Superman: Lost #8

Superman: Lost

by Christopher J. Priest, Elmer Santos (Cover Art), Carlo Pagulayan (Penciller)

Superman experiences a breakthrough on his path to recovery with the help of Supergirl, as the Els bond over being survivors living with the guilt of leaving behind doomed planets. Meanwhile, Lois attempts to outsmart Lex Luthor to save herself and Clark!

Genres: Comics, Superman, Dc Comics

31 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2023

About the author

Formerly (before 1993) known as James or Jim Owsley.

Christopher James Priest is a critically acclaimed novelist and comic book writer. Priest is the first African-American writer and editor for Marvel and DC Comics. His groundbreaking Black Panther series was lauded by Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice and will serve as the basis for the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe adaption.

Besides Black Panther, Priest has written comics for Conan, Steel, Green Lantern, The Crew and edited The Amazing Spider-Man. He also co-created Quantum & Woody along with Mark Bright and co-founded Milestone Media.

After a decade long hiatus he is currently writing comic books again and recently concluded a stint writing the comic book Deathstroke (2016-2019).

In addition to being a writer, Christopher J. Priest is also a baptist minister.

Reviews

[Gordon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a surprising sleeper title for me. I don't think many people are pulling this book, but they should. It's actually quite a really interesting, and different, Superman story. There's quite a lot of depth to it, too. Priest isn't my favourite storyteller of all time, and I find a lot of his stuff pretentious at times, but this is definitely one of his better titles in the last few years.

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is honestly a pretty brutal story about PTSD, for a comic book. Usually it's a lot of glossing over what kinds of effects trauma would have on someone. Oh you saw this person brutally killed and couldn't save them? Eh it's fine, normal day to day life, keep going. But this is definitely a tale about what kind of struggles a hero might face in these circumstances, and how the people around them would react.
It can get a bit depressing at times, and more than a little confusing -why is Clark so hellbent on saving a planet that doesn't want his help? Why does it shame and hurt him so bad to know he's left it behind?
Either way it's close to the end, and I suppose questions will get answered.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

This felt like a bit of an improvement to me.