Superman Unlimited #14 Review

 

Superman Unlimited #14 Review

Writer: Dan Slott

Artists: Lucas Meyer & David Messina

Colorist: Giuliano Peratelli

Letterer: Dave Sharpe

Cover Artist: Taurin Clarke

Variant Cover Artists: Raiko, Juan Ferreyra & Stephanie Hans

Supergirl Movie Variant Cover Artist: Mitch Gerads

Editors: Jillian Grant & Paul Kaminski

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $4.99/$5.99 Card Stock

Release Date: June 17, 2026

 

When Master Txyz gave Jon Kent a gift, he didn't expect to regain his youth. Nor did Lois Lane anticipate raising a younger version of her son. With two versions of himself inhabiting the same place and time, Jon worries about creating a paradox.

 

When Jon adopts a new uniform, people assume that he is a villain because he hides his features. Yet worse is his younger self's anger, and the havoc young Jon could cause if he unleashes it. Can Jon Kent help his younger self cope with his traumatic memories? And while helping his younger self and serving on the New Titans, can Jon maintain his life in Smallville? Let's stop by a phone booth, leap into Superman Unlimited #14, and see!

 

Story

STAR Labs has cloaked its latest discovery in secrecy. When Professor Thaddeus Killgrave gets wind of it, he rushes in to steal it before the company can capitalize on it. Thankfully, as his mechanical marvel crashes out of the building, Tomorrow Man and Superboy prevent him from injuring those nearby. Still, Tomorrow Man must remind Superboy not to dial up his superpowers to eleven every time he faces a dangerous situation.

 

While Tomorrow Man mentors Superboy in heroism, Lois Lane visits Smallville in Superman Unlimited #14. Tomorrow Man is being deliberately mysterious. And as a reporter, trained to be suspicious, Lois wonders if getting young Jon back is too good to be true. Further complicating matters is the idea of losing her older son after trying to help him stand on his own two feet. So, when she visits Jonathan and Martha Kent, Lois asks her in-laws about their recent experiences with Jon.

 

As Dan Slott interweaves Tomorrow Man and Superboy’s crimefighting in Metropolis with Lois Lane's search for answers in Smallville, others notice Superboy’s uncertainty. Spectators and opponents alike wonder why he has returned. Like older Jon, they notice differences in his behavior. Yet unlike "Tomorrow Man", the people they protect wonder why Superboys seem to be proliferating in Superman's absence.

 

Art

As Killgrave’s machine bursts out of the STAR Labs facility, a close-up reveals his glee while pedestrians flee. As red streaks across the sky, a green circle on the phone identifies Superboy and remembers Tomorrow Man’s recent actions. Killgrave’s machine raises the pilfered container like a salute as the two heroes hover in the sky. But when young Jon asks a difficult question in Superman Unlimited #14, older Jon looks away, even though he wears a mask.

 

As Giuliano Peratelli adorns Lucas Meyer and David Messina’s art with a lively palette of colors, red surrounds young Jon's white eyes as he channels his rage. While Krypto sits before the front steps and watches Martha pour Lois a glass of lemonade, Jonathan and Martha relax as the bright day tinges them with violet light. Yet as Lois shares her fears, Jonathan turns to face her, while Martha freezes up, evoking young Jon’s struggle to escape his recent past. Later, Lois braves the green shopfront clad in green slacks, while Tomorrow Man and Superboy encounter a green threat.

 

Dave Sharpe places uppercase black dialogue in white dialogue balloons and thoughts in colored narrative boxes. Words grow bold for intonation and swell for raised voices. Broken balloon outlines indicate lowered voices, while letters shrink in storm clouds. Two characters utilize green balloons, but for different reasons. Sound effects accompany battles and rescues, while a scream pierces a rapidly evolving situation in Superman Unlimited #14. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.  

 

Final Thoughts

Young Jon wants to be a superhero. Yet his traumas cause him to overreact in stressful situations. While Lois wonders if the boy living in her home is really her son, John Henry Irons tests the unique properties of El Calderan Green K. The green crystals from Clark’s home world sap Superman’s powers. Yet, a serum derived from the Kryptonite Kingdom’s #1 export gave a chimpanzee superpowers. And that’s not the only difference John Henry Irons notices in Superman Unlimited #14.

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

For a look inside, see my preview of Superman Unlimited #14. 

 

For what happened last time, see my review of Superman Unlimited #13. 

For what happened before that, see my preview of Superman Unlimited #12.

For how this story arc started, see my preview of Superman Unlimited #11. 

 

Catwoman #88 Preview

 

 

When Selina Kyle found Holly Robinson in her safehouse, she knew something was wrong. Still, it took her a while to determine that it was a stranger wearing a mask. When Holly's phone rings, Selina sees Holly trapped in a room that is rapidly losing oxygen. But when she races to save her, Holly pushes Selina away. Holly had hoped Selina could help her. Instead, after they meet at the coffee house, Black Mask abducts her, and Holly sees Selina in his compound. 

Yet Holly seems the least of Selina's problems. After a phone conversation with Samuel "Slam" Bradley, Selina realizes Black Mask's people are after him. And then, there is her sister. How does Maggie factor into Black Mask's plans? And why is one of his minions wearing Selina Kyle's face?

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

Catwoman #88 Preview

Writer: Torunn Grønbekk

Artist: Davide Gianfelice

Cover Artist: Seba Fiumara

Variant Cover Artists: Frank Cho, Michael Walsh & W Scott Forbes

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99 US/Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

Release Date: June 17, 2026

 

 

Black Mask is playing for keeps!

 

 

Catwoman’s return to Gotham City just keeps getting worse and worse thanks to Black Mask and his mysterious new benefactor. 

 

Plus, things get a bit hairy for ol’ Slam Bradley.

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

 

For what happened last time, see my preview of Catwoman #87. 

For what happened before that, see my review of Catwoman #86. 

For how this story arc began, see my review of Catwoman #85. 

Gun Honey Doubles Down #1 Preview

 

COVER D: ANG HOR KHENG

While the world's attention focused on Paris, Joanna Tan mingled among the athletes. But while they competed in events to earn medals for their countries, Joanna sought to save a leader of the free world. The intended victim was so grateful that she commissioned Joanna to do the impossible. Now, Alexis Stern, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, wants Joanna to do it again.

This time, the stakes are higher. Another ten million doesn't cut it. Still, Joanna has to try. Joanna must kill a dictator to save her friend. But can Joanna sneak back into the Kremlin? And even if she succeeds, can she protect Olga and her father from the repercussions of her actions?  

Here's all the info from Titan Comics:

 

Gun Honey Doubles Down #1 Preview

Writer: Charles Ardai

Artist: Ang Hor Kheng

Colorist: Asifur Rahman

Letterer: David Leach 

Publisher: Titan Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages (full color)

Series Length: 4 Issues 

Price: $4.99

Release Date: June 17, 2026 

“The finest kind of Pulp Noir.” Ed Brubaker

 

When a botched attack on the dictator of Russia sends three identical-looking men fleeing Moscow for Siberia, Finland, and the Black Sea, Gun Honey Joanna Tan is offered $10 million to separate the real target from his doubles - and make sure the right man dies.

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

Thanks to Titan Comics for sharing this preview with us.

 

For what happened last time, see my review of Gun Honey Doubles Down #0.

For what happened before that, see my review of Gun Honey Collision Course TP. 

For more cover options, see my cover preview of Gun Honey Doubles Down #1. 

  

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #52 Preview

 

When they headed into the arctic, Robin hoped they were visiting the Fortress of Solitude. Sadly, Batman and Superman were plotting a different course. They hoped to rescue Colonel Randall Kreitzer, whose SR-71 had mysteriously vanished. Then they hit a magnetic field that knocked out the Batwing and Superman, forcing Batman and Robin to bail out of their ailing aircraft.

Now, they're strangers in a prehistoric land where a Warlord named Travis Morgan, another former Air Force pilot, lives out his Edgar Rice Burroughs' dreams. Dinosaurs roam the land, and a villainous ruler seeks to dominate the world. Can Batman and Robin find Superman? And after meeting Tara, Mariah and Shakira, might Robin decide to stick around on Skartaris?

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #52 Preview

Writer: Mark Waid

Artist: Adrián Gutiérrez

Cover Artist: Dan Mora

Variant Cover Artists: Davide Paratore & Adrián Gutiérrez

Supergirl Movie Variant Cover Artist: Dan Mora

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99 US/Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

Release Date: June 17, 2026

 

 

Part Two of “Standoff In Skartaris”!

 

 

Batman and Travis Morgan, the Warlord, must work together to combat the greatest threat to this underground kingdom—the Tyrannosorcerer! But where is Superman? In search of a new way to augment his powers that will shock you!

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

 

For what happened last time, see my preview of Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #51.

For what happened before that, see my preview of the oversize anniversary issue Batman/Superman: World's Finest #50. 

End Of Life #5 Review

 

End Of Life #5 Review

Writer: Kyle Starks

Artist: Steve Pugh

Colorist: Chris O’Halloran

Letterer & Designer: Becca Carey

Cover Artist: Gerald Parel

Variant Cover Artist: Matt Taylor

Editors: Matthew Levine & Chris Conroy

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99 US/Variant $4.99 US (cardstock)

Release Date: June 17, 2026

 

Richard Smiley hasn't had much reason to smile lately. After losing his status as a national treasure and the income from his Wrong Dog theme park, the cartoonist forms a gang to terrorize his hometown. Then, into Pluto walks Eddie Stallion. And when he protects Leona and her son Trent from Richard's thugs, Eddie gains two friends for life.

 

Unfortunately, Eddie's received a death sentence from his former employer. After he helped the Murder Brothers raid the Raven's home, all the Menagerie's hired killers are gunning for him. Can Eddie evade the masked murderers long enough to rescue Trent from Richard Smiley? And after the Menagerie's top tracker visits George Stallion's home, does Sophie, Eddie's ex-girlfriend and a hospice nurse, need to visit Eddie's father in the future? Let's grab a gun and a mask, leap into End Of Life #5, and see!

 

Story

Eddie’s life used to make sense. But now, nothing adds up. He can’t adjust to small-town life. Nor is Eddie used to rescuing people or tracking them down. When Leona demands that he find Trent and bring him back to her, Eddie declaims any responsibility for Leona’s woes. So, Leona reminds him why she won’t let her son play in the woods anymore. And with the corpse of the Menagerie’s latest arrival near the gas pumps outside her minimarket, the police are only one phone call away. If Eddie hasn’t returned her son by the time they arrive, she may suggest the cops take a tour through the surrounding woods.

 

Without a handler to handle the details, Leona puts Eddie in a pressure cooker in End Of Life #5. The clock is ticking until the police descend on Pluto and create enough radio traffic to let everyone in the Menagerie know his whereabouts. Eddie realizes he must cobble together a game plan fast. He may not be a Menagerie tracker like Drahthaar. But even if he didn’t want to be there and tried not to get involved in people’s lives, Eddie listened to them and discovered their interests.

 

As Eddie gathers information, formulates his strategy, and launches into action, Richard Smiley also struggles to think on his feet. Like Eddie, he thought money could solve all his problems. As he rose to prominence, Richard believed his success would last forever. He may not have raided a Menagerie boss’s mansion. But after he lost his career through his poor choices, Richard realizes he’s made another one in Kyle Starks’ story. 

 

He abducted Trent in the heat of the moment. Now, the cartoonist doesn’t know what to do with the boy. As both men scramble to make the best out of a bad situation, Eddie Stallion and Richard Smiley both stand to lose in End Of Life #5.

 

Art

While Leona lashes out at Eddie, Kodiak’s corpse lies between them as Richard Smiley’s signature creation looms in the background. When she responds to his question with shock, Eddie’s jaw drops as realization strikes. As she demands he act, Eddie rubs his styled hair and looks away. Steve Pugh shows the SUV leap over a rise like a Rally car. While Rico urges calm, his boss has a meltdown. But Trent, who longs to tap on trees with sticks, gazes around and enjoys the ride.

 

As Chris O’Halloran lavishes bright colors on End Of Life #5, Leona’s green blouse links with Richard Smiley’s sweater as both people grow determined to resolve the situation. While Rico drives the indigo SUV, he urges Richard to let Trent go. Like another person who wears a blue shirt, Trent ignores their conflict and looks forward to what the next minute will bring. A person wearing an orange shirt misses the good old days when she had more than she has today, while a yellow map reminds Eddie that little time remains before the worst occurs. He may be angry that everyone blames him for the situation. Yet as violet fills the sky, Eddie races to save the day in his red suit and sneakers.

 

Becca Carey fills white dialogue balloons with black, uppercase letters. The words grow bold for intonation and shrink for whispers. Fear swells words while shock turns them red. Metallic clicks signal danger, while booms signal that death has arrived in Pluto. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

After his mother left, Eddie Stallion never got along with his father. Growing up, he felt fatally flawed. Becoming a Menagerie killer helped Eddie develop a sense of self-worth. But after mastering his job skills and living the high life, Eddie discovers that his father invested his earnings much more wisely. Sadly, it may be too late for this Wrong Dog to learn new tricks in End Of Life #5.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

To look inside see my preview of End Of Life #5. 

 

For what happened last time, see my preview of End Of Life #4.

For what happened before that, see my review of End Of Life #3.

For how this series began, see my review of End Of Life #1. 

 

Batwoman #4 Preview

 

As Brigadier General Verdanis admits, Despoina Angelos knows how to host a mean party. He just didn't expect it to include murder. Still, a little money goes a long way in Petalon, Greece. While Milo Gores staves off a police investigation, Mother Despoina is more concerned. Kate Kane is a soldier. And after she slew two of Master Slay's monks, and executed a third, Kate has declared war on them. 

Yet, they're not alone. Batwoman is attacking the people who are trying to help her. Can anyone prevent Kate Kane from sneaking out of the Epione Sanatorium at night? And when will Kate Kane meet Alya again?

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

Batwoman #4

Writer: Greg Rucka

Artist & Cover Artist: DaNi

Variant Cover Artists: Stjepan Šejiċ, David Talaski & Gerald Parel

DC Pride Variant Cover Artist: Betsy Cola

Publisher: DC Comics

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Price: $3.99 US/Variant $4.99 US (card stock)

Release Date: June 10, 2026

 

 

Greg Rucka and Dani put Kate Kane through the wringer!

 

 

Batwoman has declared war against the Dark Faith, and the body count continues to rise. As her actions raise alarms among friends and foes alike, the Question has come to Petalon in search of answers. But what she uncovers will force Kate into the most desperate fight of her life.

 

If you thought last issue’s climax was shocking, just wait until you see what Greg Rucka and DaNi have in store as their acclaimed Next Level series continues!

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

  

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

 

For what happened last time, see my preview of Batwoman #3.

For what happened before that, see my preview of Batwoman #2.

For how this series started, see my preview of Batwoman #1.

For the Batwoman story, "Second Date," see my preview of Justice League Dream Girls: A DC Pride Event #1. 

Babs: The Black Road South #4 Preview

 

Babs defeated childhood bully Yorikk the Ginger in the arena. Then, Izzy watched as Babs took on more soldiers, a green cyclops, and a panda with a unicorn horn. The ladies celebrated their winnings in Pale Elric’s with drinks, laughter, and their rendition of “Like The Sonj.” Unfortunately, before returning to their hotel, Babs and Izzy stopped by the Invest A Quest booth and invested their winnings on an expedition into the Shadowlands of Mordynn.

 

After misfortune struck the fellowship, Babs, Izzy, and the knight Colin Culpepper battle a pack of attacking Snowpeppers on a dark and snowy night. Amid the blizzard, the trio topples off a cliff. Can Babs’ talking sword Barry advise them on how to survive the fall? And why is Babs having a Bad Hair Year? 

 

Here's all the info from Ahoy Comics:

 

 

Babs: The Black Road South #4 Preview

Writer: Garth Ennis

Artist: Jacen Burrows

Colorist: Andy Troy

Logo, Production & Letterer: Rob Steen

Cover Artists: Jacen Burrows & Andy Troy; Erica Henderson

Editor: Tom Peyer

Publisher: Ahoy Comics

Price: $4.99

Release Date: June 17, 2026

 

 

The violently funny sword-and-sorcery epic 

from Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows!  

 

 

More sword-and-sorcery mayhem from the co-creator of The Boys! Babs, Izzy, and Culpepper are cast away on the rapids of a body of liquid so disgusting we don’t even want to tell you what it is until we already have your money. Plus, the raft they’re riding might not be completely dead, in quite a gross way. 

 

 

Now, let's brave a look inside:

 

 

 

 

Here's another cover option:

 

 

Thanks to Ahoy Comics and Superfan Promotions for sharing this preview with us.

 

For what happened last time, see my review of Babs: The Black Road South #3.

For what happened when Babs went There, and yes, back again, see my preview of Babs: The Black Road South #2. 

For how this series started, see my review of Babs: The Black Road South #1. 

Absolute Green Arrow #2 Preview

 

Dinah Shore has drifted from one job to another. The former Star City Police officer tried her hand at MMA fighting. Then, Dinah reinvented herself as an Executive Protection Specialist. Working for people she despises necessitates regular chats with her psychiatrist. Still, she needs the money from her well-heeled clients to pay for her father's medical treatments.

Privately, Dinah may be glad that this mysterious Green Arrow is cutting through the exclusive club of billionaires. Still, Dinah is a professional. And her father will die unless she works for Hector Hammond. Can Dinah protect a man she despises while discovering the serial killer's identity? And why did Oliver Queen lock a strange corpse in his Arrow Cave?

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

Absolute Green Arrow #2

Writer: Pornsak Pichetshote

Artist & Cover Artist: Rafael Albuquerque

Variant Cover Artists: Gerald Parel, Riley Rossmo & Kaare Andrews

1:25 Variant Cover Artist: Matías Bergara

Publisher: DC Comics 

Issue Length: 32 Pages

Series Length: 6 Issues

Price: $4.99 US/$5.99 US (card stock)

Release Date: June 17, 2026

 

 

New Archers! 

And New Murders!

 

 

Is the Green Arrow Killer merely a psychopath or something more? Is he a monster Absolute Black Canary should be fighting against—or with? Still reeling from the disturbing discoveries of last issue’s final pages, Dinah investigates one suspect on her list of DC archers—Mia Dearden—and stumbles on a secret from Oliver Queen’s past that will change everything.

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

 

For what happened last time, see my preview of Absolute Green Arrow #1.

For how Oliver Queen died, see my preview of Absolute Evil #1. 

For more on the series, see Pornsak Pichetshote on Absolute Green Arrow.