There is also a backup story by Sean Lewis and Sami Basri. This story features the return of Ambush Bug. The artwork by Basri is nice but Ambush Bug is one of those characters that you wish stayed lost. Read Full Review

Philip Kennedy Johnson is already making a name for himself as the new lead writer on Superman. So far his books are focusing on building the relationship between Superman and Superboy, while adding in new threats. These are the fun Superman comics we have been waiting for. Read Full Review

Superman's new creative team is providing a needed jolt to spark some heart and charm back to a title that badly needed it. Read Full Review

Godlewski and Basri delivers some great art across both stories. The style of the Superman story art was great and eye-catching. The art in the Ambush Bug story was fun, light and interesting. Read Full Review

Even with two Supermen on hand, this issue feels more dangerous for our heroes than usual"the threat is dark, creepy, and even more significant"mysterious. Read Full Review

This is a book which, unlike Superman #29, truly feels like the start of a journey. It's teasing dynamics and conflicts for the future while deepening the relationships between its main characters in meaningful ways. This is all done against the backdrop of classic comic art, which should satisfy any comic fan. Read Full Review

Superman #30 is a wonderful little Superman story. It plays into Johnsons overall narrative about fathers and sons while also telling a cool Superman story. Again, Superman is thrown at a threat that could mean his death, and its rather thrilling to have stories where Superman is vulnerable in new and different ways. Godlewskis art does a great job in this issue, giving it just the right feel. The backup story is good, too, and it will be interesting to see where it goes. Superman #30 is chock full of Superman goodness. Read Full Review

They spy the communicator that Superman gave Qarath as an emergency signal, the thing used to send Superman the message earlier.And they also see, in the cracked carapace of this thing (although it looks more like a smashed window as if this thing were a ship), a broken container of some sort. I do like Superman working together with Jon. Read Full Review

We're three issues into this new run and no matter what the conflict is, wholesome familial bonds are at the center of the overarching story. I love that. And I think it's perfect for a Superman story at this point in time.  Read Full Review

This issue puts Superman and Superboy in a tough spot, but it's a great read. It takes the classic pieces of a Superman story and adds a surprising amount of depth, as well as plays with the status quo the creative team's been given. Read Full Review

While some of the alien stuff in our main Superman story felt like filler and other moments felt undefined, I enjoyed it for the most part and enjoyed the art throughout... I just wish that the backup felt like it mattered in the slightest or that it wasn't just there to be a goofy reason to charge more for the book. Really though, if you're into the father and son dynamic of Clark and Jon, that's where the true strength in this issue lies. Read Full Review

Superman #30 sends Superman and his son back into space, this time to re-visit a world from one of Superman's past adventures. It's an intriguing space mystery, one that uses the language barrier between Superman and his old allies to great effect. Read Full Review

Great characterization, artwork, and dialogue between Superman and his son. I also like how this story takes place on different planets instead of Earth

Perfectly fine.

Eh, it's not too bad, though quite forgettable. The writing and artwork are really strong, but the story was quite generic. Hopefully it manages to improve. The back-up was fun, though I don't really have much else to say about it.

Slightly better than the last two issues but still continuing to be a very disappointing generic run by the new writer.

While this is a refreshing brief deviation from the "My dad's goona die soon" B.S. that NOBODY cares about, that's all I can give in the way of praise to this otherwise incredibly dull issue. That and it's the best book Johnson has done so far (Though that's not saying much).
This is a rather pointless story, following in Bendis' tradition of making this series focus on off Earth adventures. Frankly I like it when Superman leaves the planet on occasion, not constantly. At least there's none of that league of worlds B.S. that Bendis came up with.
The Shadowbreed is not very interesting, nor are any of the other characters introduced in this story. If Superman's last visit here is a story in print I don't really think I'll go hunting it anytime soon. If it's not, we're better off. It probably would've been just as poor as this. I doubt it's going to go anywhere, but we may as well stick with it as this 81 year old series is condemned to end all to promote the umpteenth superhero teen replacement attempt.
The backup story was no more interesting than last month. Though It is odd to see characters like Loose Cannon, who I'd totally forgotten about. But whatever happened to the real Gangbuster---? No, No. No need to tell me. He was "Too old." He was over 20, right. Sorry. I forgot a minute...
Frankly if you don't order your comics at a 35% discount like I do, I'd say to save the $5. more

The main story is teetering on the edge of interesting, but something is not clicking. This happens a lot when writers go back to the "odd culture" tropes that are reused so often. The backup was better than last time, but still not amazing or anything.

Yawn.

The art and the colours are a little better than the story. But the take on Superman is great and worldbuilding is alaways a good thing. But I don't understand what is the villain's plan or what he wants.
Ambush Bug is in the backup feature and he is a funny guy.

Secondary story is more solid than the main story. For the love of God will they please kill of Jon or erase him from existence or some thing as he's easily the worst character in the DC titles. So over all not a bad issue but the series has a way to go yet.

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Comics Code Authorities - May 9, 2021

They'll kill off Superman permanently first. DC's editors would sell their mothers to the zoo before getting rid of a potential teen replacement. I swear, if they believed they could get away with it they'd kill off every hero who is 20 or older and replace them with teenagers.

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