Action Comics became the new creative team on the series with issue #25 (Jan. 2014). This series concluded with issue #52 (July 2016), which was part of the "Final Days of Superman" storyline which depicted the death of the "New 52" version of Superman. As part of DC Comics' DC Rebirth relaunch in June 2016, "Action Comics" reverted to its original numbering beginning with "Action Comics" #957, with the series shipping twice-monthly. The series, written by Dan Jurgens, serves as a continuation of the comic book series, "Superman: Lois and Clark", which featured the pre-"Flashpoint" Superman alongside his wife, Lois Lane, and
Action Man (comics) featured some similar plot elements. The final story to be printed in the comic was titled "Island of Terror!" and was written by Simon Frith, with art by John Ross. Panini Comics obtained the Marvel UK licence in 1995 and Marvel UK had previously published an Action Force comic. Then, in 1996, the first issue of Action Man was published with the Marvel logo on the cover however, this was later removed after a few years. The comic ended in 2006 to be replaced by a spin-off, "Action Man: A.T.O.M." comic. "A.T.O.M." had also replaced the "Action Man" toy line