arathenerd's review
4.0
Jon officially won me over by stopping to save a polar bear. My heart literally melted.
trike's review
5.0
I had no idea Tom Taylor wrote this when I picked it up. I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about with this new aged-up Jon Kent, and Annuals have always been a good place to drop in, with their stand-alone stories. With very few missteps, Taylor is easily one of the best writers in comics today, if not THE best, and he proves it here again.
He uses the DC universe to inform the story and characters, making it seem effortless. So many comics feel forced, but this just flows from panel to panel, page to page. He also manages to use DC characters to comment on real-world issues, to masterful effect. Here it’s climate change and billionaire Lex Luthor not doing anything about it, when he could be solving the problem.
Taylor also hits on the inherent goodness of Superman, just as he did with Peter Parker in [b:Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Volume 2: Hostile Takeovers|44286869|Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Volume 2 Hostile Takeovers|Tom Taylor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614785563l/44286869._SY75_.jpg|68804452].
The art by Steve Pugh and Clayton Henry is solid throughout, and the colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and Steve Buccellato really pop.
Here’s a delightful 2-page side quest that appears near the beginning. It’s actually not a throwaway moment, because it informs the climate change discussion later.
https://ibb.co/R6yTJrL
https://ibb.co/DkDvfSN
He uses the DC universe to inform the story and characters, making it seem effortless. So many comics feel forced, but this just flows from panel to panel, page to page. He also manages to use DC characters to comment on real-world issues, to masterful effect. Here it’s climate change and billionaire Lex Luthor not doing anything about it, when he could be solving the problem.
Taylor also hits on the inherent goodness of Superman, just as he did with Peter Parker in [b:Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Volume 2: Hostile Takeovers|44286869|Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Volume 2 Hostile Takeovers|Tom Taylor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614785563l/44286869._SY75_.jpg|68804452].
The art by Steve Pugh and Clayton Henry is solid throughout, and the colors by Romulo Fajardo Jr. and Steve Buccellato really pop.
Here’s a delightful 2-page side quest that appears near the beginning. It’s actually not a throwaway moment, because it informs the climate change discussion later.
https://ibb.co/R6yTJrL
https://ibb.co/DkDvfSN
_mery98_'s review
3.0
3.5/5
This issue brought my faith back. The discussion about why people aren't doing enough about climate change pivoted to work in-universe also, is the way to go to deal with these real-world topics, especially if it involves demystifying these absurd notions of going to space as some really dumb ass billionaires we have around here have.
This issue brought my faith back. The discussion about why people aren't doing enough about climate change pivoted to work in-universe also, is the way to go to deal with these real-world topics, especially if it involves demystifying these absurd notions of going to space as some really dumb ass billionaires we have around here have.
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