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In this week’s Comixology (at Amazon) sales, DC shows their face with a Superman sale. Plus, Resident Alien and the EC Archives.

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Superman Returns… To Having Discounts

The DC Superman Day Sale runs through Monday, 4/28. This is a little different than DC’s last (Vertigo) sale, which generated a few complaints. This is by no means what we used to seeing, but it’s a step in the right direction. Lots of $4.99 books. The number of books in a run that are _properly_ discounted is all over the place (more so for Action, kind of like Detective was super spotty during the last Batman sale and you’re not sure if the person setting the discounts is totally aware which title came first). That said, there’s a whole lot more on sale this time and not just the first volume in a series. And yes, feel free to ignore the things that are only discounted ~20%.

Superman

Action Comics (’37 – ’11) – The Original
Action Comics (’11-’16) – Best known for the opening arc by Grant Morrison & Rags Morales
Action Comics (’16-present) – The better Superman title for _most_ of this period. The Phillip K. Johnson Warworld sequence is particularly good.
Superman (’39 – ’11) – The original solo series
Superman (’16-’18) – Peter J. Tomasi / Patrick Gleason
Superman (’18 – ’21) – Brian Bendis / Ivan Reis and then a bit of the Phillip Kennedy Johnson run
Superman (’23 – Current) – Josh Williamson / Jamal Campbell
Superman and the Authority – Grant Morrison / Mikel Janin; Effectively a prelude to the War World saga
Superman ’78 – Robert Venditti / Wilfredo Torres; Continuing the continuity of the original film series (i.e. Christopher Reeves)
Superman: Birthright – Mark Waid / Leinil Francis Yu
Superman: The Death of Superman – The whole sequence through “Return” cordoned off as a series
Superman: For All Seasons – Jeph Loeb / Tim Sale
Superman: The Man of Steel (’91-’03) – John Byrne / Marv Wolfman / Jerry Ordway; The John Byrne era
Superman: Son of Kal-El – Tom Taylor / John Timms; The adventures of Jon Kent
Superman Smashes the Klan – Gene Yang / Gurihiru
Superman: Up in the Sky – Tom King / Andy Kubert

Supergirl

Something about a film…

Supergirl (’05 – ’11) – Rotating creators before settling down with Sterling Gates / Jamal Igle
Supergirl (’16 – ’20) – Steve Orlando has the most credits here
Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (’05-’09) – Mark Waid / Barry Kitson

Lobo

Something about that same film.

Lobo (’90) – Alan Grant / Keith Giffen / Simon Bisley

One of the somewhat rare ’80s reprints that we’ve enjoyed is Superman: The Phantom Zone by Steve Gerber and Gene Colan. This is a very odd, horror-flavored Superman tale as he confronts something unnatural that’s been living in the Phantom Zone… but you weren’t expecting Gerber & Colan to give you the ’50s TV version, were you?

Superman Smashes the Klan has Gene Yang and Gurihiru revisiting and revising the original Superman radio show arc, “Clan of the Fiery Cross.” It’s on the YA side of Superman, but has picked up a LOT of good reviews.

Superman, the current series by Josh Williamson and Jamal Campbell is also on sale and it’s a good one.

While the discount could be higher, Lobo by Giffen/Grant/Bisley is really good stuff… as long as you have a dark sense of humor and aren’t easily offended.

Unannounced Sales

As always, it isn’t clear when the unannounced sales will end.

Dark Horse has their EC Archives on sale. Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science, Two-Fisted Tales and that whole family of famous titles.

Resident Alien is a comic by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhose about a stranded alien posing as a doctor and solving murders. It got a little more famous when a TV adaptation hit and a lot more famous when the TV show moved over to Netflix. (And will now be moving over to the USA cable network.) We read the first omnibus and if your point of reference is the TV show, the comic is a little more mystery-oriented. It’s available in

Critical Role from Dark Horse is still on sale. That would be the comics based on the campaigns from the popular web series about Dungeons & Dragons campaigns… and this will take a moment to explain. There’s an omnibus format and a “regular” collected edition sale. There are some OGNs/albums filed under the single issue format. (Hey, don’t look at us.) Also on sale: