The series is co-written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Grant Morrison with artwork by Sami Basri, Adriana Melo, and Miguel Mendoca.
Jon talks to Damian Wayne about how in the future, Superman disappears after he dealt with the breach and is afraid that his father will die.
Superman meets with Lois Lane when he gets a report of an alien ship, and is shocked to see Kryptonian offshoots known as Phaelosians.
[7] Superman takes the Kryptonians to the Fortress of Solitude, and he goes with Aquaman, Murk, and Nuidis Vulko where they find out the alien ship is from Mongul and it has a mysterious energy source and violent prisoners.
As Superman tries to exonerate the source, Murk and Vulko refused and explained it is against the law to take any unknown property that belonged to Atlantis' domain, especially the fragment.
[9] While talking to the Justice League, Earth and Atlantis is about to go to war, and Superman explains he must go to Warworld to free the slaves.
However, Superman prevents her death and threatens Mongul by tossing the damaged Orphan box at his face, leaving him intrigued.
After he consoles Jon and Lois, Superman goes with his team (Apollo, Midnighter, Enchantress, Manchester Black, Guardian, and Lightray) to confront Mongul.
[13] Thalros convinces the United Planets council to not aid Superman due to the power vacuum that will be created once Mongul is defeated.
During the battle, Lightray is killed, Apollo is incapacitated and Midnighter escapes while Superman the remaining Authority members are captured.
After she finds the fragment's hiding place, Lois meets up with John Henry Irons to look after the Phalesosian girl when there's a sudden bright flash of blue light and they hear Superman's voice.
[20] Superman and his team go to the heart of Warworld to rescue Enchantress where they are attacked by Mother, an undead Witch Queen that Mongul has allied with.
They save Thao-La by bringing her to the sun, and Amanda Waller sends Conduit to suit up to deal with future Superman threats.
[21] Mongul unleashes his mind-controlled OMAC, Black Razor, and Apollo on planets killing hundreds of innocent people.
Superman enters the doorway to the Old Gods where he meets a young girl made of energy, and passes a test that deems him worthy of gaining the Fire of Olgrun.
Superman goes back to the real world but is shocked to see Kryl-Ux with Mongul as he threatens to kill two children.
Kryl-Ux disappears before confronting Thalros for his betrayal, and Superman helps the Warworld survivors before returning to Earth to meet with Lois Lane.
[25] David Brooke from AIPT wrote: "All in all, Action Comics #1036 begins a story that feels huge in its scope as it introduces readers to a new world and a bevy of evil characters.