Superman Vol. 1: Son of Superman
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- $18.99
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
WE ARE KRYPTON Part of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling, all-new line of volume one graphic novels, DC Universe Rebirth! When the Man of Steel died defending his adopted home, it seemed that the spirit of truth and justice he represented was extinguished forever. But watching from the sidelines was another Superman�older, wiser, more experienced�with his wife, Lois Lane, and their son, Jonathan Kent. Now this refugee from a vanished universe is stepping out of the shadows, ready to assume the mantle of his fallen counterpart and take to the skies once more as Earth�s greatest hero. But he is not the only survivor of Krypton to make the journey to this reality. The machine mind known as the Eradicator is on the trail of the House of El, and its hardwired directive to protect the Kryptonian genome permits no consideration for any other forms of life�not even those that share Kal-El�s blood. Can the son of Superman harness his newly emerging powers in time to resist the annihilation of his humanity? Or will he be reborn into a new Krypton forged from the ashes of his mother�s world? Exploding out of DC�s blockbuster Rebirth event, SUPERMAN VOL. 1: SON OF SUPERMAN marks the beginning of a new era for the Man of Tomorrow and a great jumping-on point for new fans�brought to you by acclaimed storytellers Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, Doug Mahnke, Jorge Jimenez, Mick Gray, Jaime Mendoza, John Kalisz, Will Quintana and Alejandro Sanchez! Collects issues #1-6 and the SUPERMAN: REBIRTH one-shot.
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Prolific DC author Tomasi (House of Penance) focuses this umpteenth Superman, Volume 1 installment on a Kryptonian threat to Big Blue's Earth family, with echoes of eugenics. In a merged timeline, one Superman is dead while another is trying to live a quiet rural life with his wife, Lois, and son, Jon. Jon's youth and mixed genome mean that he has some of his dad's powers, such as heat vision, but he is not yet invulnerable. When Jon tags along with Superman to rescue an ice-locked submarine and battle a sea monster, he is injured, leaving traces of his mixed blood behind. This "tainted" blood is discovered by the Eradicator, a Kryptonian creation of General Zod, who seeks to purify any remaining Kryptonian bloodlines. The punchfest begins with Superman defending his family but, in the end, both Jon and Lois are swept up into the fight. The art, mostly by Patrick Gleason, is fairly standard fare but certainly does the story justice.
