DC Comics Universe & Action Comics #1000 Spoilers: Milestone Upon Us With Ten Decades Of Superman Variant Covers & Multiple Preview Pages!

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DC Comics Universe and Action Comics #1000 Spoilers: Ten Decades Worth Of Variant Covers Revealed and More

The Milestone Is Upon Us With Ten Decades Of Superman Variant Covers and Multiple Interior Pages!

Those interior teasers and preview pages released are below:

    • Teasers #1 by Louise Simonson and Jerry Ordway (4 pages);
    • Teasers #2 by Tom King and Clay Mann (4 pages);
    • Teasers #3 by Patrick Gleason (4 pages); and
    • Teasers #4 by Brian Michael Bendis and Jim Lee (4 pages).

The main cover for the book by Jim Lee is technically the tenth decade representing the 2010s.

      ACTION COMICS #1000
      (W) Various (A) Various (CA) Jim Lee, Scott Williams

      Retailers: This issue will ship with ten covers. Please see the order form for details.
      Celebrate 1000 issues of Action Comics with an all-star lineup of top talent as they pay tribute to the comic that started it all! From today’s explosive action to a previously unpublished tale illustrated by the legendary Curt Swan to the Man of Tomorrow’s future-this very special, oversized issue presents the best of the best in Superman stories!

      FEATURING ALL-NEW ART AND STORIES BY:

      • BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
      • JOHN CASSADAY
      • OLIVIER COIPEL
      • PAUL DINI
      • JOSE LUIS GARCIA-LOPEZ
      • PATRICK GLEASON
      • BUTCH GUICE
      • GEOFF JOHNS
      • DAN JURGENS
      • TOM KING
      • JIM LEE
      • CLAY MANN
      • BRAD MELTZER
      • JERRY ORDWAY
      • TIM SALE
      • LOUISE SIMONSON
      • SCOTT SNYDER
      • CURT SWAN
      • PETER J. TOMASI
      • MARV WOLFMAN
      …AND MORE!

      DECADES-SPANNING OPEN-TO-ORDER VARIANT COVERS BY:

      • STEVE RUDE (1930s)

      • MICHAEL CHO (1940s)

      • DAVE GIBBONS (1950s)

      • MICHAEL ALLRED (1960s)

      • JIM STERANKO (1970s)

      • JOSHUA MIDDLETON (1980s)

      • DAN JURGENS (1990s)

      • LEE BERMEJO (2000s)

      …PLUS A BLANK VARIANT COVER!

      In Shops: Apr 18, 2018

      SRP: $7.99

There are other variants too that appear local comic shop (LCS) specific. Here are a few of those other variant covers with artist noted.

• JASON FABOK

• KAARE ANDREWS

• JOCK

• GABRIELE DELL OTTO

• NICOLA SCOTT

• TONY DANIEL

• DAN JURGENS

• ALEX ROSS

Cool.

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