Carrying his wife and son inside a submersible, Superman arrives on the dark side of the moon, where he enters a secret base Batman has built for experiments and equipment too dangerous to store in Gotham City. When the Man of Tomorrow declines Superboys offer of assistance, Lois urges her husband to be more of a mentor to their son. Read Full Review

It's truly remarkable to see how DC was able to turn things around from the highly divisive New 52 series, largely in part to Tomasi and Gleason setting a high bar for the other titles. Lois and Jonathan certainly stand out and show how important supporting characters are in the Superman series. With the amazing artwork that truly elevated the Superman #5's storytelling ability, it will certainly be hard to live up to expectations the fans will want in the next installment. Read Full Review

As always, Gleason's stunning artwork and Wil Quintana's gorgeous colors elevate an already riveting narrative to a cinematic level. In fact, if DC Comics is considering rebooting their Superman story in the movie verse (as they probably should), I highly suggest starting here. I'd certainly pay to see it. Read Full Review

I love this book.Superman has been a joyon just about every level, and this week's installment continues to play to its strengths while layering on some unexpected treats. Every work of art has flaws if you look for them, but the enjoyment of art is not attained by filling out a score card. In spite of its warts,Superman #5 is one of the closest things to perfect I've read in a while. Read Full Review

If the sight of the Hellbat suit on the cover of this issue filled you with glee, then rest assured that excitement is rewarded many times over. Tomasi & Gleason's Superman has been delightfully bananas thus far, but issue #5 takes things to a whole other level. Read Full Review

Another great issue. This has become my favourite title of the Rebirth books.Tomasi and Gleason haveproven that Superman can be a fatherwithout diminishing the appeal of the character. Read Full Review

Smart mainstream superhero comics are rarely this good...and intellectually artistic. Thank you DC Comics for bringing back my Superman with Rebirth, and telling morally relevant and inspiring stories with him in these turbulent political times. Read Full Review

I like that Superman #5 brought back the shining parts of the previous issues through the interaction of each of the Kent family members and their fervor in watching over each other. This issue makes me feel like the arc is back on track, even if there arent major developments beyond the ending. This focus on storytelling enhances the quality of this new Superman series while also portraying each of the characters in new and interesting ways without sacrificing the underlying themes of the famous S-shield. I think things could be moving up from here and Im excited to see what turns this story takes. Read Full Review

Superman #5 is probably the best DC book this week, and by a fairly wide margin. After the stumble of the last issue, nearly all of its former glory has been restored. So much so, in fact, that this may be my second favorite issue of the book thus far. It's really good, and I'm back to being excited for the next issue of this book to come out. I'm really happy the turnaround on that was this quick. Read Full Review

I love Superman as a character. The team of Tomasi and Gleason are great writers, but this feels like a very long set up to get us to Super Sons and not just continuing the legacy of Superman. Read Full Review

The only reason I'm recommending this as a “read” instead of a “buy” is because it's a bit into this particular story arc and new readers may not dig it as much. Folks who have been reading Superman will be pleased. For those who don't, go out and pick up the back issues and find out what you've been missing. Read Full Review

All in all, one of the strongest issues yet in a great Rebirth run for Superman. Tomasi & Gleason continue building the character work between this most unusual family dynamic, keeping the central themes of why Superman does what he does, and how it affects those he loves, alongside some excellent panels and a story which gets to his Kryptonian roots. As this story arc begins building to a presumed climax, let's hope Superman keeps on being super. Read Full Review

With strong themes of family at its core and slick superhero action gracing the surface, Superman #5 is another winner for the House of El's new solo title. Read Full Review

Ultimately I enjoyed this issue mostly for the brief absence of Superman. Lois and Jon needing to fend for themselves for a brief time from a Superman level threat is exciting and harrowing, even if bringing them to the moon in the first place doesn't really seem to make the most sense. With this arc likely ending in the next issue, I can say that I've really been enjoying the family dynamic of the book and I hope that they have a couple of slower, monster of the day type issues between this and the next arc to dig into the family aspect a little deeper. Read Full Review

This is a pretty standard story from what we've been getting of this Eradicator dilemma....... even the craziness, but with some awesome fan service calling back to the Batman and Robin series and some amazing art all the way through, this issue continues to please and makes us interested in what's to come........ It's just that we gotta get away from some of the nonsense and start finding out what happened to our Super Dog. Read Full Review

While the action has been solid I'm looking forward to the title focusing more on Superman and family. That's truly where this title is at its best. Read Full Review

At this point, the best "Rebirth" books are those that have a tight cast and tight single-issue stories. Tomasi's Superman at least has the former, but like so many other books here, it's a stretched-out story that's being written for the trade. Read Full Review

Look, I have a lot of love for DBZ despite the unbelievably immature and formulaic plots. Call it nostalgia. So more fighting for the majority of the issue. We didn't learn too much more about the Eradicator. But the Lois moments, Jon sort of stepping up a bit, and Superman talking to the souls elevated this book a little. Still, this seemed like a pause rather than a progression. Read Full Review

What at first seemed like a promising exploration of Jon's human/Kyrptonian heritage is really just a dick-measuring contest that used his heritage as a touchstone. The moment at which Superman takes all the Kryptonian souls inside of himself from the Eradicator is just too on-the nose: we get it, he's the best possible torch-bearer of his race, not some unthinking xenophobic genocidal alien. It's weird to see that metaphor so explicitly evinced when almost every goddamn Supermanstory gets this point across. Read Full Review

for me personally i've always been more of a Batman fan. but so far with the DC Rebirth Superman has been really the series i've enjoyed the MOST!!!! . . . . . . Tomasi is just a great writer!! his stories have fun dialog and a LOT of heart! mix that with Great action and i can honestly say this is my MOST favorite of all the Rebirth series!!! . . . . . . . seeing Jonathan in action here is getting me really psyched for when he eventually teams up with Damian Wayne in Super Sons!!! . . . . . and all i can say about Lois in this issue is - HOLY HELL-BAT!!!!!! A + + + +

This story manages to get the whole Kent family involved in a fight against the Eradicator. Its one of those stories that gets you fired up. There are just so many moments that work so well because the characters have been so well established at this point in the series.

DC dont try to make Lois hero. Lois not hero.