DC ROUND-UP: Worlds collide in ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: JON KENT #1

THIS WEEK: The youthful man of metal flies into his newest solo sequence in Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1.

Note: the evaluation under comprises spoilers. If you need a fast, spoiler-free purchase/cross advice on the comedian in query, take a look at the underside of the article for our ultimate verdict.

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1

Writer: Tom Taylor
Artist: Clayton Henry
Colorist: Jordie Bellaire
Letterer: Wes Abbott
Cover Artists: Clayton Henry & Marcelo Maiolo

When Clark Kent’s secret identification was restored in the course of the occasions of Action Comics #1050, the unique Man of Steel wasn’t the one Superman whose establishment modified. Jon Kent’s identification was additionally put again in the bottle, and Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1 picks up that thread whereas spinning the youthful Superman off into an journey for which he’s uniquely suited.

Writer Tom Taylor spent the run of the Superman: Son of Kal-El sequence exploring Jon coming to phrases together with his personal life being public. Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent finds the titular hero having fun with a level of privateness for the primary time since he returned from the thirty first Century. It’s an attention-grabbing reversal from the earlier sequence, nevertheless it additionally removes a component of what made Jon’s scenario attention-grabbing. Now that his identification is a secret once more, he’s mainly similar to another superhero.

It’s no shock, then, that the main target of this primary situation is extra on an enormous, multiversal menace than it’s on Jon and his private life. It’s a number of table-setting for the remainder of the sequence, nevertheless it works nicely. Characters are launched seamlessly with out feeling shoehorned in or like they’re there purely for exposition functions, and it’s all couched inside some entertaining superheroics.

Artists Clayton Henry and Jordie Bellaire carry the story to life in thrilling style. Henry’s linework is as sharp as ever, with all of the clear linework, expressive characters, and kinetic motion readers have come to count on. His highly-stylized art work is complemented superbly by Bellaire’s colours, which carry out the animated really feel of the visuals whereas nonetheless grounding them. Her work is especially spectacular in differentiating between parallel Earths, with delicate variations in tone making it clear that one world is totally different from one other.

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1 is a stable begin to the brand new story arc for the youthful man of metal. If you weren’t already invested in Jon as a personality, there’s seemingly not a lot right here that may change your thoughts, however as a continuation of his earlier tales and a tease for what’s to come back it’s a extremely entertaining comedian.

Final Verdict: BROWSE.

Round-Up

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