New Super-Man

Gene Luen Yang

Jun 2017 · New Super-Man Vol 1, #1-39 · DC Comics

About this ebook

#1 New York Times best-selling author and National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang continues his work at DC with NEW SUPER-MAN VOL. 1, a part of DC Universe Rebirth! An impulsive act of heroism thrusts an arrogant young man into the limelight of Shanghai as China begins to form its own Justice League of powerful heroes. As the government creates their own Superman, will they live to regret the person they've chosen? Rising from the ashes of SUPERMAN: THE FINAL DAYS OF SUPERMAN and the death of the Man of Steel, will this New Super-Man step up to the challenge, or be crushed under the weight of his hubris and inexperience? Award-winning writer Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, SUPERMAN) and on-the-rise art star Viktor Bogdanovic (BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT) introduce readers to Kong Kenan, an all-new superhero who could change the world...or be the end of it, in NEW SUPER-MAN VOL. 1. Collects issues #1-6.

Ratings and reviews

Awesome story and character design. Asians do need more representation in comics and other media and this comic does Justice (no pun intended) It is interesting to read characters speaking in different colours based on the language they are speaking making it more realistic. I hope this comic can continue because one day I want to see the Superman of China on the big screen. This is a unique story and is nothing like the Original Superman despite some parallels. In some ways it's pretty reminiscent of some Superboy arcs

About the author

Gene Luen Yang began making comics and graphic novels over fifteen years ago. In 2006, his book AMERICAN BORN CHINESE was published by First Second Books. It became the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association's Printz Award. It also won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album - New. In 2013, First Second Books released BOXERS & SAINTS, his two-volume graphic novel about the Boxer Rebellion. BOXERS & SAINTS was nominated for a National Book Award and won the L.A. Times Book Prize.