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Warning ! This clause contain spoilers for Superman : The Harvests of YouthOne could argue thatSupermanand the entire Super - Family is the last great American dynasty , as their legacy stretch all the way back to the ancestry of DC Comics with continuations and reimaginings still being added to Superman lore to this solar day . And now , an all - raw addition to Superman ’s ever - growing catalog of iconic stories is about to strike the shelf , one that was inspired by aTaylor Swiftalbum .

No , this is n’t a fraud or an illicit affair . If anything it was an epiphany by the author and creative person behind the upcomingSuperman : The Harvests of Youth , Sina Grace , during the pandemic , which - for many - feel like exile from society . saving grace pulled the unseeable drawstring of their creative nous and find peace amid the chaos of the world during lockdown , as they crafted aSupermantale unlike any other . Superman : The Harvests of Youthby Sina Grace follows a unseasoned Clark Kent in Smallville during his time as a gamey school student . After the tragic loss of a classmate , Superman and his protagonist sputter with their feelings while also trying to solve a life-threatening mystery and asseverate their normal lives - and it was all animate by Taylor Swift’sFolklore .

Sina Grace Explains Taylor Swift’s Folklore Inspiration for New Superman Book

In an exclusiveScreen Rant interview with Sina Graceat San Diego Comic - Con 2023 , the writer / artist ofSuperman : The harvest home of Youthwas require about the Holy Scripture ’s overall esthetic . Sina Grace ’s reaction was as take after :

There was a little snatch of an autumnal vibe in the volume that I wanted to enamour . I was listening to a lot of Taylor Swift ’s Folklore , so I just , that kind of somber aesthetic played into every prospect of the account book ’s invention .

Even with the few pieces of nontextual matter and story point that have been let on in the lead of the Christian Bible ’s official acquittance , it ’s well-off for readers to understand what Sina Grace is verbalise about here . The cover art and the coloring palettes used for the volume ’s internal panels alone convey the same feelings one experiences upon hear to Taylor Swift’sFolklore , which seemed to be exactly what Sina Grace was intending . Folkloreis a earnest and story - driven epoch that delves into the creative person ’s more indie side , as opposed to the former euphony literary genre she ’s explored that were more in - phone line with pop , rock , or country . Like the stories Taylor Swift told through her lyrics inFolklore , The harvest of Youthpromises to be an emotional book with an undertone of melancholic rejuvenation , the lamentation of well-chosen times gone by , and an ode to what could have been .

Jon Kent (AKA Superman’s Young Adult Son) with Kryptonite in the background

Superman : The Harvests of Youthby DC Comics is available October 3 , 2023 .

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Superman and Taylor Swift.

Superman: The Harvests of Youth cover art.

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