‘Superman: The Stranger’: Wes Craig Takes The Man Of Steel Back To His Golden Age Origins For DC Comics

Wes Craig, best known for his work on Kaya, Deadly Class and more, is taking on the Man of Steel for a new six-issue series for DC Comics titled Superman: The Stranger. Written and drawn by Craig, to book looks to the Art Deco, 1938 origins of Superman, sen through a modern lens.

“Superman is my favorite hero. Always has been,” said Craig via a press release provided to Comic Book Club. “I grew up on Christopher Reeve and John Byrne’s interpretation, then his animated adventures and All-Star Superman as I grew older. His mythology always changing with the times. But the version I love the most and the one that I think, strangely, reflects our modern world best, is the ORIGINAL. You strip away the extra powers, you strip away Ma and Pa Kent, and Smallville and Krypton, you boil it down to that explosive first issue of Action Comics, and you have this vital, powerful myth of a brash young man with incredible powers fighting against a corrupt city. That’s the story I want to tell.”

Calling on the “visual language” of DC’s Golden Age comics and the Fleischer Studios Superman serials, there don’t seem to be any giant robots or world ending stakes in this one… Merely one man trying to do good in a harsh world.

Superman: The Stranger #1 hits stores on September 2, 2026 with colors by Jason Wordie and letters by Tom Napolitano, and will feature covers by Craig, Dave Johnson, Goran Parlov, and Ethan Young. Check out the synopsis and covers, below.

In Superman: The Stranger, readers will follow Superman at the very beginning of his journey. During the day, Clark Kent does what he can to make ends meet in the bustling city of Metropolis, but when the sun goes down, he leaps into action to keep the city streets safe. As Superman, Clark fights for a better tomorrow, but he feels like he’s not affecting change. The rich keep getting richer, and the poor struggle to survive. Can Superman truly save the downtrodden?

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