Phillip Kennedy Johnson

The Golden Age of Metropolis has begun for the Super-Family and Steelworks! However, when a nightmare looms over the city of dreams, which heroes will be left to defend it? It s a brand-new golden age for Metropolis. The City of Tomorrow is being defended by the Super-Family in the sky with Steelworks on the ground, hard at work on rebuilding. However, terrorist leader Norah Stone has other ideas. She dreams of a city without Kryptonians! After draining Superman s strength, she unleashes an imposter Man of Steel tyrant on the city of Metropolis. Alongside Doomsday, the new ruler of hell, the city of dreams is about to become a nightmare. Collects Action Comics #1057-1059, Action Comics 2023 Annual #1, Action Comics Presents: Doomsday Special #1, Knight Terrors: Action Comics #1-2.

In this companion volume to Titans: Beast World, witness the shape-shifting infection spread across the DC Universe, from Metropolis to Gotham and beyond! In Titans: Beast World, a shape-shifting infection brings chaos across the globe as heroes and villains change into ferocious beasts! Titans: Beast World Tour shows how the fallout of the Titans-centric crossover affects the most famous cities of the DC Universe and its superpowered residents. In Titans: Beast World Tour, take a trip to Metropolis to see the Superman family take on Flamebird, journey to Gotham as shape-shifting spores take root in Batman s hometown, submerge yourself in Atlantis as Aquaman and Tempest engage in a deep-sea battle royale, travel to Star City for a father-son reunion between Oliver Queen and Connow Hawke, and race to Central City as a member of the Flash Family is infected! This anthology-style collection includes stories from top creators including Joshua Williamson, Nicole Maines, Max Raynor, Chip Zdarsky, Kelley Jones, Jamal Campbell, Sina Grace, Riccardo Federicil, Simon Spurrier, A.L. Kaplan, and more. This volume collects Titans: Beast World Tour: Metropolis, Titans: Beast World Tour: Gotham, Titans: Beast World Tour: Central City, Titans: Beast World Tour: Atlantis, and Titans: Beast World Tour: Star City.

John Stewart returns as Green Lantern for a story about rediscovering your past and forging your future as a Guardian! Just when John Stewart thought he was out as a Green Lantern he s pulled back in! Hanging up the emerald power ring, the once great Green Lantern is giving the post-superhero life a try. This all comes to a screeching halt when a mysterious Guardian from another universe lands on Earth, seeking John s help. With new threats emerging from the shadows, this new lantern will help John Stewart rediscover what once fueled the fire to make him the greatest Green Lantern in the Multiverse!

OO7 is back in action! After a high-stakes rescue mission is mysteriously, violently sabotaged, Bond’s future at MI6 hangs in the balance. As he awaits his fate, James Bond is urgently contacted by an old flame and mentor: Gwendolyn Gann, formerly Agent OO3, who warns Bond of an existential threat to England and the global balance of power. But before they can meet, OO3 turns up dead, sending Bond on the most personal mission of his career: find Gwendolyn Gann’s killers, and expose the shadowy organization known only as “Myrmidon.”

The new age of monsters continues - with the Hulk caught right in the center of it Bruce Banner's new friend Charlie reminds him that he's more than a man on the run -- he's an Avenger. A hero. And heroes help people. So when their travels lead them to a Texas town under attack by dreaded monstrosities known as war devils, Bruce decides that it's time for the Hulk to step in But in doing so, he rouses an undead Spirit of Vengeance from his eternal slumber -- summoning a hundred-year-old Ghost Rider who intends to ride down the Hulk COLLECTING: Incredible Hulk (2023) 6-10

A new age of monsters As an enraged Hulk tries to take permanent control of the body he shares with Bruce Banner, a mysterious immortal turns every monster on Earth against him in an attempt to free their creator, the primordial Mother of Horrors With the help of an unlikely new friend, Banner must stop the world from being plunged into darkness - and his journeys take him from an abandoned coal-mining town that gives terrifying new meaning to the term "ghost town" to swamplands where a sultry seductress lures unsuspecting victims into her trap What is her connection to Marvel's macabre muck-monster - and will the Hulk burn at the Man-Thing's touch? Plus: A documentary crew on the Hulk's trail gets too close to the action Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK (2023) #1-5 and HULK ANNUAL (2023) #1.

After learning of an enslaved race with mysterious ties to Krypton, Superman and the Authority leave earth and travel across the galaxy to liberate Warworld. Think it s that simple? Think again. With Superman captured on Warworld and banished to the lower catacombs, he ll need to team up with other enslaved gladiators to turn the hordes of Warworld against their masters. As the Warworld Saga reaches a breaking point, battle lines are drawn between the two towering forces at odds: Mongul and Superman. Which heroes will survive the conflict and what will be the fate of the citizens of Warworld? This volume collects the full Warworld Saga: Action Comics #1030-1046, Action Comics 2021 Annual, Action Comics 2022 Annual, Batman/Superman: Authority Special #1, Future State: Superman: House of El #1, Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1-2, Superman: Warworld Apocalypse #1.

Two fellowships of heroes struggle with the same threat...30 years apart. One group will doom their world the other must try to save it. Thirty years ago, a band of heroes traveled beyond the borders of creation to kill the last living god and save the realm of Cain Anuun. But when the foul legions of the Last God march again and begin to destroy all of Cain Anuun, it will be revealed that the aging fellowship may not be the great heroes they claimed to be. With the world burning down around them, a new group of unlikely champions will come together to try to bring peace to their world. They'll have to kill the Last God, once and for all. Collects The Last God #1-12, The Last God: Tales from the Book of Ages #1, and The Last God: Songs of Lost Children #1.

Father and son are at last reunited after the Warworld Saga ripped them apart! In the aftermath of Superman s epic Warworld Revolution, the Man of Steel is back on Earth and stronger than he s ever been! As he and Steel join forces to remake Metropolis as a true City of Tomorrow, two of Superman s most classic villains take notice and they have plans of their own. Collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #16-18, Action Comics #1047-1049, and Superman: Kal-El Returns Special!

Smoketown is a blue-collar crime noir graphic novel set in the steel mill community of Smoketown, Pennsylvania. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, illustrated by Scott Van Domelen and Dustin Mollick, published by Scout Comics. An American soldier struggling with PTSD and hallucinations tries to fit back into his old life. An abused wife frantically struggles to hide her abuser's body before morning. The son of a blue collar crime boss sees something he's not meant to see, and finds his true calling. An aging police officer at the end of a disappointing career finally gets his chance to make a difference, but finds himself in the middle of something much bigger than he expected. Each resident of the steel mill town nicknamed "Smoketown" has been trapped there in their own way, and each has their own story to tell. But as their lives intersect in unexpected ways, they each get dragged into the violent, criminal side of their seemingly quiet town, each forced to make impossible, sometimes violent decisions to protect those they love.

Superman has become a force to be reckoned with inside Warworld s arena, and Mongul questions his decision to keep his enemies alive. As Superman s new Phaelosian ally Kryl-Ux teaches him new ways to fight without powers, he starts to win Warzoons over to his cause but someone within his inner circle finds their allegiances tested. Meanwhile, the elusive Midnighter uses his talents to find the missing members of the Authority.