Action Comics their son, Jonathan Kent. For the series' 1000th issue—released on April 18, 2018, the 80th anniversary of the premiere issue—DC returned Superman back to his traditional costume with the red trunks and yellow belt. "Action Comics" #1000 collects the regular cover, blank variant cover, eight covers spanning eight decades from the 1930s-2000s, nineteen other variant covers from variant artists, and a hardcover "Action Comics: 80 years of Superman Deluxe Edition". Brian Michael Bendis became the new writer for the "Action Comics" series starting with issue #1001. In number of issues, "Action Comics" is the longest running DC Comics series, followed
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