Super Sons of Tomorrow

A bit of backstory: For me, Super Sons has always been a series with which I've had a rather tumultuous relationship. Back when DC Rebirth began, this series had not been one which had piqued my interest. However, once I started hearing good things about the series (as well as the fact I'd always heard Tomasi and Gleason were a knockout creative team), I found myself tempted to check it out.

However, as I've mentioned previously, the last few years have seen my mindset change to not want to encourage certain people's 'negative' actions by picking up their books. In Super Sons' case, this was to do with the editor at the time, whose tales of inappropriateness (to put it mildly) didn't sit well with me. Therefore, I chose to give the title a wide berth (which annoyed me because all the others involved didn't deserve to be tarred with the same brush).

But that was then and this is now and said individual is no more (as in fired, not dead (well, I don't think)).

So, on (or was it around?) Black Friday last November, with £20 in my pocket, I took advantage of my LCS's money off promotion and picked up three comic books. The first two were both volumes of Avengers Undercover (2nd hand but in good nick so got them for the price of one) while, with the third, I decided to finally plunge in and check out the Super Sons series with Super Sons of Tomorrow. Now, although it's taken a couple of months to get around to, I have to say I'm glad I finally picked up a copy.

Super Sons of Tomorrow. Really makes
me want to get all other related comics.
Image from Comixology.

Super Sons of Tomorrow sees the offspring of the World's Finest on the run when an old ally from the future (who apparently appeared in Detective Comics) returns to destroy a force destined to kill millions in his present: Superboy. Now, Jon Kent and the Robin, Damien Wayne, must attempt to keep Jon safe and defeat this nemesis without the help of their fathers or allies.

Now, I've probably missed out a lot of stuff here and simplified it quite considerably. However, I think if I said anymore then I would end up spoiling things for people wanting to read this, and you should ALL want to read it!!!

Supersons of Tomorrow was such a lot of fun to read, feeling light and adventurous even though it's rather a dark story all things considered. What I loved about it was, without a doubt, the lead characters as Tomasi and Gleason wrote a terrifically enthralling and enjoyable Superboy and Robin. This I found to be especially shocking as, for years, I've never had a high opinion of Damien Wayne (I've always said I'd kill him if I wrote for DC). However, this series and the way he interacted with Superboy and they bounced off of each other, made me actually enjoy reading his exploits.

Of course, all the other characters; Superman, Batman, the many Titans were all equally welcome. None of this characters felt either dislikeable (as some Dark Knights are prone to do for me) and I didn't think they showed up the true stars, enhancing the story when needed but rarely drawing focus.

In fact, if there is any complaint, it is the use of the villain, which kind of got to me a bit. However, their rationale was totally justified and made sense here and so I can't really complain.

As for the art, I absolutely loved Jorge Jimenez's work here (what else is new), as I thought it's softness and vibrancy helped to make this as fun as it was. However, all the other artists who worked on this; Kirkham, Benes and many others (I just can't remember their names. Sorry) produced equally stellar work which matched Jimenez and didn't jar in the transitions. This was, without a doubt a gorgeous book through and through.

In the end, I think that it's fair to say that I loved this series. It might not have been an epic but it was a fun, light-hearted read which looked awesome. After reading this (and knowing that my reasons for avoiding prior runs is no longer a reason), I am seriously tempted to pick up all of the others.