Since last year, DC Comics has been publishing a weekly continuity-free series of Batman tales via the DC Comics app , called Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. Featuring A-list comic book creators, the goal is to create an anthology-style collection of Batman stories that are accessible to anyone. With the release of Man of Steel impending, DC is finally giving Superman the same treatment.

Debuting on April 29, the first digital chapter of Adventures of Superman will feature a story by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston with art by the wonderful Chris Sprouse and Karl Story on inks -- a team that will continue onto the second chapter a week later. The third chapter will be by Jeff Parker and Chris Samnee; this one tells the tale of Superman's first encounter with the menace of arch enemy Lex Luthor.Adventures of Superman will be getting print collections similar to DC's other digital-first series, collecting the digital chapters in groups of three. The first print issue will feature a regular cover by Bryan Hitch and an utterly gorgeous variant by Chris Samnee and colorist Matthew Wilson, which you can see below.

Dan Abnett

Ed Benes

Mitch Breitweiser

Giuseppe Camuncoli

Nathan Edmondson

Joshua Hale Fialkov

Christos N. Gage

Marc Guggenheim

Justin Jordan

Matt Kindt

JT Krul

Max Landis

Andy Lanning

David Lapham

Jeff Lemire

Michael Avon Oeming

Riley Rossmo

Stephen Segovia

Bruce Timm

Marcus To

Marv Wolfman

Red tights FTW! Also, Sprouse AND Samnee? I might die. If that goodness wasn't enough, here are some of the names DC has attached to Adventures of Superman so far:Legends of the Dark Knight has been pretty fantastic, so I'm elated that Superman is getting the same tender love and attention. Give me a Samnee-drawn Krypto and I might just collapse.

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