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Metron ID: 164463
Publisher: DC Comics
Store Date: 2026-05-06
FOC Date: 2026-04-13
Cover Date: 2026-07-01
Characters: Kryl-Ux, Otho-Ra, Ronan Kent, Superman
Comic Vine: 1165104
GCD: 2831829
Metron Resource: https://metron.cloud/issue/adventures-of-superman-the-book-of-el-2025-8/

Description

Superman will always help someone in need, but since he was thrown into the future, his first priority has been to rescue Otho and Osul -Ra. The Valkyries of Phaelosia have offered him a chance to reunite with his daughter, but will that give him time to save his son? What sacrifices are necessary to prevent Kryl- Ux from rewriting reality? And Ronan Kent's reliance on Brainiac finally comes to light!

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