just batman calling superman 'a national treasure'
and superman saving batman from lex luthor
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Superman Son Of Kal-El 2021 Annual #1 | Card Stock Variant (Cover art by Steve Pugh)
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Gail and her cubs in Superman: Son of Kal-El Annual #1 - Homecoming and Superman: Son of Kal-El #14 - Siege of Gamorra by Tom Taylor with art by Steve Pugh, Clayton Henry, and Cian Tormey
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📁| JACKSON HYDE/AQUALAD/AQUAMAN READING GUIDE
Who's Jackson Hyde (Aqualad/Aquaman)?
Jackson Hyde is the son of Black Manta and the Xebelian rebel Lucia. Before becoming Aquaman, he was a member of the Teen Titans and Young Justice, and used to be known as the hero Aqualad for a short time.
» PRE-FLASHPOINT
ESSENTIAL READING
Brightest Day: #4, #7, #9-11, #16, #19-20
» REBIRTH (POST-FLASHPOINT)
ESSENTIAL READING
DCU: Rebirth
Teen Titans (2016): #6-7
Lazarus Contract (crossover storyline): Teen Titans (2016): #8 / Deathstroke (2016): #19 / Teen Titans: The Lazarus Contract Special
Teen Titans (2016): #9-11
Dark Nights Metal (crossover storyline): Teen Titans (2016): #12 / Nightwing (2016): #29 / Suicide Squad (2016): #26 / Green Arrow (2016): #32
Teen Titans (2016): #13-14
Super Sons of Tomorrow (crossover storyline): Super Sons: #11 / Teen Titans (2016): #15 /Superman (2016): #38 / Super Sons: #12
Teen Titans (2016): #17-19
Aquaman (2016): #50-53, Annual #2, #54-55, #58-60, #62-63, #65
Young Justice (2018): #13-15
additional reading ↷
Super Sons: #6-7
DC Holiday Special 2017 ("Holiday Spirit")
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ESSENTIAL READING
Aquaman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular ("Father's Son" / "Foreshadow")
Aquaman: The Becoming: #1-6
Aquamen: #1-6
Dark Crisis (crossover storyline): Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis ("Survivors") / Dark Crisis: #1, #3, #5-7
Batman: Fortress: #5-8
Knight Terrors: Superman: #1-2
additional reading ↷
DC Pride ("Love Life")
Are You Afraid of Darkseid?
Tis the Season to Be Freezin' ("Break the Ice")
DC Pride 2022 ("A World Kept Just For Me")
Superman: Son of Kal-El: #7-8
DC Power: A Celebration ("Own Your Name")
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ELSEWORLDS
Injustice 2: #15, #17, #21-22, #24
You Brought Me The Ocean
Earth-11 (Jacqui Hyde/Aquagirl): DC Pride 2022 ("Are You Ready for This?") / DC's Very Merry Multiverse ("To Stop the Star-Conqueress") / Multiversity: Teen Justice: #1-6
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Future State: Aquaman: #1-2
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VIDEO GAMES
Young Justice Legacy
DC Universe Online
LEGO DC Super-Villains
DC Legends
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Hot on the Heels of the Nightwing 2022 Annual Reveal of Heartless, It's Time to Gather all the Seeds in Son of Kal-El!!
Without spoiling the annual, the identity of Heartless was seeded in Nightwing #78, Tom's first issue on the run. I've already written an essay attempting to prove something is going to drop and bring Jon back to being a kid that is no longer entirely accurate to what I feel is coming, but just for posterity, here's a list of things that could be referencing other bits of information throughout the run.
Superman: Son of Kal-El #1, Jon is born in the Fortress of Solitude
Action Comics #976 (Superman Reborn), Jonathan Samuel Kent is born in the Fortress of Solitude
Superboy (2011) #19 , Jonathan Lane Kent born in the Fortress of Solitude
2. Superman Son of Kal-El #2, Jon's new identity Finn Conners where Jon puts on a bad blonde wig. "Finn" is an Irish name meaning "fair." Connors is also Irish.
Teen Titans (2011) #23, Cassie asks to call Kon "Conner" before going in for a kiss
3. Superman Son of Kal-El #2, no parties with Damian at the Fortress.
Superman & Robin Special, a party with Damian at the Fortress. Jon and Damian beat up Nazis. They also find an alien who rapidly ages before dividing and leaving.
Legion of Super-Heroes (2019) #3, Damian is rumored to become akin to Adolf Hitler.
Shadow War Omega, Damian: "Heroes don't kill!"
What of the aging alien?
4. Superman, Son of Kal-El #4, Jon reminisces about visiting his grandparents as a toddler. As far as we were shown in Superman and Action Comics during Rebirth, this never happened.
Doomsday Clock #12 (Dec '19), Jon and Martha Kent are reintroduced despite not being present since Flashpoint. Jon is not present for this story aside from a single mention in an earlier issue. This combined with Superman Reborn could explain the panels in SoKE, but that's kinda lame if you ask me especially if they were really about to push Jon into the role of Superman soon after this.
Superboy (2011) #19, Jon Lane Kent falls deathly ill just before the age of 4. Notice the choice of white is consistent between this panel and the ones in SoKE. Also notice the farmhouse in the background. Is this what Jon is remembering?
5. Superman Son of Kal-El #4, backstories of The Aerie and Wink retconned to have been caused by Bendix
Suicide Squad (2019) #8, The Aerie reveals their backstory and The Post-Human Project to be a faceless evil. This change in SoKE #4 causes Jay and Aerie to share more than a few similarities, and they share a creator. Both runs were written by Tom Taylor.
Superman Son of Kal-El #6, Jay was Gamorran First Family
Suicide Squad (2019) #10, The Aerie’s mother is a deposed president as well
Superman (2018) #6, Jon returns to Earth 7 years older after 5 years of abuse and only 3 weeks have passed
Action Comics Annual #12, Chris Kent ages rapidly in the Phantom Zone. Note how these text boxes describe a similar description to what happened to Jon in that Earth-3 volcano.
Tom Taylor has also commented on famously poorly-received storylines in Son of Kal-El and Nightwing, namely Event Leviathan and both Devin Grayson and Scott Lobdell's runs on Nightwing.
6. Superman Son of Kal-El #5, the kiss
Teen Titans (2014) #12, Kon 2 says goodbye to Tim and WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
7. Nightwing #89/SoKE #9, Jon flies at age 9 and gets lost in a flashback. Dick in his N52 suit.
Superman (2016) #8 & 9, Jonathan Samuel Kent can't fly at age 10.
Super Sons #10, Jon masters flight
Superman #668, Chris Kent fully capable of flight in his early appearances
8. Superman Son of Kal-El #12, Henry Bendix calls Jon an "abomination" for the first time
Superboy (2011) #6, Kara gives the Superboy the name Kon-El, which translates from Kryptonese as "Abomination in the House of El"
Superboy (2011) #33, Kon 2 is reborn in the mind of Jon Lane after dying in the Superman event Krypton Returns just months before this was published.
Either of these last two issues could also explain how Kon 2 would have the memories of Jon Lane Kent or the memories of the people the psychic (and psychotic) Jon would have been in contact with. Kon 2 is shown images of Krypton as Kara remembers them through touch in Superboy #6 as well as learning to speak and understand Kryptonese.
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Adventures of Superman #614 // Superman: Son of Kal-El Annual #1
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Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021-) Annual #1 art by Steve Pugh
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Episode 364
Comic Reviews:
DC
Batman Urban Legends 18 by Brandon Thomas, Tini Howard, Henry Barajas, Blake Howard, Greg Hahn, Chris Burnham, Mike Norton, Alberto Alburquerque, Max Raynor, Serg Acuna, John Kalisz, Dave McCaig, Nathan Fairbairn, Hi-Fi, Marissa Louise
Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jeremy Adams, Jackson Herbert, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire, Alex Guimaraes
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods 1 by Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Andy Lanning, Rain Beredo
Marvel
A.X.E.: Judgment Day 2 by Kieron Gillen, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia
Avengers and Moon Girl by Mohale Mashigo, Diogenes Neves, Salvador Espin, Bruno Oliveira, Rachelle Rosenberg
Ghost Rider: Vengeance Forever by Benjamin Percy, Mark Texeira, Juan Jose Ryp, Bryan Valenza
Giant Size Gwen Stacy by Christos Gage, Adam Hughes, Todd Nauck, Miguel Mercado, Nina Vakueva, JeeHyung Lee, Rachelle Rosenberg
Ms. Marvel and Wolverine by Jody Houser, Ze Carlos, Erick Arciniega, Federico Blee, Edgar Delgado
Predator 1 by Ed Brisson, Kev Walker, Frank D’Armata
X-Men Legends II 1 by Roy Thomas, Dave Wachter, Edgar Delgado
Infinity Comics
Marvel’s Voices 11 (Amadeus Cho) by Jon Tsuei, Lynn Yoshii
T.E.S.T. Kitchen 1 by Paul Eschbach, EJ Su
Image
Deadliest Bouquet 1 by Erica Schultz, Carola Borelli, Gab Contreras
Love Everlasting 1 by Tom King, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth
Dark Horse
Hellboy and the BPRD 1957: Falling Sky by Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, Shawn Martinbrough, Lee Loughridge
Creeping GN by Mike Richardson, Zack Keller, Doug Wheatley
Cold Bodies GN by Mags Visaggio, Andrea Mutti
Boom
Fence: Rise by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, Joana Lafuente
IDW
Dungeons and Dragons Annual 2022 by Jim Zub, Eduardo Mello
Dynamite
Red Sonja Fairy Tales by Jordan Clark, Andres Labrada, Kike Diaz
Vampirella Fairy Tales by Soo Lee, Emiliana Pinna, Ellie Wright
Abstract
Parker Girls 1 by Terry Moore
Titan
Blade Runner: Black Lotus 1 by Nancy Collins, Enid Balam
After Shock
Samurai Doggy 1 by Chris Tex, Santtos
Humanoids
Fraternity by Jon Ellis, Hugo Petrus, Lee Loughridge
Harper Collins
Up to No Ghoul by Cullen Bunn, Kat Farris
Comixology
Secret Headquarters by Christopher Yost, Simone Ragazzoni
Additional Reviews: Jedi: Fallen Order, I Am Groot, Prey
News: Ezra Miller arrested, Sonic 3 release date, Omninews, Thanos one-shot, Ivy series gets extended, new Deadpool ongoing by Alyssa Wong, Pennyworth series gets a new name, Valiant is done, more Riverdale nonsense, new Murderworld miniseries from Marvel
Comics Countdown:
Up To No Ghoul GN by Cullen Bunn, Kat Farris
Love Everlasting 1 by Tom King, Elsa Charretier, Matt Hollingsworth
Eight Billion Genies 4 by Charles Soule, Ryan Browne, Kevin Knipstein
Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League – Green Lantern by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jeremy Adams, Jackson Herbert, Fernando Blanco, Jordie Bellaire, Alex Guimaraes
Superman: Son of Kal-El 14 by Tom Taylor, Cian Tormey, Federico Blee
DCeased: War of the Undead Gods 1 by
Punisher 5 by Jason Aaron, Paul Azaceta, Jesus Saiz, Dave Stewart
There’s Something Wrong With Patrick Todd 2 by Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry, Chris O’Halloran
Giant-Size Gwen Stacy by Christos Gage, Adam Hughes, Todd Nauck, Miguel Mercado, Nina Vakueva, JeeHyung Lee, Rachelle Rosenberg
Batgirls 9 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Neil Googe, Rico Renzi
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Lois absolutely kicked his ass
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Superman: Son of Kal-El Annual #1 - "Homecoming" (2021)
written by Tom Taylor art by Steve Pugh, Clayton Henry, Romulo Fajardo, Jr., & Steve Buccellato
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Batman sure learned the hard way about showing up at the Kents in his usual stealthy covert way.
Superman: Son of Kal-El 2021 Annual #1
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Knew deep down the moment I lay eyes on it that I'd end up making a key to this cover and laying out who's who, ostensibly for anyone who doesn't know all these folks but really to satisfy my own mania - shame I never went into clickbait, love making me a good list. All of these are either obvious or confirmed by Doc on Twitter or Tumblr:
1. Superman. You know, that guy!
2. Superman as he'll soon be in the current comics in the wake of Superman & The Authority.
3. Steel aka Natasha Irons - the niece of the original, she took up the mantle alongside him.
4. Savior, the 'Superman' of Earth 34 and also a riff on Samaritan from Astro City, born in the 'super-civilization' of MU and sent to the future to escape its collapse.
5. Steel aka John Henry Irons, a technologist saved by Superman who inspired to make the most of his life designed a suit of armor to become a hero himself.
6. Lois Lane. You know, that gal!
7. Jon Kent, Lois and Clark's son, in the suit he'll be wearing when he takes on his dad's title in Superman: Son of Kal-El.
8. Earth 23's Superman who serves as President of the United States in his secret identity as Calvin Ellis, while also acting as leader of the team Justice Incarnate which works to stop problems threatening multiple universes.
9. Bizarro, I guess right now of Earth 29 aka Htrae but really all that matters across his disparate incarnations he's Superman but a clone who looks like Frankenstein and he talks backwards, guy's great.
10. Captain Adam aka Allen Adam of Earth 4, a riff on Watchmen's Doctor Manhattan (who was himself a riff on the original version of Captain Atom, with some bits of Superman iconography bolted on too), he's a USAF pilot who was exposed to an isotope that gave him godlike quantum powers that leave him permanently disoriented in our world due to his higher-dimensional senses.
11. Superwoman of Gaea aka Earth 11, a world where genders are 'reversed' and Themyscira has long led the world openly.
12. Superman of Earth 12, better known as the 'DCAU' shared universe of cartoons from 1992 through 2006.
13. Superman in the t-shirt and jeans he wore in his early career during the New 52 reboot, an evocation of his 1930s roots fighting cops and corporations alongside alien invasions; he briefly returned to this look a few times prior to being rebooted away, and a 'purified' version of this incarnation still rocking this look was saved and left wandering the multiverse to find new ways to help in Sideways Annual #1.
14. Superman right after his resurrection from Death of Superman, in his dubiously iconic black uniform and indisputably iconic mullet.
15. Superman Blue, from a time when Superman was changed into an energy being for a year and had to relearn how to use his new electric powers.
16. The New 52 Superman in his standard 'Kryptonian armor' outfit, after assorted shenanigans that saw him dead and replaced by the pre-reboot version they basically did a cosmic fusion dance and now some of his adventures were folded back into the 'regular' Superman, which means we all just have to accept Clark completely lost his fashion sense for a minute there.
17. Superman II aka Val-Zod of Earth 2, another Kryptonian survivor who was adopted into the El family before being rocketed to Earth and took up the Superman title after the death of the original.
18. Krypto the Superdog, he was the El family pet back on Krypton and was sent out on a test flight of a prototype of the rocket that would save Superman, knocked off-course instead of returning but eventually landing on Earth and getting powers of his own, which somehow wound up adorable instead of terrifying.
19. Beppo the Super-Monkey, another test animal of Jor-El's who actually stowed away on the rocket to Earth and just immediately ran away upon landing to hang out in the jungle for a few decades until he ran into Superman and got the standard-issue cape.
20. Streaky the Supercat, this time an ordinary Earth cat and pet of Supergirl's who was exposed to X Kryptonite (which just made its live-action debut on Superman & Lois) which grants him sporadic superpowers. The least plausible of the super-pets in terms of not resulting in global devastation.
21. Comet the Super-Horse, who has NOTHING to do with Krypton or Kryptonite or the like but instead is an ancient centaur who was accidentally turned into a regular 'ol horse by Circe and given superpowers by her to make up for it, eventually becoming Supergirl's pet who privately loves her and unbeknownst to her dates her as 'Bill Starr' during the rare times he becomes human when a certain comet passes by. Dude's a real creep!
22. Superman Red, created when Superman Blue from earlier split into two different beings shortly before recombining back into regular Superman.
23. Super-Man aka Kong Kenan, he was given Superman's powers in an experiment by the Ministry of Self-Reliance, but due to those powers being connected to Superman's own life energy Super-Man had to embrace the spirit behind his counterpart's actions in order to master them.
24. Power Girl aka Kara Zor-L, the elder Earth 2 counterpart of Supergirl who took her cousin's place alongside Val-Zod.
25. Supergirl aka Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers, you know her deal, she's on TV (at least for one more season).
26. Jimmy Olsen, Superman's Pal.
27. The Superman of the 1940s Fleischer cartoon shorts, the first big-screen version of the character.
28. Superboy aka Conner Kent/Kon-El, a clone of Superman and Lex Luthor created by Cadmus to replace the former in the event of his death or corruption who was woken up before fully maturing and decided to instead become a 90s kid with major 'dirtbag with a heart of gold' vibes; he also has the extra superpower of tactile telekinesis that lets him telekinetically manipulate whatever he's in direct physical contact with.
29. Just barely poking his arm in is Sunshine Superman, champion of the psychedelic, transcendentally groovy Earth 47.
30. The older version of the DCAU Superman from the future of Batman Beyond.
31. Optiman of Earth 36, all that's really known about him is he fell in battle with a rogue Superman from another universe but happily he seems to be alive and well here; he was also designed by Doc for his appearance in Multiversity.
32. Superdemon of Earth 13, the demon Etrigan sent from the doomed planet Kamelot to Earth where he bonded to Jason Blood to fight evil in Merlin's name.
33. Superman aka Kal Kent, the 853rd century descendant of the original who continues the never ending battle, empowered far beyond his predecessors by the light of the Super Sun where the now all-powerful original resides in that time.
34. Apollo aka Andrew Pulaski; originally created as a Superman-type for the Wildstorm line of comics but eventually incorporated into DC, he has sunlight-fueled powers due to alien experimentation as a teenager and fights the bastards of the world alongside his boyfriend Midnighter. They'll be working with Apollo's inspiration in Superman & The Authority.
35. The Superman of Kingdom Come, officially set on Earth 22.
36. The Superman of All-Star Superman.
Plus:
* Knew I'd miss labeling one of them and it turned out to be Lana Lang from during her brief stint as Superwoman, you can see her arm sticking out just underneath the Steels.
* I'd mistakenly assumed the little Superman between 11 and 15 looked distinctive enough that it was supposed to be a specific preexisting character, when asking he confirmed that wasn't the case but tossed out that that's instead SuperDoc of Earth-85. As the creator of the piece and DC talent this constitutes canon in lieu of further statements on the subject by Detective Comics Comics.
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Superman: Son of Kal-El Annual #1 (DC, $5.99)
The adventures of Superman’s son continue in this extra-sized annual, which features Jon Kent’s first confrontation with his dad’s old pal Lex Luthor. It’s by Tom Taylor, Clayton Henry and Steve Pugh.
See what else you can find this week at your local comic shop and on digital.
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Review: Superman: Son Of Kal-El 2021 Annual #1
Review: Superman: Son Of Kal-El 2021 Annual #1
Review: SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL 2021 ANNUAL #1
[Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers]
Writers: Tom Taylor
Artists: Steve Pugh, Clayton Henry
Colors: Romulo Fajardo Jr., Steve Buccellato
Letters: Dave Sharpe
Reviewed By: Derek McNeil
Summary
Superman: Son of Kal-El 2021 Annual #1: Jon Kent’s first days as Earth’s new Superman have been a trial by fire. His actions have already put…
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Top New DC Comic Releases for the Week of February 9th, 2022.
Batgirls #3,
Batman Urban Legends #12,
Detective Comics #1052,
Harley Quinn TAS Eat Kill Bang Tour #6,
I am Batman #6,
Joker #12,
Justice League Annual 2021 #1,
Strange Love Adventures #1,
Suicide Squad: Blaze #1 +
Superman Son of Kal-El #8.
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