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Superman Year One Thousand #1 (2026 Annual) Released July 29, 2026 DC Comics, Color 39 Pages The Return of Superman Joshua Williamson - Writer Eddie Barrows - Artist Adriano Lucas - Colorist Ariana Maher - Letterer Jillian Grant - Assistant Editor Paul Kaminski - Editor Synopsis (SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ THIS) Lois Lane wakes up in her apartment to find Clark typing at his laptop. She talks about coming to terms with the possibility of Clark living forever, only to find out she's dreaming. We get a two page splash summing up the end of DC KO where Superman wins the King Omega prize and fixes the past from Darkseid's influence. Superman feels a pull into the future and lands on a boat helmed by Hourman, sailing on the sea of time, which has been roiled into a hurricane due to a mysterious glowing force that is destroying the futures.  Superman decides to take care of this, but Hourman warns him of losing himself in the timestream. Accepting the risk, Superman goes th...

A New Legion of Super-Heroes is coming!  Can fandom give it a chance? Its June 24, 2026, almost a week after the announcement of the new Legion of Super-Heroes ongoing title by Joshua Williamson and Hayden Sherman. Starting September 2, a new Legion will take to the page, spring boarding out of the results of DC's KO event from the past year, which also featured the evil Legion of Darkseid, who used them as his field commanders, destroying the future in their wake, including a scene from the "War of the Legions" where members of all the other versions were defeated. In the conclusion of the KO tournament, Superman was victorious, and as such set out to rebuild the future. Presumably, the future that Superman creates is that of the new Legion that we see.  Like clockwork, once any new Legion is announced, there is a big wave of excitement, and that is certainly true in this case when we are talking about two of the best creators in current comics behind the book. The advan...

  Superman #28 Released July 23, 2025 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Legion of Darkseid, Part 1 Joshua Williamson - Writer Dan Mora - Artist & Cover Artist Alejandro Sånchez - Colorist Ariana Maher - Letterer Jillian Grant - Assistant Editor Paul Kaminski - Editor Synopsis *SPOILERS ABOUND* A mysterious conversation about Superman plays out while Clark zooms back to his parents' house in Smallville to admire his Legion ring. His mom comes in and asks why, saying his true friends will welcome him with open arms. He goes into the field to a tree with a "L" carved in the bark, when Saturn Girl appears - only it's the Darkseid Legion Saturn Girl. Saturn Girl puts him on a mind trip that makes him think Rokk is destroying the Watchtower while Garth kills Ma Kent.  Clark realizes this is a mental ruse and Saturn Girl stops, taking him through a memory trip to decide his fate.  Suddenly Time Trapper appears and takes Clark away to a pocket Smallville with a surprising residen...

Released February 25, 2004 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Foundations The Final Chapter Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Chip Wallace - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Ken Lopez - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis Superboy gets the jump on Darkseid as Garth, Violet and Kid Quantum emerge from their quantum time portal. Superboy fights Darksied while the others handle the minions. The time barrier the older Darkseid begins to fail, possibly because he had some kind of a failsafe that only he knew about. The young Darkseid has no idea how to proceed.  Vi and Garth have an idea to go back a short period of time to stop Darkseid and go back 20 minutes to when the young Darkseid comes out of the boom tube. The foursome pops out, and Connor and Vi punch the young Darkseid back through the tube and follow him in. The rest of the Legion handles old Darkseid. The combined powers of Superboy, Kid Quantum's powers, Garth's electricity and Vi's brute force keep ...

Released January 28, 2004 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Foundations Part Five Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Chip Wallace - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Rob Leigh - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis In the 8th century, Uxas is torn out of time which creates a massive temporal shockwave going through time, destroying the past and the future. We are privy to the forward march of time being dissolved, Etrigan, the Amazonians, Jonah Hex, all vanishing from history.   In the 31st century, what remains of the Legion, Kid Quantum, Vi, Chuck and Superboy determine they have less than an hour before the shock wave reaches them. On Apokalips, Old Darkseid welcomes his younger self, which is what is causing the time ripple. Rokk presses the attack, but old Darkseid holds the entire Legion in stasis with a gesture and starts to explain his plans.  He wants to be rejuvenated, but young Darkseid understand the implications of pulling him out of his time. T...

Released December 24, 2003 DC Comics, Color 22 Pages Foundations Part Four Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Chip Wallace - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Ken Lopez - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis On a farm in Smallville, Kansas, a man plummets into the ground claiming to be Clark Kent and holding the S shield from Connor's t-shirt ripped off in issue 26. Dark Orion arrives to dispatch "Clark" for leaving his post when Superboy and a few Legionnaires come to intervene; the farm was in a biodome in Smallville of the 31st century.  At the Legion world command deck, Saturn Girl, XS, Triad, Chuck and Gear monitor the situation in Smallville when Garth comes to join them.  XS shuffles Garth off to Imra, and Imra shuffles him out of the command deck.  He and Imra were supposed to visit Gym'll but Imra's busy due to the situation and Garth leaves to visit the doctor on his own. Umbra, Shikari, Cosmic Boy and Wildfire join the fight in pro...

Released November 12, 2003 DC Comics, Color 21 Pages Foundations Part Two Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Chip Wallace - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Jared K. Fletcher - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis A sacrifice is made before the throne of Darkseid on Apokalips, but it is not enough. Five weeks pass. A team of Legionnaires and Superboy enter the Enduku system to investigate a stargate.  Superboy is clearly annoying Cosmic Boy with his attitude - he's eager to get back to his time, and rushes into the situation.  Superboy encounters three of Darkseid's minions who zap him, and the Legion flings into action. Umbra's darkness and Spark's electricity don't seem to have any affect on them, and neither does raw brawling. The lead minion rips the S off of Superboy's T-shirt and the three vanish in a Boom Tube. On Legion World's Winath habitat, Garth, in his Element Lad body, is moping as the return of Superboy is still the cent...

Released October 29, 2003 DC Comics, Color 39 Pages Foundations - Celebrating 45 Years of the Legion Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Robin Riggs, Chip Wallace, Doug Hazelwood - Inks Sno Cone - Colors Jared Fletcher - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Additional Art: Eric Wight (Art & Color Pages 1-3, 37, 38) Tony Harris & Tom Feister (Art & Color - Pages 10-12,20-21,30-33) Dave Cockrum & Al Milgrom (Pages 14-18) Paul Rivoche (Art & Color - Pages 23-28) Synopsis Lana Lang and Pete Ross flag down a young Clark Kent in 20th century Smallville to work on a book report. He declines and continues on to his parents' shop. On the way he meets the Legion founders looking very similar to their Adventure #247 costumes and take him to the future.  In the 31st century, Spark is on Trom, speaking to the memorial of Element Lad as she works through her guilt about feeling bad about him while also depositing some other crystals she found in th...

Released June 25, 2003 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Dream Crime Part Three Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Mark Farmer - Inks Jason Wright - Colors Comicraft - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis Issue 21's "scroll" intro features Shikari and Sensor in her new form and a description of why Dreamer is on Titan.  The story jumps right into the matter of Darkseid. Nura is communicating her vision of Darkseid back to the Legion.  Rokk, always mister history, recognizes the name from his studies. Dreamer communicates that the UP is in immediate threat.  Triad and Gear get to work researching and as soon as he finds data about a Boom Tube, one pops open on the command deck with parademons pouring out chanting "Darkseid is." Over on the medical deck, Jo and Tinya start to tangle over the subject of Imra when Apocalypse pops out of space next to Legion World and all hell breaks loose and the Legion jumps into action fighting against the...

Released April 30, 2003 DC Comics, Color 23 Pages Dream Crime - Part One Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning - Writers Chris Batista - Pencils Mark Farmer - Inks Jason Wright - Colors Comicraft - Letters Stephen Wacker - Editor Synopsis The beginning of Dream Crime features a new masthead logo for the cover, and a new introduction style that recalls the Legion books of the early 80s with a small blurb describing the setting of the 31st century and the Legion, as well as a quick summary of Saturn Girl's and Dreamer's trip to Titan.  The pair are on Titan to see if Dreamer's visions can be used as a UP early warning system paired with Titanet. A voiceover talks about being more. Dreamer and Saturn Girl emerge from the portal on Titan and are greeted by our old friend Aven. Nura and Aven stare at each other for a beat before Aven realizes they were talking telepathically when Nura isn't telepathic.  Imra notes the amount of chatter going on around them while Nura notes how quiet...