THE best Superman story ever written.Charming, heartwarming, Chaykin at his best.

An Elseworlds story where Superman has been gone for the last 15 years and his son Jon is now developing powers. One of the better Elseworlds books with some nice J.H. Williams III artwork.

Great story, and I love the uniforms the Justice League wears. Some of the corporations run everything is a little rough to read this year but otherwise a great Elseworlds story.

Strong start, weak finish. The opening of the story promised mystery, insight and a fresh look at the Superman mythos, too bad it didn't deliver. The basic premise is that Superman dissappears, everybody else turns into a jerk, Superman reappears and people suddenly remember that they shouldn't be jerks. To me it just felt like very lazy writing, extremely anti-climactic and lacking any real depth of character.Perhaps I'm being a little bit harsh, I did enjoy some of the design overall concepts....

Howard Chaykin's dystopian story of a not-too-distant future tells of a world where superheroes are registered with the government (FYI, this was originally printed before Marvel's Civil War), Superman is believed dead, and the idea of profit controls everything. Enter: the boy who didn't know he was Superman's son. This 90's era tale is a commentary on a number of fears like: sensationalist journalism, profits over people, and government policies widening the gap between the haves and have-nots...

Leí este cómic sin ninguna expectativa, y creo que por eso me entretuvo tanto. Sin ser una maravilla o una obra de arte, lo cierto es que logra su cometido y crea un "universo alternativo" que resulta interesante y llamativo.Básicamente: Superman está desaparecido hace 15 años. Loise Lane tiene un hijo de Clark. Lex domina prácticamente a EEUU, y la Liga de la Justicia trabaja para el gobierno. Todo esto va a ser el desencadenante de una historia sencilla, que no exige al lector y que permite un...

I love these Elseworlds books. This one does a good job capturing what it's like to be a teenager, including the struggles with authority. It also tackles some big topics like corruption, income inequality, and trading freedom for safety, which make it still relevant to read 15 years after it was published.

It was interesting to see what would happen if Superman disappears and how it would change the world. Fifteen years after Superman's presumed death, changing solar activities awake powers inside Jon Kent, son of Lois Lane and Clark Kent. He learns about his father's secret. It's thrilling to read what such sudden changes can mean for a teenage boy. You also try to find out who really cares for humanity and what motives the terrorists who call themselves Supermen have. Just like the name of Metro...

I'm a fan of these wacky alternate-reality Elseworlds stories, and this is another good one. Teenager Jon Kent's latent superpowers make themselves known thanks to a solar flare and finds out that his father, Superman is not dead as he's been to believe. A fun story filled with dystopian commentary and done with a thankfully lighter hand and less angst than expected. Co-writer Howard Chaykin didn't draw this one, but his visual style is all over it, which makes it all the more enjoyable.

Hoy toca un “Elseword” de un mundo en el que Superman ha muerto en una guerra europea, Luthor es el hombre mas poderoso del mundo y la Liga de la Justicia es un brazo armado del estado. En este mundo extraño Vive Jon Kent, hijo de Loise y Clark, quien desconoce que su padre era algo mas que un periodista. Conocimiento que cambiara cuando debido a una tormenta solar, deje de ser el chico humano que siempre ha creído ser y empiece a desarrollar los poderes kryptonianos impulsados por nuestro sol a...

Given the "imaginary story" freedom of an Elseworlds tale, the writer is able to spin a new take on an old character or situation. We've seen plenty of versions of Superman's son before, but Chaykin develops the story a bit differently, in that Superman himself has disappeared (presumed dead) and his son Jon Kent is raised without knowledge of his father's true identity, and doesn't himself develop powers until a solar flare hits earth when he's 15. The "imaginary"/Elseworlds versions of Superma...

Not as good as The Nail or Red Son and if it wanted to be the Kryptonian version of The Dark Knight Returns it isn't but it still mostly works.

A cute little story that might have tried to encapsulate a bit more than it was capable of, but it hit all the right character marks with every aspect of this sweeping cast of heroes. I did not like the turn with Pete Ross as that was the one thing that went totally against type (if you're a Silver Age fan you'll know what I mean when you read it), and thought that the relationship between Jon and Karen was just sort of flat and unnecessary and served as more of a distraction from the story over...

This is the best Elseworlds book that I have ever read. It's absolutely amazing!

Surprisingly timely with its backstory of a rich business man manipulating the government through creating chaos & a desire for law and order. Also interesting to see Williams when he was at an earlier stage in his career.

There's a lot going on in Son of Superman, but Howard Chaykin almost manages to pull together his satire about politics, media, and superheroism together. The trouble is that the story's heart is sentimental; like many great Superman stories, this book is at its best when it's focusing on a father and his son. When Jonathan learns his father was Superman, his life is upended. But the cacophony of the plot is no match for the quieter moments between a man and his child. Trying to be both emotiona...

I enjoyed Son of Superman and its’ understated dystopian setting. Superman’s been gone for fifteen years, leaving Lois Lane to raise their seemingly mild-mannered son as she works in Hollywood as a screenwriter. A solar flare activates Jon Kent’s latent Kryptonian abilities, leading to his taking up of the Superman mantle and the discovery of a worldwide conspiracy affecting the Justice League, the US government, and beyond. One of the admirable things about Son of Superman is that the story rea...

I wasn't crazy about this DC Elseworld addition. It's not particularly clever and to be honest it doesn't really even feel like a Superman/JLA comic. There are better 'what if' scenarios out there but I didn't hate it.

In this Elseworlds tale from the early 90s we are given a glimpse at a world where Lois and Clark had a son, Jon, but Superman wasn't there to help raise him. Howard Chaykin crafts an interesting "what if" that details a possible future in which the JLA has been governamentalized and Lex Luthor is the most powerful person in the world. I enjoyed the different versions of familiar characters however many weren't given enough time to shine. Lois and Clark's individual relationships with their son

Fun, self-contained, alternate-universe story of the rise of Jon Kent, the son of Lois and Clark in a world where Superman has been missing for 15 years. Chaykin's trademark obsessions with sex and liberal politics are on display here, but do not interfere with the story to the extent that, say, Frank Miller's obsessions would. An older, but not necessarily wiser, Justice League contributes to the plot, allowing Chaykin to take a few stabs at the general doofiness of Green Lantern and Aquaman; L...