Superman Family Adventures #12 review

The good news is that this is another wonderful issue of Superman Family Adventures. The bad news is, it’s the last, with sales not having matched quality. Still, let’s not weep – we’ve had a year’s worth of fantastic all-ages comics starring Superman, Supergirl, Superboy, Krypto, Ma Kent … and they’re all back in this […]

Superman Family Adventures #3 review

While this week’s Superman promises secrets of the new super-suit and fails to deliver, Superman Family Adventures promises no such thing, but tells us a secret anyway: why the new suit was necessary. OK, the reason is never going to be canon, but I laughed. I laughed a lot this issue, as the book really […]

Superman Family Adventures #2 review

Is it wrong that my favourite depiction of Superman currently being published by DC is in a kids’ book? I love Art Baltazar’s clean, square-jawed version of the hero – even in the new costume, he looks good. There’s another super-guy in this issue, but he’s less friendly looking – Bizarro, backwards-speaking brute from an […]

Superman Family Adventures #1 review

It’s just another day in Metropolis. Superman saves the city from a giant meteor; Lex Luthor plots to steal Superman’s powers via robotic invasion; Supergirl, Superboy and Krypto fight the good fight; Perry White screams at Jimmy Olsen for coffee … While Superman is wearing his new suit (it’s admired by Dan DiDio), the all-ages story here […]