting the six-issue miniseries!
SUPERGIRL: THE NEW 52 OMNIBUS VOL. 1
Written by MICHAEL GREEN, MIKE JOHNSON, and others
Art by MAHMUD ASRAR and others
Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
$125.00 US | 824 Pages | 7 1/16″ x 10 7/8″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-209-8
ON SALE 7/8/25
After crash-landing on Earth, Kara Zor-El of Krypton awakens with no knowledge of where she is or how she came to be there. Surrounded by hostile strangers speaking in an alien language, Kara is utterly lost and cut off from everyone she’s ever known. Or is she? A man wearing her family’s insignia appears, impossibly claiming to be her infant cousin Kal-El—the very baby she’d held in her arms just a few days ago…
The Supergirl: The New 52 Omnibus Vol. 1 collects the first half of Kara’s The New 52 debut, including Supergirl #0-20 along with Superboy #0, #6, and #14-17; Superboy Annual #1; and Superman #0, #6, and #13-17.
SUPERMAN BY KURT BUSIEK – BOOK 2
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Art by RENATO GUEDES, CARLOS PACHECO, BRAD WALKER,
RICK LEONARDI, and others
Cover by RENATO GUEDES and JOSÉ WILSON MAGALHAÉS
$49.99 US | 632 pages | 6 5/8″ x 10 3/16″ | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-79950-224-1
ON SALE 7/29/25
Legendary comics writer Kurt Busiek (Marvels, Astro City, Thunderbolts) continues to put Superman’s limits to the test in some of his greatest adventures from
the 2000s that highlight the world’s greatest superhero’s strength, heart, and humor. Personally curated by Busiek, Book Two includes “3-2-1 Action!” (costarring Superman’s pal, Jimmy Olsen), “The Third Kryptonian,” “Shadows Linger,” and more, plus several tales that highlight the most super good boy in comics, Krypto the Superdog!
This second and final volume collects Action Comics #850 and #852-854, Superman #659-675 and #712, Superman Annual #13, and a Prankster story from New Year’s Evil #1
THE SUPERMAN BOX SET
$84.99 US | ISBN: 978-1-79950-196-1
ON SALE 8/19/25
This slipcase box set includes six softcover editions of beloved Superman stories by some of the comics industry’s most creative talents, including All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, Superman for All Seasons by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? by Alan Moore and Curt Swan, Superman: Up in the Sky by Tom King and Andy Kubert, and Superman Vol. 1: Supercorp by Joshua Williamson and Jamal Campbell.
Take these adventures home with you and catch Superman in theaters!
