In the terrifying Nightmare Realm, Superman and Supergirl search for answers and the rest of their family, but Superman is pulled into a haunted part of Metropolis’s past, where he learns more about Marilyn Moonlight! In the waking world, an unlikely DC superhero family works to save the world from the Sleepless Knights.
Williamson. Reilly, and Fairburn knock it out of the park with the final installment of Knight Terrors: Superman and sets up the future of The Man of Steel in a strong and interesting way. Read Full Review
Knight Terrors: Superman #2 concludes one of the event’s most important tie-ins. Whilst it isn’t scary, it’s integral in telling parts of the wider crossover that the main book hasn’t. Sharing the same writer as the flagship book has meant that it can be used to fill gaps, whilst also being fantastic at telling stories for the individual characters. Read Full Review
Between this 2 issue mini-series and the recent Superman Annual 2023, I have a very good feel for what Joshua Williamson thinks of Superman and his supporting cast. I think he gets it. I love how Supergirl has been treated in this book. I like how he used both to sow some future seeds. Tom Reilly's art has some grit and worked beautifully here. Sign him up for a street level book! Read Full Review
Knight Terrors: Superman #2 is a satisfying conclusion to the Superman arc that brings both something new and some comforting to fans of DC's iconic superhero. Read Full Review
You've got some great scares, some great insights into the characters, and the rare Knight Terrors tie-in that may exceed the main mini. Read Full Review
Knight Terrors: Superman #2 is a great exploration into the minds of Supergirl, Superman, and Aquaman that will make you wonder why Supergirl and Aquaman didnt just have their own tie-ins. The art works perfectly in this issue, thematically tying into how Superman would reasonably react to a nightmare landscape. Read Full Review
Reilly delivers some great art throughout the issue. The visuals are bright, beautifully detailed and do a great job of connecting with the tone of the story. Read Full Review
While the final conflict with Insomnia is only foreshadowed by the final pages, Superman's struggle to save himself and his dearest friends from the nightmares is resolved in a stylish fashion that can be appreciated entirely on its own. Read Full Review
This story was a fun little diversion with some great character moments. Best of all it looked great throughout. Read Full Review
The Knight Terrors crossover event has featured a lot of excellent writing. Williamson puts a solid end to a promising exploration into the darker realm of Supermans dreams. Its not nearly as impressive and intricate as it could have been...and given all of the weird, little mutations of the nightmare that other writers have put other heroes through throughout the summer, its excellent to see a more straight-ahead interpretation of the premise. Read Full Review
Knight Terrors: Superman #2 works as a tie-in that matters by telling a Superman-centric story with development that affects the main Knight Terrors arc. That said, the major development answers questions by creating plot holes, and Tom Reilly's art doesn't quite suit the nightmare aesthetic. Read Full Review
The second-half of this miniseries is solid, just like the first issue. Reilly's art is, once again, one of this book's strongest points, if not THE strongest. Williamson's story is fun, but I'm ready to get back to the regular series of this, just like all of the other titles DC paused for Knight Terrors.
This advances the plot and has Aquaman do some cool stuff. Swimming through an enemy made of blood was nifty.
This honestly felt like a 'move the plot along' type book. Besides a few cool moments it wasnt all that exciting.
All in all, not a bad book by any means, but didnt have any key 'great' moments. Just a tad boring. Non-offensive.
Williamson's Superman run slumps with a self-inflicted event tie-in.
Like the first issue, this one has some great art. The script was not at the same level, though, and was far less impactful. The depth that Williamson brought to last week’s annual was absent here, though he does manage to advance the Knight Terrors plot through Aquaman and the Aquagang (I don’t read Aquaman, I don’t know what the Aquaman crew is called, or who most of them are, frankly), but it’s not overly interesting.