Action Comics #18 Preview – Grant Morrison’s Final Superman Issue

Asked how much of his 19-issue Action Comics run he planned out in advance, notoriously meticulous plotter Grant Morrison told Entertainment Weekly that he didn’t plan any of it at all–that he only planned six issues when he first began the run.But then, hesitating, he added, “the little man appears in the first panel. I knew he was from the fifth dimension, and I knew he was new baddie. I guess…I have no idea why I put him in there. That’s really weird. I’m thinking back. I planned six issues. I wasn’t going to do anymore. So why the hell is that guy there? Honestly, I think he sneaked himself in.”He’s right, of course – that character is right there at the beginning, although as far back as the first month of the New 52, Morrison already knew that he was a being of some significance.”I was thinking of the dwarf from Twin Peaks–a gnome-like figure, a creepy little elf,” the writer said back in 2011.Well, now is the final confrontation with that interdimensional threat. How’s it all go down? Here’s a look…