DC Comics Rebirth Spoilers for Action Comics #987 and #988, Oz Effect parts 1 and 2, follow.
DC Comics have revealed the lenticular covers by Nick Bradshaw to September 2017’s Action Comics #987 and #988, The Oz Effect parts 1 and 2. Superman is front and center.
The prevailing rumor or speculation has been that Mr. Oz is actually Ozymandias of the Watchmen. That made even more sense when the word about the Doomsday Clock event was announced pitting Supoerman against the Watchmen’s Doctor Manhattan; perhaps the latter a puppet of Ozymanidias.
However, while Superman and the Watchmen remain a big part of the Doomsday Clock, Mr. Oz may not be based, in particular, on what the cover to Action Comics #988 infers.
First, Superman in Action Comics #987 lenticular cover and solicitation.
- ACTION COMICS #987
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by VIKTOR BOGDANOVIC
Lenticular cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Variant cover by MIKEL JANIN
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
“THE OZ EFFECT” part one! The agents of the mysterious Mr. Oz begin to move as the Man of Steel works to stop the chaos they unleash in Metropolis and across the globe. But when Mr. Oz steps from the shadows his identity rocks the Last Son of Krypton to his core. The story that began in DC Universe: Rebirth #1 begins to end here!
On sale SEPTEMBER 13 • Lenticular version $3.99 • Nonlenticular version $2.99 US • RATED T
Second, Superman in Action Comics #988 lenticular cover and solicitation.
- ACTION COMICS #988
Written by DAN JURGENS
Art by RYAN SOOK
Lenticular cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Variant cover by MIKEL JANIN
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
“THE OZ EFFECT” part two! As Superman struggles with the ramifications of Mr. Oz’s identity, the mysterious figure’s origins and the long road to Superman’s doorstep finally reveal themselves.
On sale SEPTEMBER 27 • Lenticular version $3.99 • Nonlenticular version $2.99 US • RATED T
That cover to Action Comics #988 infers that Superman’s father, Jor-el, survived Krypton’s explosion somehow; that was kind of teased in the Trinity #8 cover that opens this article. So, is Jor-el actually Mr. Oz? What has been collecting beings for? To help or hinder Superman as Doomsday Clock looms?
October 2017 will have Action Comics #989 and #990, Parts 3 and 4 of The Oz Effect, with lenticular covers by Nick Bradshaw that have yet to be revealed.
Wow. Jor-el and not Ozymandias? What do you think?
