Official Press Release // "Death Of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition" mit neuen Stories der damaligen Creative-Teams!

Aufgrund eines Fehlers wurde „The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1“, das bereits im Juli angekündigt wurde, nicht im DC Comics-Katalog  für Oktober/ November 2022 -Releases gelistet bzw. abgebildet.

Aus diesem Grund wissen interessierte Leser / Sammler / Fans, die an der Bestellung und dem Kauf dieses umfangreichen Sonderheftes interessiert sind, möglicherweise nicht, dass das endgültige Bestellschlussdatum ("Order Deadline"), an dem Comic-Shops diesen Titel letztmals vorbestellen können, schnell näher rückt. (Der endgültige Bestellschluss für dieses Special ist für uns morgen.)

Es stehen eine Reihe von Cover-Varianten zur Auswahl, darunter die Version "Black Bagged" (die wie einst das legendäre "Superman # 75" inkl. schwarzer Armbinde ausgeliefert wird). Einige der Varianten sind "Open Order" (d. h. der Comic-Shop Deines Vertrauens kann diese Cover direkt in beliebiger Menge beim Vertrieb vorbestellen) und einige basieren auf der Anzahl der vom Einzelhändler bestellten Exemplare (also z.B. "1:50" Varianten u.ä.). 

Das „The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1“ wird in den USA am 8. November 2022 erscheinen und bei uns im UNFUG dann zeitnah in der darauffolgenden Woche verfügbar sein.(Unsere Abonnenten können das Heft - Hauptcover und/oder Varianten - bei uns vorbestellen, so lange der Vorrart reicht)

Es wird zusätzlich auch eine leicht erweiterte Neu-Auflage von"Superman, Vol. II # 75" geben (Auslieferung ebenfalls Anfang November) sowie eine erweiterte Neu-Auflage des "Omnibus". 

Nähere Infos hierzu findet ihr im nachfolgenden "offiziellen Pressetext" von DC Comics. 

The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1 Main Cover by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding

Each of the original creative teams from The Death of Superman has reunited to tell a story that shows how some of Superman’s biggest allies reacted during and after his fateful battle with Doomsday:   “The Life of Superman” by Dan Jurgens (W & A), Brett Breeding (A), Brad Anderson (C), and John Workman (L) - A young Jon Kent finds out in school that his dad had died years earlier, as his parents never told him about that fateful day. In the midst of dealing with this emotional news, Jon and Clark need to team up to fight a new villain connected to Doomsday called DOOMBREAKER. “Standing Guard” by Roger Stern (W), Butch Guice (A), Glenn Whitmore (C), and Rob Leigh (L) - The epic battle between Superman and Doomsday from the Guardians’ perspective. “Time” by Louise Simonson (W), Jon Bogdanove (A), Glenn Whitmore (C), and Rob Leigh (L) - The story of how the death of Superman looked from John Henry Irons’s perspective. “Above and Beyond” by Jerry Ordway (W), Tom Grummett (P), Doug Hazelwood (I), Glenn Whitmore (C), and Rob Leigh (L) - A powerful story of Ma and Pa Kent watching their son fight Doomsday live on television and going through Clark’s photo albums with the feeling that their son always prevails. W=Writer, A=Artist, P=Penciller, I=Inker, C=Colorist, L=Letter   Writer and artist Dan Jurgens provided the below statement on the legacy of The Death of Superman and the upcoming release of The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special #1: Even now, 30 years after the "Death of Superman” first came out, every single convention or store appearance I do has at least one person who comes up to me with Superman #75 or the first “Death of Superman” collected edition and says, “This is the book that got me into comics. And I’m still here, reading, all these years later.” Most times, it’s more than one. Sometimes, multiple people arrive at my table at the same time and share their memories, which is always fun to experience.   Their tales are often quite similar. Typically, media coverage of Superman’s death compelled them or a parent to drop by a local store to pick [the issue] up. In some cases, their parents let them skip school the day of the book's release so they could stand in line to get a copy. Some talk of how their store was sold out and they spent days looking all over town to find one.   I’m not alone in that experience. It’s common for the entire team of writers and artists who worked on Superman at the time. It was a singularly unique moment in comics, when a particular story was covered by every form of national and local media alike.   It’s hard to tell people what those days were like, but every comic shop in the country had long lines of people outside the door waiting to buy THAT BOOK.   All these years later, it’s a great pleasure to get back together with the story’s original creative teams to celebrate a truly exciting time in comics. For those of you who remember those days, The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special will reignite some memories. For those who weren’t around to experience it, well…we hope you get a hint of what it was like.   Most of all, we hope all of you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it all together.