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Superman: Son of Kal-El, Vol. 1: The Truth
| Title | Superman: Son of Kal-El, Vol. 1: The Truth |
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| Date | 2025-07-11 12:26:29 |
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| Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
A new Man of Steel for a new era! Jonathan Kent dons his father’s cape as the 21st century Superman in this new series, from the bestselling writer of DCeased and Injustice! Jonathan Kent has experienced a lot in his young life. He’s fought evil with Robin, traveled across galaxies with his Kryptonian grandfather, and lived in the future with the Legion of Super-Heroes, who were intent on training him for the day his father could no longer be Superman. There is a hole in the Legion’s history that prevents Jon from knowing exactly when that will happen, but all signs point to it being very soon. It’s time for the son to wear his father's cape and continue the never-ending battle as a symbol of hope for his home planet. But can Jon be Superman and still have a normal life? The son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane will learn the hard way as he heads to college and combats the dangers of the modern world. Superstar writer Tom Taylor (DCeased, Injustice) teams with visionary artist John Timms (Future State: Superman of Metropolis) to tell the saga of the 21st century Superman! This volume collects Superman: Son of Kal-El #1-6.
Review
Thoughts:1. The art is okay. It's typical modern day, slightly glib comic book art.2. I'm 44 years old, I'm guessing I'm not the targeted age for this series. It reads quite YA-y to me (not a big fan of YA-y).3. The main characters all sound alike, there's not a lot of characterisation. Everyone's quite bland4. The "boohoo I'm the son of Superman" story is really uninteresting, similar stories have been done better.5. The big bad, Dick Brexit. Looking like Lobot and smiling sinisterly does not replace a missing personality. I keep saying this, your adversary needs the same amount of characterisation as your protagonists.6. Gamorra, the blandest of islands, apparently has no own culture. It's just Americans, but on an island.7. The love story is cute, although I found Jay kind of dull, and I didn't see much chemistry between Superlad and him.8. The annual with Lex Luthor is unfortunate - another bald guy with a sinister smile, but with lots of personality, showing how boring Dick Brexit is.9. There's no ending to the arc. Someone's alive who one of our main characters thought was dead, and it just feels like a big shrug.Son of end of line.Buddy-read with SuperKads, whose superpower seems to be to get me to buddy-read books I won't like with her.
