Superman #13 is a treat. Bendis made his retconning very non-obtrusive so far with this story, and that works in its favor. There are a few flaws, the Tamaranean delegate of the Circle refers to his cousins bar mitzvah and makes a phone joke that doesnt work at all, but the rest of the issue is pitch perfect. Theres an understanding of these characters, throughout the chapter, that is quite different from Bendis usual style of writing. The art is the icing on the cake. Brandon Peterson has only gotten better over the years, and his work on this title is some of the strongest of his career. Ivan Reis pages arent as good, but they certainly arent bad. This is a near perfect comic. Read Full Review

Brandon Peterson and Ivan Reis create some beautiful and engaging art in this issue. The pace of the story is punctuated by the amazing art. Read Full Review

Clark and Jor-El journey across the stars in search of answers concerning Krypton's destruction. Read Full Review

Superman #13 is one of the better issues of Bendis' Superman run, and ironically, it involves almost no Superman. Read Full Review

Like many ofDCs recent comics, the next big thing promises to be the Year of theVillain, with a Spectre-like Lex Luthor traveling the DCU and handing outboxes of unknown offerings. We just had Heroesin Crisis, were in the midst ofDCeased and Event Leviathan. Dowe really need YET ANOTHER event to get sucked into? Cant DC just tell usgood, engaging stories for a while? Read Full Review

Brandon Peterson and Ivan Reis are both powerhouses. Read Full Review

Behold...the secret history of the final days of Krypton! Read Full Review

By the end of Superman #13, the stage is set for the climactic confrontation to the House of Elportion of the Unity Saga. I am very much looking forward to the final issue next month. I'm not entirely sure of all the players that will be involved in the issue. With all the shadowy figures shown from the past and the characters that have already been confronted in the present, I have little idea of who will be making an appearance in the big issue. But Superman #13 certainly has me looking forward to finding out. Read Full Review

It all seems so Underworld Unleashed to me. But maybe I'll be surprised. While the story itself here was entertaining and interesting with lush art, I just have to grieve a little at this Jor-El character assassination. Where is that barrel-chested upstanding guy? I guess nestled in the Silver Age. Read Full Review

The penultimate chapter of the "Unity Saga" delivers as many answers as the previous twelve issues inSuperman #13. Read Full Review

SUPERMAN #13 takes us into Jor-El's past and gives great context into the patriarch's current jadedness. Read Full Review

Diving back into the Superman origin story and the destruction of Krypton this issue leaves me with more questions than I had before because from what plays out this issue it seems like some things don't jive with what we've learned in the Supergirl book...... Plus, nothing really new to the whole Rogol Zaar background.  The art is great though and the Offer cliffhanger leaves me curious to what's to come. Read Full Review

Superman is providing some answers, but the decompressed nature of this storyline is a continued sore spot that hopefully gets resolved with next issue's finale. Read Full Review

This has gone on for way too long and I've been ready for awhile to move on from this already. Read Full Review

Despite all the flaws in the story, there still is the makings of a good story in there somewhere, so I hold out some thin hope that Bendis can still squeeze a moderately satisfying conclusion. But it's sure not going to go down as a classic Superman saga. But thanks to the gorgeous artwork, at least it's nice to look at. Read Full Review

Great issue revisiting the last days of jor-el before the destruction of krypton. Bendis keep adding background to the circle and jor-el which is nice. Even if is writing isn't top notch, i didn't had any problem with it here. He really is trying to create an enormous story and for now, i'm in for a ride. Like always, reis and prado delivers a solid issue that reis isn't late.

Surprisingly pretty solid.

"Why does his hair keep doing this?"

The Unity Saga continues and I enjoyed every moment of this issue. Also, I was surprised to learn that they have bar mitzvahs on Tamaran.

First of all, I want to address the cover art. I rarely do this, but Ivan Reis reached some next level of enlightenment or something with this one. It looks just gorgeous.

The story here is mostly flashbacks, but we learn some good stuff and Peterson's art looks pretty good. The scenes with Lara and Kal were cute, secret council meetings were well written and interesting and the attack on Jor was surprising and exciting.
And I really hope that Lex gave Lois his Superman armor. That would be so cool.

Ah, screw it. I was going to rate it 7,5 but for that cover, I'm giving it extra 0,5. more

Does this remind anyone else of when Bardock was trying to convince everyone planet Vegeta was going to explodre?

First off, I get that the variant cover is supposed to be of Lois Lane...but it looks more like a cheesecake cover of Cosmo. Not unappreciated on this end, but not Lois Lane either.

Next, I note that Bendis has a thing for two-page spreads in his books -- much more than other writers in their books. While the imagery is powerful, I can't help but think that it's a shortcut mechanism for Bendis as he squeezes more and more books into his repertoire. Perhaps he should cut back and perhaps edit a couple of the books he currently writes.

The retelling of Superman's origin is interesting, giving Bendis a chance to place his spin on the momentous end of Krypton. But I have to ask, why would a Kryptonian scientist leave a Bar Mitzvah to address Jor-El's concerns? Is Kryptonian Judaism a thing? (Really?)

The inclusion of Oans and other offworld science leaders into the non-decision on abandoning Krypton is an interesting development. One would think that it would give Superman a chip on his shoulder with pretty much anyone involved in the final deliberations of the Science Council.

As for the balance of the book, I have a reflexive opposition to the idea of Jor-El as a live character in the DC Universe. It cheapens Superman's unique character in the same way that Supergirl, Superboy and Krypto do...EXCEPT THAT JOR-EL HAD TO DIE SO THAT SUPERMAN COULD BECOME A THING. The rest, to me is superfluous. Just end this storyline and put Jor-El back in the grave.

And Bendis gets to mess with the Year of the Villain Offer sequence in a way that no other book I have read thus far does. It's good to be Brian Bendis.

Ivan Reis is a good artist. I enjoyed looking at this issue. more

An issue telling us what we already know from recent issues of Supergirl, how repetitive.

Why are these comics so hell-bent on ruining a perfectly good backstory?

Krypton’s mythos continues to be run over by a steamroller and is now filled with ideas that make it absurd more of the planet did not survive. Cool.

Nothing of note happens. Ending issues in big “reveals” or “twists” is grating by now. This run needs to end.

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Anotherfan - Jul 11, 2019

How is it more absurd than it was before ? It was always stupid that they didn't evacuate the planet. Now we know why and it makes senses

RBL - Jul 11, 2019

It’s far more absurd because the established continuity elaborates on how space travel was technology lost to the Kryptonians far before Jor-El’s time, to the point it was outlawed. That is why they did not evacuate. This new story states that having access to said tech, they decided not to and were instead destroyed because of some idiotic “galactic conspiracy”. It’s laughable.

Anotherfan - Jul 11, 2019

No the story states that they died because nobody saw the signs exept Jor-el who was laugh at by everyone. The council know he was right but prefer to not help him.

RBL - Jul 11, 2019

You need to re-read because that is not how it’s presented.

egonnn244 - Jul 13, 2019

Sometimes, it seems like you're trying to find flaws. And didn't comics always do that, change established continuity in one way or another?

RBL - Jul 13, 2019

Not in a way that is so inconsistent with the story of the character itself. There are always certain aspects that writers then to respect because they are key to the character itself or the mythos, as it were. This guy ignored everything for the sake of the story he wanted to tell, and it’s a terrible one.

RBL - Jul 13, 2019

*tend to respect

egonnn244 - Jul 13, 2019

I think that the key thing for Superman is that Krypton blew up. And that's still there. I don't mind that Bendis is trying to build something more to the story. Yet, I kinda hope for the revelation that Zaar didn't have to do anything cause the planet was doomed anyway. Still, I get that you might be upset. I would be too if someone, I don't know... decided to make the death of Waynes something more than just a simple mugging gone wrong.

RBL - Jul 13, 2019

Krypton blew up, sure. But what bendis did rather than a tragedy makes it tantamount to a stupidity. Instead of a people who lost the capacity for interstellar travel, they had access to it. Instead of being isolated from the greater galaxy, they had ties to it. Rather than a GL suffering one of his biggest failures and shaping his views, the Guardians purposely let the planet die. Instead we get this “circle” nonsense and generic-as-all-hell villain. It lessens everything about the story.

egonnn244 - Jul 13, 2019

I disagree. I think it neither elevates or lessens the story. It just a fun read with a little spin on a known story.

RBL - Jul 13, 2019

Agree to disagree, to me it’s anything but “enjoyable”, but different tastes and all that. I’d really rather he be moved off this book and someone else be set up as the writer.

egonnn244 - Jul 13, 2019

To each their own, I guess.

Anotherfan - Jul 14, 2019

Yes it is far more Smart that they didn't have access to space travel exept jor-el for his son and that the people prefer to die than use space travel. Much more sense

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