Unofficial Action Comics Index

ACTION COMICS #1090

Cover Date: November 2025
Cover Price: $4.99
Publication Date: 2025-09-10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Ryan Sook (signed)

Variant Covers: Cover B (Card Stock Variant) Art: Gerald Parel (signed) Cover C (Card Stock Variant) Art: Ricardo López Ortiz (signed) Cover D (Inc 1:25 Card Stock Variant) Art: Skylar Patridge (signed) Cover E (Corner Box Card Stock Variant) Art: Dan Mora

Story: "The Speed of Life" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Mark Waid
Art	Skylar Patridge
Colors	Ivan Plascencia, Matt Herms
Lettering	Steve Wands
Assistant editing	Jillian Grant
Senior editing	Paul Kaminski

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent

Martha Kent

Lana Lang

Villain(s):

Avalon

Raze (last in flashback in issue #1087)

Two others (first appearance)

General Sam Lane

Guest Appearance(s):

Captain Comet

Will Magnus (last/next in ???)

Other Character(s):

Will Magnus' robots (first appearance)

United States Army

Location(s):

Multiverse

Universe-0

Space Sector 2814

Earth

United States of America

Kansas

Smallville

The Kent Farm

Smallville High School

Sky Diner

New York

Will Magnus' lab

Virginia

Pentagon

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

Philadelphia City Hall

One Liberty Place

Two Liberty Place

Armenia

Yerevan

Republic Square

Government House

China

Great Wall of China

Spain

Madrid

Metropolis Building

Turkey

Ankara

Kocatepe Mosque

Comment(s):

Story continued from the previous issue and continues is the next issue.

Solicitation:

A long-forgotten hero from the past returns—but this is no team-up! As Superboy fights for his life against the original Man of Tomorrow, he discovers the real reason superheroes have been gone for so long. Can Clark convince his enemy that he comes in peace?

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