Action Comics revealed his identity as Superman to Lois Lane. Several major Superman storylines crossed over with "Action Comics" including "Emperor Joker" in 2000 and "Our Worlds at War" in 2001. John Byrne returned to "Action Comics" for issues #827–835 working with writer Gail Simone in 2005–2006. After the "One Year Later" company-wide storyline, "Action Comics" had a crossover arc with the "Superman" series, entitled "" which told of Clark Kent attempting to protect Metropolis without his powers until eventually regaining them. The "Last Son" storyline was written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, the director of the 1978 film "Superman: The
Action Comics In April 2011, the 900th issue of "Action Comics" was released. It served as a conclusion for Luthor's "Black Ring" storyline and a continuation for the "Reign of Doomsday" storyline. The final issue of the original series was "Action Comics" #904. The title was relaunched from issue #1, as part of 2011's The New 52 by the creative team of writer Grant Morrison and artist Rags Morales. As with all of the books associated with the DC relaunch, Clark Kent appears to be about five years younger than the previous incarnation of the character (where it would focus on the