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Action Comics #1038

DC · Series began 2011 · February 2022

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Dates

Cover date: February 2022
On sale: December 28, 2021
In stores: December 28, 2021
Pages: 44

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #1038 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Daniel Sampere Cover

Barcode 76194134388403811
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Julian Totino Tedesco Cardstock Variant Cover

Barcode 76194134388403821
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Story arc: Warworld Saga

This is part 9 of 17. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Daniel Sampere, Miguel Mendonça, Adriana Meloinks: Daniel Sampere, Miguel Mendonça, Adriana Melocolors: Alejandro Sánchez, Adriano Lucas, Hi-Fiscript: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Shawn Aldridgeletters: Dave Sharpe

Stories

The Warworld Saga Part 3 · 22 pages
Superman and his team have been defeated and are held captive by Mongul on Warworld. With Lightray dead, Apollo injured, and Enchantress and Midnighter missing, O.M.A.C. and Steel are sent to compete in the arena, while a weakened Superman is thrown in a prison cell with Phaelosian prisoners.
A Face in the Crowd Part Two · 8 pages
J'onn battles a new Human Flame, and then tries to discover who sent the villain after him. Meanwhile Detective Certa continues his investigation into missing children.

Publisher’s description

Everything changes! After the heart-stopping events of Action Comics #1037, Superman and the surviving members of the Authority see a side of Warworld they never knew existed. In the lower catacombs, Superman finds another survivor of the lost Phaelosian race of Krypton, a scientist turned enslaved gladiator with much to teach Superman of his new home, including how to survive…and maybe, in time, how to escape. Meanwhile, Superman’s quest to turn the hordes of Warworld against their masters begins.

Reprinted in

Superman: Action Comics (2022), Superman: The Warworld Saga (2023)