COMICS: The Death Of Ma And Pa Kent Revealed In Lettered ACTION COMICS #17 Preview

COMICS: The Death Of Ma And Pa Kent Revealed In Lettered ACTION COMICS #17 Preview

In Grant Morrison's penultimate issue of his run on Action Comics (on sale this Wednesday), how exactly Ma and Pa Kent died in "The New 52" continuity is finally revealed. "Never give up the fight to make this world a better place, son..."

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By JoshWilding - Feb 19, 2013 06:02 PM EST

Filed Under: DC Comics

Source: io9

In the penultimate chapter to writer Grant Morrison's critically acclaimed run, the Man of Steel faces one of his greatest opponents yet and prepares for a battle that spans not only time and space but imagination itself!

ACTION COMICS #17
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Pencils & Cover by RAGS MORALES

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