“No livin’ thing’s supposed to have power like this. No matter how blue your eyes are or how pretty your face is, you’re just as much a monster as me.” War rages on between Metropolis’s two men of steel, Superman and Metallo! As Metallo’s new body continues to evolve in unexpected and nightmarish ways, the voice of his “operating system” has been changing too, testing the limits of his sanity. Finally, when his alien tech takes on a life of its own and infects the most violent members of the Blue Earth movement, the resultant abominations target Superman’s greatest strength and greatest weakness: his family! Introducing the first appearance of the Necrohive!

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Action Comics #1053 is a comics entry for issue #1053 in Action Comics from 2023. GrailHub tracks publisher, series, issue number, cover date, creators, characters, and first appearances where that data is available.

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Characters associated with this issue include Cyborg Superman, Doombreaker, Glyanna, Johnny Sorrow, Jon Kent, and Lex Luthor.

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Publisher: DC Comics
Series: Action Comics
Issue number: #1053
Cover date: May 1, 2023
Store date: Mar 28, 2023
Characters: Cyborg Superman, Doombreaker, Glyanna, Johnny Sorrow, Jon Kent, Lex Luthor +12 more
Creators: Becca Carey, Brittany Holzherr, Dan Jurgens, Dave Sharpe, Eleonora Carlini, Elizabeth Breitweiser +14 more