"Superman Returns" Creative Team Unites for a Series of Comic Book Prequels

DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures announced that "Superman Returns" director Bryan Singer and screenwriters Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris are teaming up to provide the plots for four comic book prequels to the latest "Superman" movie. DC Comics will be publishing the four comic book prequels in June 2006. The four prequels will fill the time frame between the first "Superman" movie and "Superman Returns."

Details on the Four Comic Book Prequels:

"Superman Returns: Krypton to Earth" (On Sale June 7, 2006)
Story by Bryan Singer & Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris
Script by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray
Cover by Adam Hughes
In the first of the four prequels, fans will revisit the Man of Steel’s origins and witness how the world has been transformed in Superman’s absence.

"Superman Returns: Ma Kent" (June 14)
Story by Bryan Singer & Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris
Script by Marc Andreyko
Art by Karl Kerschl
Cover by Adam Hughes
The second special conceived by Bryan Singer and illustrated by Karl Kerschl spotlights the life of the woman who raised the Man of Tomorrow—and explores how she survived a world without Superman.

"Superman Returns: Lex Luthor" (June 21)
Story by Bryan Singer & Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris
Script by Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray
Art by Rick Leonardi
Cover by Adam Hughes
Lex Luthor always dreamed of a world without a Superman. How will Superman’s arch-nemesis react when he finally gets what he’s wanted for so many years?

"Superman Returns: Lois Lane" (June 28)
Story by Bryan Singer & Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris
Script by Mark Andreyko
Art by Wellington Dias
Cover by Adam Hughes
Lois Lane has loved… and lost… the Man of Steel. How will this intrepid reporter rebound from Superman’s absence?

Source: DC Comics