Again in 2021 DC celebrated Batman Day with the discharge of Batman: The World, an anthology graphic novel that includes tales about Batman by creators from all around the world. However Bruce Wayne isn’t the one international trotter within the Justice League (and let’s face it, it’s simpler to do when you may fly) — this 12 months, as a part of their “Summer time of Superman” initiative, DC will launch Superman: The World in June.

The graphic novel will embody contributions from creators from 15 totally different international locations, together with Dan Jurgens, Jorge Jimenéz, Satoshi Miyagawa, Stepan Kopriva, Dr. Ejob Gaius, Jefferson Costa Sylvian, Lee Weeks, Jorge Jimenéz, Kai Kitago, Michal Suchánek, Jefferson Costa, Marcial and extra. 

“The Man of Tomorrow normally soars via the skies in Metropolis, however regardless of the place on this planet a cry for assist comes, Superman will all the time be there to avoid wasting the day,” the press launch learn.

Superman: The World is scheduled to launch day and date within the following territories: Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany, Spain, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Turkey, India, Cameroon, Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, and Argentina. And right here’s a have a look at a number of of the tales that’ll be included:

“Let Slip the Canines of Battle,” by Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks

When an enormous alien of unknown origin assaults Metropolis, the speedy response is an enormous navy strike that might eradicate the risk in addition to town itself. Dan Jurgens (Motion Comics, Superman) and Lee Weeks (Superman: Lois and Clark, Batman/Catwoman) ship a narrative wherein Superman is challenged by an extraterrestrial risk and his personal authorities’s worst instincts. It’s a singularly distinctive problem for the Man of Metal, who finds himself trapped between two powerful decisions with little time to discover a answer.

“The Final Seed of Krypton,” by Mauro Mantella and Agustín Alessio (Argentina)

Author Mantella and artist Alessio ebook a visit for the Man of Metal to Argentina, the place, in the hunt for a narrative as Clark Kent and a possible risk as Superman, he encounters an historic menace with ties to his previous—one which threatens all the planet and forces him to rethink his very essence and biology.

“If Nihilism Is the Reply, What Was the Query?,” by Štěpán Kopřiva and Michal Suchánek (Czech and Slovak Republics)

Superman has all the time been a logo of hope, however what occurs when he encounters a neighborhood that doesn’t imagine in hope? The Czech storytelling staff of author Kopřiva and artist Suchánek put this query to the Man of Metal when, within the distant future, he encounters “Prague,” a Czech area station with a single occupant, one who believes in completely nothing—order, values, hope—nor within the which means of all of it.

“Superman in Paris,” by Sylvain Runberg, Marcial Toledano Vargas, and José Manuel Robledo (France)

This brief story by author Runberg (The Woman with the Dragon Tattoo/Millenium, Warship Jolly Roger, Beneath York) and artists Toledano Vargas (Ken Video games, Dominants) and Robledo (Tebori) tells the story of how Lois Lane and Clark Kent hope to flee their each day adventures for a quick getaway to Paris, the Metropolis of Lights. However there’s one thing lurking within the depths of the Seine River that will interrupt their romantic interlude.

“Man of Kruppstahl,” by Flix (Felix Görmann) (Germany)

In distinctive type, award-winning author/artist Flix (Spirou, The Humboldt Animal) tells a nostalgic and charming story from Superman’s previous wherein the Man of Metal thwarts the machinations of a villain in postwar Germany.

“Superman’s Inferno,” by Fabio Celoni and Marco Nucci (Italy)

Acclaimed Italian comics creators Nucci and Celoni have a good time the unbelievable narrative of the Final Son of Krypton on this brief story. In 2021, Clark Kent and Lois Lane are within the house metropolis of the Sommo Poeta (the Supreme Poet), Dante Alighieri, on the 700th anniversary of his dying. All of the sudden, the earth splits open, with Lois and a few bystanders swallowed up in a chasm that appears to steer on to Hell. Superman’s solely hope towards the armies of Lucifer is tied to a system seen in Dante’s visions that has been misplaced without end!

“Superman vs. Comfort-Retailer Eating Area,” by Satoshi Miyagawa and Kai Kitago (Japan)

DC and Kodansha will embody an excerpt from the favored DC manga Superman vs. Meshi, by Miyagawa and Kitago, readable in Western type (left to proper).

“Superman: The Left of the Hummingbird,” by Bef (Bernardo Fernández) (Mexico)

When Clark Kent visits Mexico for a easy information story, Superman results in a battle towards the Aztec gods on this story by author/artist Bef.

“Marzanna,” by Bartosz Sztybor and Marek Oleksicki (Poland)

Author Sztybor and artist Oleksicki carry the Man of Metal to Warsaw, the place an investigative task takes an sudden flip. As Clark Kent delves into the native custom of drowning the Marzanna effigy, he uncovers a chilling thriller tied to historic legends and a looming risk over town. In a race towards time, Superman should confront forces past creativeness to guard the folks of Warsaw and show that hope is the best energy of all.

“My Alternative, Defending the Mild,” by Stevan Subic (Serbia)

Storyteller Subic (The Riddler: Yr One, Batman: Full Moon) each writes and attracts this Superman story. After a giant cosmic struggle, recovering below the solar, Superman hears a faint cry for assist coming from a city in Serbia, the one place on Earth that has Kryptonite, whose guardians are holding the stash safe from anybody who may wish to get their palms on it. A not-fully-healed Superman faces the problem of serving to the folks defending him from the substance most threatening to him whereas a lethal cosmic adversary pulls out all of the stops to assert the hoard of Kryptonite.

“Superman in Granada,” by Jorge Jiménez and Alejandro Sánchez (Spain)

This brief story, written and illustrated by Jorge Jiménez (Batman, Superman, Justice League, Tremendous Sons) with colours by Alejandro Sánchez (Superman, Tremendous Sons, Justice League), tells of how, after as soon as once more saving Earth from the upcoming affect of a meteorite, Superman falls powerlessly into the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Conscious that his powers might return at any second, he chooses to wander via town in his costume like every other human and uncover the wonder and tradition Granada has to supply.

“The Hero and the Bull,” by Ethem Onur Bilgiç (Turkey)

Author/illustrator/graphic designer Ethem Onur Bilgiç takes Clark Kent and Lois Lane to Istanbul to cowl an archaeological symposium. They meet a scientist who introduces them to the rituals related to celebrating the pagan deity Mithras, main Clark and Lois to an sudden encounter.