Dystopia! She-Hulk level fourth-wall breaking humor! Headache inducing timelines! Inspiration in the darkness! Insane art! I mean it is all there and somehow works.  Read Full Review

The tone shifts dramatically after this, with Superman being shocked by Booster's condition and Williamson getting to remind us that the time-traveller is actually one of the DCU's most interesting heroes. But before they can get home, there's one more betrayal and a cliffhanger that raises the stakes for this mission tenfold. Read Full Review

These are always some of the best scenarios for great Superman writers to craft an excellent arc. So far so good with this one. Read Full Review

Superman #29 is a fantastic continuation of this summers biggest comic event! This is a crucial issue for all readers that brings the perfect mix of gripping action, shocking twists, and new beginnings. This is an all-star creative team, and it feels like they are not holding back their talents at all with this arc. Read Full Review

With great power comes grave irresponsibility. Williamson brings back the unstable force with a great setup. Mora and Snchez drop some incredible images as the vision of Darkseid grows with each page. This current arc has been lights out and shouldnt be missed. Read Full Review

In general, I'm not a huge fan of how Superboy-Prime is utilized in most stories. However, Williamson does an expert job finding the right style of voice and direction for the character. Of course the art and visuals are spectacular. I don't think Mora could do a terrible looking book if he tried. Another great issue by one of DC's more talented creative teams. Read Full Review

Mora crafts some beautiful art on every page of this issue. I love Moras art style and how it balances awesome action with beautifully detailed characters and environments. Read Full Review

Superman #29 delivers the second part of the Legion of Darkseid story with a surprise team up between Superman and Superboy Prime. Now, some fans might be discouraged by Primes appearance, but thankfully he is a solid character here whos used well, and despite his meta dialogue its not cringey. Once they get to the future, the story picks up with various developments that show why Darkseids Legionnaires are so dangerous, even for Superman and Superboy Prime. The art is great as usual, and the story continues to deliver, though the twist cliffhanger at the end is either going to be very good or very predictable depending on how things turn out in the next issue. Read Full Review

Superman #29brings back a character that no one expected, and starts setting the stage for what might be one of the Man of Steel's biggest battles to date. Whatever's coming up next, readers are bound to be in for even more surprises if Williamson and Mora keep up this momentum. Read Full Review

All in all, Superman #29 is an exciting, thrilling, and satisfying read. It has an all-star creative team delivering on all fronts. Don't miss out on this one. Read Full Review

If FOUR Legions of Super-Heroes aren't enough to stop the terror, who good will a Kryptonian do? What about TWO Kryptonians combined with the incredible art of Dan Mora? Read Full Review

There's a lot going on in Superman comics these days, but the creative team handles it with aplomb and keeps the story moving nicely along. The characters are especially a lot of fun. Read Full Review

Superman #29 delivers a visually stunning journey through a grim future, but the script often gets in its own way. While the art truly shines, Superboy-Prime's meta commentary, though occasionally clever, drains much of the emotional resonance from what should be a desperate fight. It is a competent continuation of the "Legion of Darkseid" saga, yet it could have been more impactful without constantly winking at the reader. Read Full Review

Summer of Superman is upping the stakes with this issue.
The Legion of Super-Heroes is MY team of all teams, so I was ready for something big - but I did not expect the long-ago promised War of the Legions to have happened.

And that's "happened" as in past tense. All we see are the repurcussions and some of what's left of 4 different Legion teams. While I'd had loved every one of Bendis's Ultimate Legion of Super-Heroes Team to have been obliterated, it looks like at least one survived. But four Brainiacs lived! Oops - make that three.

It's getting clearer that the next LSH is going to be a smattering of the Retro/Archie/Threeboot/B.U.L.S.H.T. teams so it's a guessing game now.

Oh there's Superboy Prime and Booster Gold stuff in here to.

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The plot really does thicken, and escalates the stakes, with this issue. Has a bit of a “Yesterday’s Enterprise “ feel going for it, too. With the cliffhanger ending, this feels like it has the makings of the next big DCU crisis, one that will also pull in the Absolute universe! I’m very excited to see what happens next. Williamson and Mora once again prove to be an unbeatable team!

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motorik - Sep 1, 2025

Yesterday's Enterprise, beautiful comparison my friend!

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Holy cow, Joshua Williamson is really cooking in this series. I love the dialogue, Dan Mora's beautiful art and the coloring, and the story. Honestly the plot twist at the end could go either way the next issue.

Very good read, actually.

Another good issue, but it's getting a diluted and messy. Suddenly there are dozens of copies of each character. I'm all good with a mirror universe but why does that mirror universe have to have dozens of other mirror universes that all have the ability of interacting? So, we have time travel and multi-verses simultaneously. This can get real confusing real fast. I should have seen the twist coming, but I didn't. That was good.

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So I guess Superboy Prime is Super Deadpool?

And secondly these latest issues really feel like cheap DBZ episodes. I've seen better build up with Darkseid than this, I can go back to even John Byrne's Man of Steel and how he handled similar stories much more interesting than this.

I get why people like it good for you but it feels kind of predictable. I liked most of this series except for the Absolute Power Tie ins and the early 20s. I get Williams is going for that Silver age feel which I respect especially when Superboy Prime jokingly says "c'mon get silver age with me." But even so it feels like there's still no stakes. Yeah we find out that the future IS Darkseid and everything the good guys did was meaningless. But with all the multi-versal, time changing, yadda yadda it's hard to take any of this seriously.

Especially in these modern runs that seem to conclude things pretty fast. I like how they show the Legion mostly decimated but again it doesn't feel like it means anything.

I think what would have saved this ish for me is if in the beginning when Cosmic Boy killed the JL in space by crushing them all to death and Clarks mother getting zapped it should have actually happened. Like this ish should have illustrated that this Legion is the final front, it's now or never. And they should have killed everything Clark loves. (Obviously he would fix that but I would come up with a reason to prevent that fix for a good 10 issues) Instead nothing real happens it's all in Supermans head and the worst we see is some iteration of the future Legion is dead.

Hopefully I soften up next ish and it gets better for me otherwise I'm really more curious about Lex Luthor and what he's up to.
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