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DC Comics is reviving letter columns in the back of some of its superhero books – here’s where to send in your letters
Letter columns were once a staple of superhero comics, but largely died with the advent of the internet… but now the internet is fueling its return
NewsbyChris Arrant, Editor-in-Chief
Published on Wed Jul 15 2026
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The Metropolis Mailbag has reopened
After over a decade away, DC Comics is reviving what was once a staple of superhero comics — letter columns — in its original flagship books, the Superman line.
“Want to get YOUR letter published in a Superman book?? Time to lock in, Superfan, because we are officially launching a special new letters column: DIRECT FROM DC DISCORD!” reads a letter from Superman group editor Paul Kaminski on the official DC Discord. “This new column will feature questions, comments, and reactions from YOU, the DC Official Discord members!”
The letters are being collected in the DC Official Discord’s superman-letters-column channel, with the promise that they “may see it printed in the core-line Superman periodicals.” There’s no explicit deadline, with Kaminski saying they are reviewing them on a rolling basis. DC has been testing reviving the letters column using its official DC Discord for going on two years now
Letter columns were largely phased out of DC and Marvel Comics in 2001 and 2002 with the advent of mainstream community features such as forums (and eventually social media) of the internet. In 2011, with the advent of the ‘New DC’ era, that publisher did revive the concept briefly, but it faded away quickly. While DC and Marvel tend to be lukewarm to cold on letter columns, several creator-owned series have continued to have printed letter columns in their issues
Historically, it was the Superman ongoing series that introduced the idea of a recurring letters column as backmatter to DC Comics. Readers’ letters were published intermittently by DC Comics in the years prior, but 1958’s Superman #124 introduced it as a regular feature. It eventually garnered the name ‘Metropolis Mailbag,’ and while the nostalgic part of me misses that, I also understand there’s more to Superman than just Metropolis… and I don’t think mailbags have been a thing in decades.
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Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse’s Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher’s Weekly, Marvel, Newsarama, CBR, and more. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)
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