From the team behind beloved dark comedy series The Ice Cream man, comes DC Black Label series Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum.
In a story that forces the Man of Steel to look inward to find strength, the 5-issue series explores Superman’s character, mythos, and moral compass. The DC Black Label series comes from the team behind Image Comics‘ Eisner Award-nominated Ice Cream Man series: , W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo and Chris O’Halloran.
The official synopsis reads:
Superman must look inward to find strength in his most famous weakness. Each issue promises to explore different facets of Superman’s character, mythos, and moral core, while bending narrative form in ways only Prince, Morazzo and O’Halloran can. While Ice Cream Man became a cult favorite for its surreal, often harrowing dive into horror and existential dread, this new Superman title marks a bold departure—eschewing horror in favor of introspective, fun, genre-fluid storytelling.
“We’ve developed a reputation for pretty left-of-center experimentation, with respect to comics storytelling,” said W. Maxwell Prince, “and this is basically what we’re doing over the 5 issues of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum: using our unique voice in comics to tell a Supes yarn that’s both strange and timeless—out there and also totally grounded. You might know what Green, Red and Black Kryptonite does to Superman, but what about Purple? Or Cobalt? Or Speckled?”
DC group editor, Paul Kaminski, added: “Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum is a story about new types of Kryptonite, and the effect those new types have on Kal-El and his world.”“The series offers an opportunity to unleash the acclaimed Ice Cream Man creative team on the DCU, with episodic tales that play with storytelling styles. These tales are often warped, suspenseful and occasionally horrific, and lean into the rich stylings of the silver age Superman franchise.”
Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1 goes on sale August 13. Will you be picking it up? Tell us in the comments down below!
