DC Comics Rebirth Spoilers: How Does 2017’s New Super-Man #15 Tie Into 1937’s Detective Comics #1 (Pre Batman)?

Spoilers

DC Comics Rebirth Spoilers for New Super-Man #15 follows.

After his and the Justice League of China’s battle with the Suicide Squad…

…a tired New Super-Man wakes up in…

…in 1937 face-to-face with the All-Yang.

Why is 1937 significant? Well that is the year that Detective Comics #1 hit stands with a racist caricature of All-Yang was on the cover.

Batman didn’t debut until 1939’s Detective Comics #27.

New Super-Man #16 next month should be interesting.

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