HE’S NEVER BEEN SO POWERLESSOR MORE NEEDED! Life as Superman knew it is no more He’s lost his identity as Clark Kent his job & almost all of his powers But he’s still Superman & powers or no he’s determined to uncover the mastermind that’s taken everything from him Superman’s investigation leads him to an underground super fight club called Mythbrawl which he joins to make ends meet while he tracks down Hodor Root leader of the crime syndicate that leverages secrets for power Yet he soon discovers the real threat comes from Hodor Root’s “father” Vandal Savage & his orchestrated campaign to reclaim the comet that granted him immortality aeons ago If Savage succeeds he’ll grow powerful beyond imagining & with the comet drawing closer to Earth Savage’s “spawn” popping up all over the world & most of Superman’s allies incapacitated there’s no way a powerless Kal-El can persevereunless he taps into the one thing that whether he wins or loses will take its toll on Krypton’s last son It’s the beginning of the end for the Man of Steel chronicled by Eisner Award winner Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese) & Peter J Tomasi (SUPERMANWONDER WOMAN) & featuring stunning artwork from Howard Porter (JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001) & Mikel Janín among others Collects SUPERMAN 45-52 & SUPERMAN ANNUAL 3 Meet the Author Gene Luen Yang began making comics & graphic novels over fifteen years ago In 2006 his book American Born Chinese was published by First Second Books It became the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award & the first to win the American Library Association&s Printz Award It also won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album
- New In 2013 First Second Books released Boxers & Saints his two-volume graphic novel about the Boxer Rebellion Boxers & Saints was nominated for a National Book Award & won the LA Times Book Prize His other works include the comics continuation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar The Last Airbender Currently he writes SUPERMAN for DC Comics