DC Comics has officially confirmed for Newsarama what February and March solicits have suggested, that is Chuck Austen is no longer the writer on Action Comics as of January’s issue #823.

Both February and March’s issues are written by J.D. Finn, and April’s issue, #826 is part one of the three-part storyline, “Lightning Strikes,” by Judd Winick, Ian Churchill and Norm Rapmund. The villain in the three-part storyline, well…a quick look at the covers below should give a very strong clue as to his identity.

The storyline teams Superman and Shazam in battling an evil that threatens Metropolis, and serves as a sequel, of sorts, to summer’s First Thunder miniseries, written by Winick and illustrated by Joshua Middleton, which chronicles the first meeting of Superman and Shazam.

“Lightning Strikes” begins in Action Comics #826, continues in Adventures of Superman #639, and concludes in Superman #216. All three issues ship in April.

According to sources at DC, both a new writer for Action Comics, as well as the post Brian Azzarello/Jim Lee Superman creative team will be named soon.