Phillip Kennedy Johnson Returns To Superman With ‘Adventures Of Superman: The Book of El’ Series
Phillip Kennedy Johnson is the mastermind behind the already iconic ‘Warworld Saga’ from Action Comics, an era of Superman that captivated comic readers and brought us a new and exciting take on the Man of Steel.
His arc was replaced with the ‘Superman Superstar’ initiative, which is also pretty fantastic. With that said Phillip Kennedy Johnson is now set to return to writing Superman in a brand new series called ‘Adventures Of Superman: The Book Of El’ and I couldn’t be happier!
The news was accidentally and wrongfully released within the pages of DC Connect #56 along with a list of the full creative team and a look at the covers for #1. As mentioned, the series will be written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, with art and covers by Scott Godlewski. Issue one features variant covers by Björn Barends, Rahzzah, Riccardo Federici, Marguerite Sauvage. There is still one more variant artist to be announced.
Whilst the series is still happening despite claims from comic book news sites that it had been cancelled, though the series has been pushed back to later this year. In a social media post, writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson confirmed the reason and cleared up any false claims that the series has been cancelled. That reason being scheduling issues and timings of upcoming Superman releases and this story clashing with that of others.
Here is the official synopsis from DC:
Superman returns! Fan fan-favourite ‘Future State: House Of El’ creators Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Scott Godlewski reunite for ‘Adventures Of Superman: Book Of El’! As the Super-Family settles into a well-earned time of peace, a powerful ally-turned-enemy invades Earth with an army at his back and a god-aspect of Olgrun, mad god to the First World. When even the Super-Family lacks the power to stop him, Superman is sent against his will to a place even he’s never been…where he’ll find allies he could never have expected. Concluding the events of ‘Future State’ and Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s ‘Action Comics’, the Superman event of a thousand lifetimes begins here.
Adventures Of Superman: Book Of El is still very much happening and is expected to release later this year, an exact release date has not yet been confirmed.
