A comiXologist recommends…
Super Sons #7
Super Sons has quickly become one of my favorite ongoing series. It’s fun, wacky, exciting, and the art is gorgeous. For those who haven’t been following along, the series follows Superboy and Robin, biological children of Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne, as they fumble their way through their solo superheroic adventures without their parents. Damian plays the angry, cranky, condescending figure with all of the attitude but none of the gravitas of Batman. Jon is a bright-eyed, idealistic, and often naive stand-in for Superman, who seemingly always struggles to get the same amount of respect as his darker counterpart. I love the dynamic between Damian and Jon. They’re fun, exaggerated versions of how a cynical audience views their fathers.
This issue is the second part of the Super Sons/Teen Titans crossover, “Planet of the Capes.” Last issue, Robin got changed from a young boy (who thought Superboy was too young for the Teen Titans) into an old man (who’s fine with it, because he can’t be bothered to care anymore at that age). Peter Tomasi’s writing on these past few issues has been top notch. Watching a B-List villain summon other B-List villains to fight the Sons and the Teen Titans was so much fun. On top of that, Jorge Jimenez is one of my favorite artists right now. Everything he does is so pretty and energetic. He finds ways to do that manga thing where he pulls off great, seamless storytelling but still manages to make just about every panel look like a dazzling pin-up. It works perfectly for this kind of series as the book’s characters are manic, high-intensity kids. Add in really visually interesting characters like Beast Boy, Raven, Aqualad, and Starfire, and this book quickly jumps to the top of my list for this week.
Jonah Chuang is a Technical Account Manager at Comixology. He likes Superboy better than Robin
Keep up with your new favs, here are some 2nd issues out this week!
HEATHEN #2
The viking warrior Aydis crosses hellfire to reach the Valkyrie Brynhild, only to discover that was the easy part. Actually setting Brynhild free from Odin’s curse is a whole other story. Meanwhile her talking horse Saga confronts the mystical wolves who will end the world.
THE WILD STORM #2
All Angela Spica did was save someone’s life. And now hers is over. The rogue engineer lies bleeding in a place she hopes nobody will find - but she’s wrong. The people embedded in the secret power structures of the world are tracking her. Skywatch. Halo. International Operations. A covert operative called Grifter.
If only she hadn’t unknowingly foiled an assassination planned by her boss. If only her boss wasn’t the one person more interested in the Engineer’s transhuman implants than in her life.
It’s all going very wrong, very quickly. There’s going to be more blood.
DEATH BE DAMNED #2
Miranda wakes in the Underneath, caught between the living and dead, and learns that even if she can’t die, she may be running out of time to get her revenge.
DARKNESS VISIBLE #2
When the demons came, humanity reluctantly learned to share the world with another sentient race. Eighty years later, this uneasy co-existence has spawned an endless terrorist conflict. Detective Daniel Aston, charged with being the thin blue line between the two sides, is tested to the limit when a demon sets up house inside his soul. But to save his daughter, he’ll pay any price—including genocide.
SUPER SONS #2
“When I Grow Up” part two! Robin and Superboy—in the clutches of Lex Luthor! The boys are in big trouble! How exactly are they supposed to explain what’s happened to Superman and Batman? Plus, Kid Amazo’s power grows, and this tyrant in the making is about to make life miserable for the Super Sons!