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 1 dubbed The New 52. This included ending the original 73-year run of "Action Comics" with issue #904, October 2011 (on sale August 24, 2011). The first issue of "Action Comics" volume 2, with a cover date of November 2011, went on sale September 7, 2011. The New 52 version of "Action Comics" #1 has gone through five printings. The fifth printing, which went on sale March 28, 2012, is cover-dated May 2012 in both the UPC box on the cover and the indicia, with no mention of its original November 2011 cover date. In 2016, as part of the Rebirth