New Story Shows What If Superman Could Make Himself Vulnerable (Exclusive)

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Forty years ago, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s Watchmen brilliantly demonstrated how a single individual could impact an entire world. Now, in their new series Knight City, launching next week, Matt Kindt and David Lapham delve into what happens when a being with immense power must change reality just to find some peace.

Kindt described the inspiration behind the series, explaining he wanted to explore a story about the world’s strongest hero being driven mad by constantly hearing the pleas for help around him. This hero eventually loses his powers and finds happiness as an ordinary person. The story then focuses on the difficult choice he faces: sacrifice his well-being to continue saving the world, or prioritize his own peace and live a normal life. Kindt feels this is a powerful dilemma with no easy answer, and he created the series to explore it.

Knight City #1

Authors: Matt Kindt

Cover Art: David Lapham

Colorists: Matt Kindt

Letterers: Joshua Reed

Illustrators: David Lapham

$4.99 USD | 32 pages | 6-5/8 x 10-13/16 | Comic Book | 76156801473000111

In-Store Date: 2026-02-04

This new action series, created by the teams behind BRZRKR and Stray Bullets, blends the intense energy of Fight Club with the power of Superman.

This hero lives a double life. While everyone sees him as a beacon of hope, his dreams transport him to an ordinary world where he’s just a regular person. The strain of balancing these two realities is taking its toll, and he’s starting to lose his grip on reality.

Knowing that even one night away could cost lives, he feels crushed by his duties. He’s forced to decide between continuing to use his incredible powers or finding peace in a normal life.

Will he stand tall in a world that needs him, or find peace in a simpler existence?

• Three-issue series.

The preview shows the Knight, this world’s version of Superman, battling his greatest enemy, Zero. Zero is a brilliant billionaire who is fixated on the Knight, despite the Knight consistently thwarting his villainous schemes.

Fighting their way through the city, Zero in his armor and Knight as always, the hero starts to show how exhausted he is from endless battles. All the superhero work is physically and emotionally draining, and it’s really starting to get him down.

The Knight is wrestling with a difficult question: should he take the law into his own hands and kill Zero, knowing Zero will likely avoid true punishment? He worries this choice would lead him down a dangerous road, but he’s so tired, he’s considering it anyway. Find out what he decides in Knight City #1, coming out next week!

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2026-01-30 21:11