Dates
- Cover date
- January 2023
- On sale
- November 22, 2022
- In stores
- November 22, 2022
- Pages
- 44
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Editions and covers (4)
Copies of #1049 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Mario "Fox" Foccillo Kal-El Returns Arc Cardstock Variant Cover
Barcode 76194134388404931
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Story arc: Kal-El Returns
This is part 5 of 7. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
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Stories
- Kal-El Returns Chapter Five: The Fight Ahead · 22 pages
Superman battles Orion, Kalibak, and Desaad, who are after Osul-Ra who now possesses the Fire of Olgrun. After the battle with the New Gods, Superman sends Warworld off on a journey to return the refugees to their homeworlds. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor blackmails Metallo into helping him.
- Red Moon Part Three · 8 pages
Supergirl and Thao-La battle Chaytil and a monster he has created that threatens Metropolis.
Publisher’s description
We’re only one month away from the mammoth Action Comics #1050, and tensions between the Super-Family and Lex Luthor have never been higher. Meanwhile, in the Fortress of Solitude, Steel, Supergirl, and Kong Kenan repel an alien invasion!
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Superman: Kal-El Returns (2023)