Action Comics #1006

Invisible Mafia Part 6

Brian Michael Bendis Script
Ryan Sook Art & Cover
Brad Anderson Colors
Josh Reed Letters
Francis Manapul Variant Cover
Jessica Chen Associate Editor
Mike Cotton Editor
Brian Cunningham Group Editor
Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
By special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family

I was waiting for this comic to appear on the DC Universe app (since I'm too cheap to shell out $3.99 for this issue), but I got impatient and decided to write this review completely based off the preview from the DC Comics app. I'm 98% sure those three pages will be enough. Anyway, that means I'm only going to worry about the main cover. As charming as Manapul's variant is, I'll let you look it up on your own time. The main cover is a nice representation of Superman being the bleeding heart of Metropolis. It's pretty great, but it has nothing to do with why we're here.

The title page of this comic is a look at the desk of a Daily Planet columnist only known as Trish Q. Her desk is a delightful treasure trove of Easter eggs, including a reference to the old Flash villain Kobra, a Post-It note that says "Young Justice is back? Why?" and a magazine called Teen Titan Beat, that features the pictures of Raven and our lovable Impulse.

Brian Michael Bendis will officially relaunch the Young Justice on January 9, 2019, but this came out one week earlier, on January 2. Chronologically, it makes sense for this issue to take place after Young Justice #1. As such, it ended up being a little tease for the upcoming series. And as small as it was, it's nice to see Impulse being referenced somewhere else in the DC universe.

But next time, instead of starting that new Young Justice series, we'll dive into the most improbable return of the Young Justice animated series.