PKJ Action Comics Discussion and Spoilers

[Zagre]

All of that sounds awesome to me, reading all this doesn’t feel rushed and I can’t wait to see how PKJ ends this arc

Yeah, I was afraid they'd rush it for Dark Crisis, but it seems not to be the case.

[Man_of_Tomorrow]

I just want to say PKJ's AC has been amazing.

Has it been going well sales wise? I would hate if the writer had to rush his story due to low sales.

[Vordan]

I just want to say PKJ's AC has been amazing.

Has it been going well sales wise? I would hate if the writer had to rush his story due to low sales.

Truthfully we don’t know. Ever since DC pulled out of Diamond we don’t get hard sales anymore, just estimates based off of 50 or so stores. For now he seems to be in for the long haul, Paul Kaminski, the new head editor for the Superline is a big supporter of PKJ, so I think he may push to allow PKJ to stay until he’s done regardless of sales the way Didio kept low selling but beloved books like Gotham Central running regardless of sales. It seems to be selling in the 30k range which is expected for a “secondary” Superman book, but there’s a lot of positive talk about it elsewhere like on Reddit and it gets good reviews.

[Zagre]

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Phillip-...9YMXW51G&psc=1

You can see the digital sales position of its most current issue here.

[Vordan]

Oh yeah I forgot, Amazon nuked Comixology so it’s hard to know how accurate digital sales are these days either. I usually go off on this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestseller...s_8624156011_1

Action and SSOKE usually sell pretty well digitally from what I’ve seen.

[Zagre]

Oh yeah I forgot, Amazon nuked Comixology so it’s hard to know how accurate digital sales are these days either. I usually go off on this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bestseller...s_8624156011_1

Action and SSOKE usually sell pretty well digitally from what I’ve seen.

Yeah, it's jsut a ranking, so it'll always be less accurate than jsut having numbers, but it seems to be in a respectable position. Generally issues place higher the more recently they've come out (which makes sense, because the next week there's new issues to take their place).

[The Frog Bros]

The whole Mother imagery seems very Alien-esque to me. Which makes me want to check out PKJ's Alien book.

The Olgrun legend also has a Lord of the Rings ring () to it. Which makes me really want to check out the Last God (been eyeing the hard cover for a while now).

Having said that, I like how PKJ consistently weaves in shades of other genres within Action.

I also really dig the Byla character. A bit of a trope, but he does quite well as a plot device and the interaction between him and Clark is always pretty great, and I like how it’s pointedly different from his demeanor when he’s telling tales to the children.

And the KC looking S logo on the rune is just awesome.

[Ascended]

I definitely recommend Last God. Bought it in floppy as it came out and it was really damn good, as a collection I'm sure it'll read even better.

[Last Son of Krypton]

Speaking of Action Comics sales...

I forgot the last time I posted AC and Super books sales, lol. Comichron skipped the estimated sales for some months and started again with Jan. 2022 data. DC books are now ranked separately from Marvel and other publishers. PKJ's AC seems doing better than SoK post #5 drop.

13 - Superman Son of Kal-El #6

14 - Action Comics #1039

20 - Superman Son of Kal-El #7

22 - Superman and Robin Special #1

33 - Superman ’78 #6

37 - Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow #7

45 - World of Krypton #2

Full charts: https://comichron.com/monthlycomicss...2/2022-01.html

February's estimated ranking:

13 - Action Comics #1040

20 - Superman - Son of Kal-El #8

34 - Supergirl - Woman of Tomorrow #8

53 - World of Krypton #3

Full February's charts: https://www.comichron.com/monthlycom...2/2022-02.html

March's estimated ranking:

1 - Batman Superman - World’s Finest #1

21 - Action Comics #1041

23 - Superman - Son of Kal-El #9

53 - Superman Vs. Lobo #3

61 - World of Krypton #4

Full March's charts: https://www.comichron.com/monthlycom...2/2022-03.html

April's estimated ranking:

12 - Batman Superman - World’s Finest #2

16 - Action Comics #1042

24 - Superman Son of Kal-El #10

50 - World of Krypton #5

51 - Earth-Prime #2 (Superman & Lois)

Full April's charts: https://www.comichron.com/monthlycom...2/2022-04.html

[The Frog Bros]

I definitely recommend Last God. Bought it in floppy as it came out and it was really damn good, as a collection I'm sure it'll read even better.

I've been saving up points at LCS to get a nice discount for the HC volume. Its taunting me from the shelf every time I see it.

[Hypo]

Action Comics 2022 Annual #1
Writers: Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Si Spurrier
Artists: Dale Eaglesham and Ian Churchill

[BBally]

DC is really screwing over Action Comics right now

[Vordan]

Normally not one for B&W over color but I can see the appeal with Federeci’s art.

[manwhohaseverything]

This was bang for buck..felt like reading a story from american superhero comics since ewing's hulk.

[Robotman]

1043 was a great issue but I found it kind of odd to suddenly through this “Infinity Stone” twist into a story that’s been going on for close to a year.

Mongul does have the Jim Starlin connection to Thanos and it’s not the first time DC has made him have similar motivations.

Normally not one for B&W over color but I can see the appeal with Federeci’s art.

His art is somehow even more amazing in black and white.