Review: Superman Unlimited #11
[Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers]
Writer: Dan Slott
Art: Lucas Meyer
Colors: Giuliano Peratelli
Letters: Dave Sharpe
Reviewed by: Matthew B. Lloyd
Summary
Jon Kent is faced with his arch-nemesis from the future…who? A brief recap of Jon’s life leads to the Son of Kal-El learning about his future while also reconnecting (literally) with his past!
Positives
With a Super-Sons looking Jon Kent on the cover of Superman Unlimited #11 it should come as no surprise that he actually appears on the inside. How he appears is a very intriguing and promising for fans of the pre-Bendis incarnation of the character. Dan Slott doesn’t just pull this out of nowhere, though. He thoughtfully takes Jon on a journey to the future and back as he has to deal with his own Fourth Dimentional Demon, Master Txyz.
Additionally, this issue is focused on Jon’s character. We see the highs, and lows, and even if you’ve never been a fan of Jon’s aging up, Slott at the very least brings some agency and intensity to Jon’s history and present and…future. The new hero dame he adopts is not only appropriate, but one that finally feels like it fits. There have been some false starts, but I think this one has a chance of sticking, especially if the name is more than just a name, hint, hint.
Lucas Meyer turns in a really nice job on art with some of the montage pages of Jon’s history being among the best. Meyer gets to put Jon through his emotional paces, and they are quite effective in reflecting these moments in the script.
Negatives
If anything, this issue could be a little denser. Like many modern comics it reads pretty quickly. There’s some really nice stuff in Slott’s script and it would be nice to get even more out of it.
Verdict
The ending teases a lot…. How eventually plays out may be the deciding factor of how Superman Unlimited #11 is viewed. Will there be sustained excitement for Super-Sons fans or will this story end up doubling down on the fallacy that aging up Jon Kent was a good idea. For now, Slott brings some genuine excitement for Jon Kent in the development of what we see transpire in Jon’s past as well as his future.
