Super Sons #12

Super Sons of Tomorrow Finale Last Minute Saved

Peter J. Tomasi & Patrick Gleason Writers
Tyler Kirkham Artist
Tomeu Morey Colorist
Rob Leigh Letterer
Giuseppe Cammuncoli & Adriano Lucas Cover
Dustin Nguyen Variant Cover
Brittany Holzherr Associate Editor
Andrea Shea Assistant Editor
Alex Antone & Paul Kaminski Editors
Brian Cunningham Group Editor
Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
Superboy created by Jerry Siegel.
By special arrangement with the Jerry Siegel family.

Our main cover is the first real clunker of this crossover, which is a shame, since this is the finale. This cover presents a bleak, messy picture of future death and destruction, I suppose. But none of that happens in this issue. And the tone of this cover is completely different from the tone of this issue.

Our variant cover is another beautiful offering from Dustin Nguyen, matching up nicely with his variant from Super Sons #11. The two covers form one gorgeous image of Superboy and Robin standing in front of Titans Tower. It's moody, but not overwhelmingly angsty. It's bold and heroic, but also quietly vulnerable. Simply put, it's a work of art.

Our story picks up with Savior being sucked into the timestream. Everybody around sees the random images of past DC events flash past him, but nobody quite knows what they mean. Once the last bit of energy completely fades away, Superman turns everybody's attention to the Titans of Tomorrow.

Conner says that in his past (but Clark's future) Clark had told him not to say much about time travel and alternate realities. Superman agrees with this, but Superboy and Robin are hoping the visitors from the future will stay a while and teach them some things. But Cassie gently points out that's exactly why they can't stay. Superman expresses his sympathy for Tim's death, but Cassie says he didn't die — just was lost in time.

Aqualad asks the visitors how they'll get back, and Bart says they'll use residual reserve. Wallace correctly interprets this as using the Speed Force they came in on like a time tether to slingshot back, and Bart's impressed by his knowledge. So everybody says goodbye, and Bart races around Cassie and Conner until they all disappear.

Beast Boy can vaguely remember Cassie, but he can't quite place her and wishes they could have gotten their names. Damian still doesn't understand why they didn't pry the Titans of Tomorrow for some information. Wallace proudly shows off a selfie he took with them right before they left, but Raven angrily destroys his cellphone to protect the timeline. And that's the last we see of the future adult Bart Allen and the Titans of Tomorrow.




This issue was really more of an epilogue than a finale. The main conflict had been resolved last issue, and all that happened here was wrapping things up. On a whole, this was a nice, fun story, but it had a very quiet, unusual ending. I was thrilled to see the Big Four return in a way, but Conner, Cassie and Bart didn't get that much to do. But, we had solid writing and great artwork each issue, and I enjoyed myself through this tale. Let's wrap up this up with the new ads:

Family is what you make of it. The Terrifics.

An eight-page preview of Sideways.

The DC All Access page is an interview with Jeff Lemire, writer of The Terrifics.

Next time, we'll get to work on bringing back the real, original Bart Allen. Yes, your read that right. It's going to be a long, slow journey, but we will get there. And it all starts with The Flash Annual #1.