Brian Michael Bendis, the legendary comics writer and one of the sharpest eyes for talent in the entire comics industry, is wrapping up his long run on the Superman comics in December.
Bendis made the jump to DC in 2018, after a 17 year (potentially industry-saving, depending on who you talk to) run at Marvel, and immediately landed on DC’s biggest character. Man of Steel launched his run which, when combined with his follow ups on Action Comics and Superman, will have stretched to almost 75 issues after December’s Action Comics #1028 and Superman #28 hit. And that doesn’t include the books that are all tying together when he wraps.
According to the solicitation text, these two issues will pull in pieces of everything Bendis has had a hand in creating since joining DC. That includes Greg Rucka and Mike Perkins’ Lois Lane; Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber’s superlative Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen; the monster, Scott Snyder-helmed Justice League that’s been driving the whole DC line for three years; and Bendis’ relaunched Legion of Super Heroes.
Also leaving with Bendis are his artistic teammates on the runs: Ivan Reis and Joe Prado on Superman, and John Romita, Jr. and Klaus Janson on Action. No details are out yet on who is taking over, but with two big crossovers (Endless Winter and Generations: Shattered) kicking off in December as well, these are certainly not going to be the last changes coming in the next few months. Check out DC’s solicitations below.
