As of Action Comics #18 in March, Grant Morrison and Rags Morales will step aside to make room for a new writer and artist. Andy Diggle (Green Arrow: Year One, The Losers, Daredevil) and Tony Daniel (Batman, Detective Comics) will be the new team on the oldest ongoing comic book out there. Diggle is coming off a long stand at Marvel Comics, and Daniel is going back to artist duties after both writing and drawing Batman for years.

Says Diggle:

I’ve always had a positive experience working with DC Comics, and it’s amazing to be welcomed back into the fold in such fine style… Even in an industry dominated by superheroes, Superman is THE superhero – the original and best – and I’m flattered, daunted and inspired in equal measure at being given the opportunity to build on such an incredible and historic legacy. The word ‘iconic’ is bandied around a lot in comics, but Superman defines the term. I’m excited to be working with Tony Daniel, whose artistic and storytelling skills will be bringing the world(s) of Superman to stunning visual life. Together we’ll be carving out spectacular new adventures that respect the past while redefining the future of the Man of Steel.

A lot of fans will agree that Morrison’s Action Comics had moments of brilliance, but was marred by artistic inconsistencies, and a strange timeline, jumping around in this version of Superman’s history, getting away from the thing that made it so exciting and different from the start.

What will Diggle and Daniels’ Clark Kent bring along from Morrison/Morales besides the collar? Time will tell. But that image looks both dark and Kryptonian, and is definitely not a young Kal-El in boots and jeans.