In the new book, Straczynski shows the 'early years' of 'Clark Kent' coming out as 'Superman', with thoughts of him becoming something other than a 'superhero'.
"What we wanted to do was to create an original graphic novel featuring our most prominent character that we felt captured a contemporary tone and really was built with the bookstore market in mind.
"We always knew that we wanted to do a real, contemporary interpretation of Superman," said Dan DiDio, senior vice-president, executive editor, DC Comics.
DiDio explained that DC is 'retelling' the adventures of the stalwart comic book star as a way to reach out to buyers and fans of books like "Twilight".
"What we wanted to do was to create an original graphic novel featuring our most prominent character that we felt captured a contemporary tone and really was built with the bookstore market in mind.