Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021-) #12

Superman: Son of Kal-El (Single Issues)

by Tom Taylor, Cian Tormey (Penciller, Inker), Ruairi Coleman (Penciller, Inker)

Lex Luthor and President Bendix have joined forces to unleash the Gamorra Corps on Superman...and put a stop to the first son of the Last Son of Krypton once and for all. But a new hero has joined the fight...and he’s going to use that tin-can suit like a chew toy if Luthor isn’t careful. Welcome back, Krypto. Who’s a good boy?

Genres: Comics, Dc Comics, LGBT, Superman

30 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 14, 2022

About the author

Once a professional juggler and fire eater, Tom Taylor is a #1 New York Times Bestselling, multi-award-winning comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter.

Well known for his work with DC Comics and Marvel, Taylor is the co-creator of NEVERLANDERS from Penguin Random House, SEVEN SECRETS from Boom Studios and the Aurealis-Award-winning graphic novel series THE DEEP. Taylor is also the Head Writer and Executive Producer of The Deep animated series, four seasons of which is broadcast in over 140 countries.

He is perhaps best known for the DC Comics series, DCEASED (Shadow Awards Winner), NIGHTWING (nominated for 5 Eisner Awards), SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL (GLAAD Award Nominee), INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US, SUICIDE SQUAD, EARTH 2 and BATMAN/SUPERMAN as well as Marvel's FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN, ALL NEW WOLVERINE, X-MEN: RED, DARK AGES and SUPERIOR IRON MAN. Taylor is also the writer of many Star Wars series, which include STAR WARS: INVASION and STAR WARS: BLOOD TIES (Stan Lee Excelsior Award winner). Taylor has written for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom Studios, Wildstorm, 2000 AD and Gestalt Comics.

He can be followed on twitter @TomTaylorMade.

Reviews

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid built up and show of face of the enemy but also the fact Jon's boyfriend is now outed too can lead to some interesting story beats.

[R E · Rating 3 out of 5]

When Cian Tormey began doing pencils, there was a marked improvement in the series. While I don’t know how Tormey and Ruairi Coleman are splitting penciling duties, the art has taken a nose dive; some panels remain strong, some have reverted to the horrible mockery the art at the start of the series conveyed.

[Craig Schorling · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another solid issue but not quite as good as the last few. Lex and Bendix are moving right along with their evil deeds and Jay makes a mistake at the end that could complicate things. The writing is still great and breathes so much life into this world and these characters.

[Kastie Pavlik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting to see Jon working with Batman and using methods other than super powers in his fight. Also, Krypto is such a good boy. It does seem odd that Jay would forget his mask. Or even take it off in the first place.

[Raymond Paquette · Rating 4 out of 5]

The cats out of the bag now.

[Burton Olivier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good boy, Krypto

[Julien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Taylor and Timms was what made this story great. This new artist stylé prevented me from enjoying it as much as I did before.

[Gore · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was a very weak issue. And I can't get over the fact that Jay just happen to NOT remember to put his mask back on.

[Rachel Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Krypto!!

[OinkFish Pigs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty solid issue and I’m interested of what they’ll do with Jay’s identity being revealed.

Low 8.5

[Marsh Myers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Return of Krypto!

[Andrew Collins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Krypto!!!

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, let's see how Jay deals with this.

[Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the issue but John's face is weirdly drawn...

[Amy Walker - Trans-Scribe Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been loving Superman: Son of Kal-El, and it's quickly become one of my favourite series along with Nightwing. The connecting factor is that both are written by Tom Taylor, and have the same kind of sense of hope, and messages of goodness in them.

This issue continues the story of Jon trying to find a way to take down the corrupt dictator of Gamora, who's turning people into super powered killers under his control.

We get some good developments to the story here, with a great infiltration of Lex Corp thanks to the help of Dick Grayson (I love how he and Jon just keep appearing in each others books, and the friendship that they're forming).

This issue also sees the return of Kyrpto, and who doesn't like Krypto? He's back from space and he's here to be the goodest boy there is. It was delightful to see him breaking through Justice League defences just to get to his humans and be told he's a good boy. This is the kind of Kyrpto I like, where he's almost an unstoppable force of nature, and you're left thanking God he's a nice dog.

I love this series, I've come to love Jon as a character, and am really invested in the characters and story that Tom Taylor is creating and am looking forward to reading more.