CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #1013

DC · Series began 2011 · September 2019

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Dates

Cover date: September 2019
On sale: July 24, 2019
In stores: July 24, 2019
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1013 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Jamal Campbell Cover

Barcode 76194134388401311
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Frank Quitely Cardstock Variant Cover

Barcode 76194134388401321
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Variant CoverMetron
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Story arc: Year of the Villain

This is part 17 of 132. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Also part of: Year of the Villain: The Offer

Creators

pencils: Jamal Campbell, Szymon Kudranski, Jim Cheung, David Marquezinks: Jamal Campbell, Szymon Kudranski, David Marquezcolors: Jamal Campbell, Brad Andersonscript: Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquezletters: Dave Sharpe

Stories

Gifts · 22 pages
Ms. Leone turns down an offer from Lex Luthor. Robinson Goode shares with Perry what Thorn told her about her encounter with Leviathan. Superman intervenes when Thorn attacks Leviathan agents who went after her. Robinson finds she is losing control of her Red Cloud powers, leading to an offer by Lex Luthor to improve her abilities.

Publisher’s description

Metropolis is in total lockdown, and while everyone is busy dealing with the impossible threat of Leviathan’s complete takeover, a mysterious antihero called Thorn has decided to wreak havoc on the invisible empire! Witness the return of Rose and Thorn, the most dangerous woman in the DC Universe—and if you’ve never heard of her, it’s only because she is that good. All this, plus a major EVENT LEVIATHAN revelation! But why wasn’t it in the main series? Plus, the invisible mafia held a death grip on the Metropolis underworld…until Lex Luthor visits their criminal competition! Note: Ben Oliver is listed as drawing the variant cover, but in actuality it was done by Frank Quitely.

Reprinted in

Superman: Action Comics (2019), Superman: Action Comics (2020)