DC Previews Action Comics #1000 With A Video

Speeding Towards A Huge Milestone

♦ Action Comics#1000 comes out on 18 April and DC has just released a video to preview it…

Some of comics’ most prolific artists will be lending their considerable talents to celebrate Superman’s incredible impact on comics, literature and popular culture through these variant covers:

1930s by Steve Rude (FUTURE QUEST, FUTURE QUEST PRESENTS)

1940s by Michael Cho (BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE)

1950s by Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN)

1960s by Michael Allred (BUG!: THE ADVENTURES OF FORAGER)

1970s by Jim Steranko

1990s by Dan Jurgens (ACTION COMICS) and Kevin Nowlan (HAWKMAN: FOUND)

2000s by Lee Bermejo (LUTHOR)

(Not Shown: 1980s cover by Joshua Middleton)

Here’s a rundown of the contents of the issue:

Going on sale 18 April, Action Comics #1000 marks the DC Comics debut of writer Brian Michael Bendis. He’s joined in the special issue by a creative lineup that include Superman director Richard Donner, Geoff Johns, Paul Dini, Jim Lee, Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, José Luis García-López, Tom King, Clay Mann, Jordie Bellaire, Brad Meltzer, John Cassaday, Laura Martin, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway, Scott Snyder and Tim Sale.