The Deadman #2 Review

 

The Deadman #2 Review

Writer: W Maxwell Prince

Artist: Martín Morazzo

Colorist: Chris O’Halloran

Letterer: Good Old Neon

Editors: Chris Rosa & Paul Kaminski

Cover Artist: Martín Morazzo

Variant Cover Artists: Lucio Parrillo, Mark Spears, Alex Eckman-Lawn & Stevan Subić

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99

Release Date: July 1, 2026

 

While the patients in the Outer Gotham Rural Hospital ride the morphine drip, Boston Brand rides through their memories. Sure, he's a voyeur. But he likes people. He'll give a villain a pass into Heaven if someone loved them. And as Boston assists souls in transition, he sometimes performs a miracle to give the dying a second chance at life.

 

But while Boston Brand reveres life as an Outfit Changing Spectral Super-Entity, others feed off it. They devour souls of the newly dead and relish the taste of living flesh. Can Rama Kushna empower Boston Brand to defeat more than light bulbs? And why have demons invaded Gotham? Let’s leap into The Deadman #2 and see!

 

Story

Rama Kushna may reprimand Boston for never being on time, but she enjoys a childlike love of the world around her. Only the world around her isn't just Earth, but the wheel of Samsara on which our souls generate Karma. Yet just as Darkseid threatened to turn Earth into Apokolips, and a plague spirit threatened to wipe out musicians in the Magical Realm, Rama Kushna believes that spirit-eating demons threaten the balance between life and anti-life. So, she sends Boston Brand to Gotham to help identify the demon that chomped Jesse "Flyeater” Hollern’s spirit-head after his road accident.

 

While Rama Kushna believes Batman can help Boston Brand identify the demon, Batman also conducts a supernatural investigation in The Deadman #2. Aided by Plastic Man, Batman seeks to prevent Lazarus Rising from smuggling capsules of resin from Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pits into Blackgate Penitentiary. Yet Boston seems reluctant to leave his tiny suburb of Robertsville. Lorna still lives there. And like him, she

mourns the life they might have had.

 

As W Maxwell Prince shares Boston and Batman's investigations, Rama Kushna and Plastic Man address the reader. While they reveal the crimes that threaten Humanity, Boston, charged with caring for people's souls, seems reluctant to play his role in this cosmic struggle. But then, Boston reveres life. By slipping inside people, he can share their joys and sorrows. And as Boston Brand leaves his comfortable home in Robertsville, he will confront people who treat the living like dirt in The Deadman #2.

 

Art

Martín Morazzo opens with a series of one-page introductions. An intricate gold frame introduces Rama Kushna’s spiritual teachings and her instructions to Boston Brand. Plastic Man’s body elongates around panels as he shares his investigation with Batman. The title page sandwiches Boston's relationship with the woman he lost between panels of himself and the friend he found. Then, a banner headlines the Bibliophile’s cautionary tale. As the action gets underway, Batman and Plastic Man tackle mummies at the Gotham Wharf. And while contorting himself more than Lorna’s sorrow twists her soul, Plastic Man forms his body into a coffin, and one fist into a pyramid.

 

As Rama Kushna and Boston Brand set the Samsara-ending stakes, Chris O’Halloran casts this nighttime world of The Deadman #2 in blue. Batman wears a brighter blue as Boston’s white face also takes on a blue hue. Red links Plastic Man with Boston, two heroes with ignoble pasts. Bobby, trapped in his spirit form, wears yellow clothes. While a light green fills the Blackgate Penitentiary, richer shades define Batman. And as Rama Kushna wears an indigo dress, the king of the soul devourers wears an indigo sweater. Yet when Mr M confronts his next victim, orange fills his eyes, and his glasses capture a nearby yellow light as he casts a sapphire shadow.

 

As W Maxwell Prince packs his story with dialogue and Boston’s thoughts, Good Old Neon fills boxes with black lowercase letters. The letters showcase a wide range of sizes and fonts. Batman and Plastic Man introduce their investigation with blue and red boxes. While letters in black boxes locate the reader on the physical plane, a spiky balloon highlights Batman’s search for answers. Yet colorful sound effects and screeching force Boston to rethink his strategy as he undertakes his own search for the truth. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

Final Thoughts

Even though Boston Brand knows people can change, he tends to regard people in static terms. As he slips into people to experience their minds and souls, he finds them more complex than he imagined. Yet while Boston seeks help identifying Jesse “Flyeater” Hollern’s spirit-killer, the abduction of Gotham’s brightest stars continues in The Deadman #2.

 

Rating 9/10

 

To look inside see my preview of The Deadman #2. 

 

For what happened last time, see my review of The Deadman #1.

For the creators' last series, see my review of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1. 

 

 

The Deadman #1 Review

 

The Deadman #1 Review

Writer: W Maxwell Prince

Artist: Martín Morazzo

Colorist: Chris O’Halloran

Letterer: Good Old Neon

Editors: Chris Rosa & Paul Kaminski

Cover Artist: Martín Morazzo

Variant Cover Artists: Tula Lotay; Frank Cho & Sabine Rich; Mike Choi; Hayden Sherman & Mike Spicer; Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $3.99/$4.99

Release Date: June 3, 2026

 

The Outer Gotham Rural Hospital is where people come to die. Sure, the doctors and nurses try to imbue hope into hopeless situations. Sadly, there's not much they can do for the patients in "the Hospice Hotel."

 

Dr Barrows, Sasha, and Tammy may not be able to offer their charges more than painkillers and kindness. Yet someone walks the halls who can ease them onto the next level of their existence. Who is Boston Brand? And why do they call him The Deadman? Let’s slip on our scrubs, leap into The Deadman #1, and see!

 

Story

Sasha is new to nights at the Outer Gotham Rural Hospital. So as Dr Barrows and Tammy offer Sasha insights on how to approach her work, Boston listens. When Tammy inadvertently passes through Boston, his spirit awakens forgotten memories. While she recalls something that bound her with her grandmother in life, Boston feels the love that time and death have not vanquished. Then, sensing a patient’s end, Boston follows Tammy down the hall.

 

After perceiving events from the staff’s perspective, readers follow Boston Brand’s journey in The Deadman #1. While the story introduces memorable characters, Boston emerges as someone immensely intrigued by those around him. At times, he may wish he had chosen another role in the afterlife. Still, he enjoys a much fuller life than those who linger in Robertsville.

 

Yet in W Maxwell Prince's story, a threat emerges to threaten Boston's future. He may not be your typical hero. Nor may he seem especially brave. Still, Boston Brand vows to fight it. For while he loves people, he also loves their stories. And despite his wishes that he had been braver when his life ended, Boston enjoys serving others in The Deadman #1.

 

Art

As another soul departs the hospital, the moon forces apart the clouds to gaze down with its crater-eyes. Dr Barrows greets the nurses at their station, while the halls are devoid of family members lingering after visiting hours have ended. As Tammy approaches Boston, he doesn't step aside. Instead, he glows brighter when she passes through him, casting the nurse briefly into shade. When Boston levitates, his white coat and outstretched arms evoke an angel. And when he intervenes at a moment of transition, Boston conjures an image of fragile life from his palm. Then, departing the hospital, Boston leaves behind whisps of cosmic ether as he travels toward another favorite part of his day.

 

As Martín Morazzo packs pages with panels, Chris O’Halloran fills this nighttime world of The Deadman #1 with colorful souls that brighten the darkness. The hospital may resound with muted tones of gray, beige, and green. Yet in the rooms of the dying, green walls suggest the willpower that helps those lingering eke out their final moments. Dr Barrows wears blue scrubs under his white coat, while the nurses who bring comfort to the dying wear violet uniforms. At the frightening moment of death, yellow souls depart gray bodies. Boston wears orange clothing as he savors the thoughts and memories of the living. Yet, his clothing turns red when others' actions infuriate him.

 

As Boston welcomes readers into his world and guides them through his extraordinary evening, Good Old Neon fills gray boxes with black lowercase letters. The letters grow bold with intonation and enlarge when expressing anger. They shrink when relaying minutiae of his existence, or when Boston lowers his voice. Other souls sustained in their moment of death summon yellow dialogue balloons. Like Boston, they were too frightened to venture onto the next phase of their existence. Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this story with us.

 

 

Final Thoughts

Love may help the world grow round, but it also makes the afterlife a kinder, gentler place. As Boston Brand adheres to the strictures of his calling, he finds leeway to exercise kindness. Even when others regard the dying as monsters, he seeks to dispense compassion. Yet as a danger arises that threatens his calling, Boston Brand vows to fight it with all his soul in The Deadman #1.

 

Rating 9.2/10

 

To look inside see my preview of The Deadman #1. 

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #5 Review

 

Writer: W Maxwell Prince

Artist: Martín Morazzo

Colorist: Chris O’Halloran

Letterer: Good Old Neon

Cover Artists: Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran; Juan Ferreyra; Alex Eckman-Lawn

Editors: Jillian Grant, Paul Kaminski, Chris Conroy & Marie Javins

Design: Kenny Lopez

Publication Production: Tiffany Huang

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $5.99

Release Date: December 17, 2025

 

While Batman and Lois Lane ponder how to revive Superman from a coma, Mxyzptlk alerts him to a danger threatening the 5^th Dimension. Mxyzptlk used the three new forms of Kryptonite to draw Superman’s interest. Along with Purple, Cobalt, and Speckled Kryptonite, the 5^th Dimensional imp included a false Kryptonite. Rainbow-K resembled Kryptonite, but Mxyzptlk crafted it as an elaborate SOS. Batman risked his life to leap through the looking glass, but neither he nor his imp-fan Bat-Mite could aid Superman.

 

Thankfully, Superman conjured Kal-Elf to help him banish the imagination-hating Brian-iac and save the 5^th Dimension. But when Superman and Batman return to Metropolis, they find Luthor has created Kryptonite Man. Can this clone of Lex Luthor, who can unleash all the deadly varieties of Kryptonite, defeat Superman? And will his army of Bizarro Bots help Lex Luthor control Metropolis? Let’s leap into Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #5 and see!

 

Story

As Superman reels from Kryptonite Man’s attacks, Batman, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen yearn to help. But this is a battle between Superman and Kryptonite Man. As Superman reflects on this latest attempt of his homeworld to kill him, Lex Luthor looks on with glee. Kryptonite Man's lethal abilities prove what Lex has believed for so long: that Superman never belonged on Earth.

 

While W Maxwell Prince shares the narrative with Superman’s friends and foes, only Superman shares his thoughts with us. Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #5 delivers a battle between heroes, villains, robots, and Kryptonians. Yet Superman’s struggle remains what he identifies as home. As he fights and his friends seek to aid him, Superman keeps thinking of Krypton as his home. And his home brings him nothing but pain.

 

As in DC K.O. #1, Superman doesn't want to defeat anyone. He believes in a world where everyone can win. Yet he clings to the past for his identity. Like the William Faulkner novel, which Lex Luthor quotes, Superman's focus means he can never reclaim the greatness that he has lost. But even if he can change his mindset, Superman faces an overwhelming opponent in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #5. Like Darkseid, Lex Luthor won't stop until he slays Superman or subjugates him to his dominance.

 

Art

Martín Morazzo opens with a splash page showing Superman falling through the sky. Broken buildings and rubble-filled streets show the result of Superman's battle with Kryptonite Man. Unlike Superman's symbol of hope, Kryptonite Man bears a letter K on his chest. As Lex Luthor waxes lyrical about life in his power suit, he plucks a flower from the ground and incinerates it. The more his clone employs the power of Superman's former homeworld, the more crystals sprout from Kryptonite Man's arms, head, and body. Despite Lex's assertion that Superman doesn't belong on Earth, a two-page spread of the battle in Metropolis begs to differ.

 

As Chris O’Halloran lavishes a loaded palette on Martín Morazzo's art, green fumes sprout from Superman’s chest. Like Batman, gray overtakes Metropolis. Clad in his red and blue, Superman injects vibrant color on his adoptive homeworld in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #5. Even when he flies, Superman leaves a red contrail behind. Yet as purple tinges Superman's memories, Lois Lane wears a purple blazer, suggesting a link with William Faulkner's novel and her inability to build a family with Clark.

 

Good Old Neon places black and colored letters in white and colored balloons and boxes. Superman’s white thoughts appear in blue boxes. Time-displaced dialogue appears as dark purple letters in lavender balloons. Robots speak black lowercase letters into rectangular colored balloons. The letters grow bold for intonation, enlarge for raised voices, change color for emphasis, and shrink for lowered voices. Letters also fill backgrounds amid narration and a desperate struggle for life. Furious sound effects accompany Lex Luthor's attempt to expel a tired, poor Kryptonian yearning to breathe free from Earth’s shores. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Superman lost his homeworld. His adoptive father’s ailing heart showed him that, like Krypton, Jonathan and Martha Kent’s farm would also die. When Superman studied Earth's history, all he saw was Human civilization's determination to destroy people's homes and cultural identities. Yet when he is at his lowest, Superman's friends make a desperate bid to give him a second chance at building a better future in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #5.

 

Rating 9.6/10

 

For more on this series see my:

 

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #5 Preview and 

 

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1 Review 

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2 Review

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3 Review 

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4 Review 

 

 

 

 

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4 Review

 

Writer: W Maxwell Prince

Artist: Martín Morazzo

Colorist: Chris O’Halloran

Letterer: Good Old Neon

Cover Artists: Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran; Juan Ferreyra; Mike Choi

Editors: Jillian Grant, Paul Kaminski, Chris Conroy & Marie Javins

Design: Kenny Lopez

Publication Production: Tiffany Huang

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $5.99

Release Date: November 12, 2025

 

Clark Kent wanted to reconnect with his Kryptonian heritage. He has listened to audio archives describing his home world, but has yet to see images showcasing the planet's beauty. When his robots discovered strange remnants of Krypton, Clark welcomed the opportunity to learn more about his origins.

 

Batman argued against studying the new forms of Kryptonite. Still, he stuck by his friend, knowing Clark’s path would bring nothing but pain. Batman watched as Clark lost his perception of time, his human-sized stature, and his maturity. Along the way, Clark also lost the Fortress of Solitude, the trust of Metropolis, and his relationship with Lois Lane. So, when Batman helps him revert physically to his starting point, Superman concedes that Batman was right. Is that the end of Clark’s Kryptonite trials? Or is Clark’s life about to get even more Myxed up? Let’s leap into Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4 and see!

 

Story

While studying Purple, Cobalt, and Speckled Kryptonite, Batman also investigated Rainbow K. Unlike the other three remnants of Clark’s home world, Batman realized Rainbow K wasn't Kryptonite, but a distress call. And as Jimmy Olsen can attest, Superman always answers a cry for help.

 

After clutching a crystal of Rainbow K, Clark finds himself at the Daily Planet. As Clark speaks with Perry White, Batman and Lois Lane place his body on an examination table. Batman explains that Clark's mind has entered another realm. But it takes Clark a little longer to realize he has entered the 5^th Dimension.

 

In Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4, the rules of life that Jonathan and Martha Kent taught their adoptive son no longer apply. Nor can Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van's teachings aid him. Not even Mister Mxyzptlk can help Clark. The imp can alert Superman to an imminent crisis, but he can’t suggest a solution.

 

W Maxwell Prince intertwines Clark’s dilemma in the 5^th Dimension with Batman and Lois Lane’s attempt to help their friend. Amid this double-rescue plot, Lex Luthor reveals that his previous attacks involving new Kryptonite colors were just the opening salvos in a grand plan. As Clark struggles to come to grips with life in an imperiled realm, he confronts an opponent who has also endured childhood trauma. Like Batman and Superman, his opponent wants to know that he is building his life on a solid foundation. And in his absolute formula for life, imagination is the enemy.

 

Art

Martín Morazzo opens with people soaring above the streets of Metropolis via balloons, flying saucers, pegasi, and surfboards. A juggling walrus alerts Clark to his unreality. Clark realizes he's in trouble when Perry White casually points out that he's exposing his Kryptonian threads. Clark often hunches in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4, as if weighed down by life's demands. Still, his expression never conveys the misery on Lois Lane's face, as she stares down at her former boyfriend's rainbow eyes. Kookookachoo, Ms Lane.

 

As Chris O’Halloran lavishes a loaded palette on Martín Morazzo's art, purple shouts its presence. From a walrus' hat to the fish in his apartment to a diagram, purple links Clark's peril with that of Mxyzptlk. Lois' purple suit and the couch on which Clark channel-surfs also evoke the time-displacing quality of Purple K. The importance of purple in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4, and the fact that Rainbow K was an SOS, invite associations between Cobalt and Speckled K with Superman and Batman.

 

Good Old Neon places black and colored letters in white and colored balloons and boxes. The letters grow bold for intonation, enlarge for raised voices, and shrink for lowered voices. The font may be uppercase or lowercase, while printed text fills yellowed parchment. Amid the Myxture of art styles, sound effects accompany a slamming door, and Superman doing something he shouldn't be doing unless he's addicted to pasta. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

One orphan feels alone while surrounded by people who love him. Another reveals that he is never alone, even when miles away from other people. While exploring the power of friendship and imagination, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4 urges Clark Kent to reexamine how his past informs his present before Lex Luthor can destroy his future.

 

Rating 9.4/10

 

To revisit how this series began, see my review of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1.

To revisit Kaiju Clark's story, see my review of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2.

For Superboy's adventure with Shazam, see my review of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3.

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3 Review

 

Writer: W Maxwell Prince

Artist: Martín Morazzo

Colorist: Chris O’Halloran

Letterer: Good Old Neon

Cover Artists: Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran; Juan Ferreyra; Nimit Malavia

Editors: Jillian Grant, Paul Kaminski, Chris Conroy & Marie Javins

Design: Kenny Lopez

Publication Production: Tiffany Huang

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $5.99

Release Date: October 8, 2025

 

When his robots retrieve an asteroid containing vestiges of his homeworld, Superman requests help studying them. Batman urges, "Safety first. Let's destroy them." But the world's greatest detective also wonders how they will affect his friend. The Purple Kryptonite helps Superman perceive different timelines simultaneously. The Cobalt Kryptonite helps him grow. While Speckled Kryptonite returns Superman to Human size, a refreshing chemo spritzer gives him a second shot at youth.

 

What does the future hold for Superboy? And will Lex Luthor and more remnants of his homeworld threaten his future? Let’s leap into Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3 and see!

 

Story

Having recaptured his teens, Clark hangs out at Billy Batson's house. Superboy doesn’t bask in the knowledge that he saved Metropolis from Chemo. Nor does he rejoice in discovering the Fountain of Kryptonian Youth. Instead, he mopes while playing a Justice League RPG with Billy. When Clark asks why Billy plays himself in the game, his friend explains that he loves what he does and has everything he wants. Billy makes several attempts to lift Superboy's spirits. Then, Billy takes him to the type of place Superboy enjoyed in his "youth."

 

The Super Friends discover that Dr Sivana and Toyman created this amusement park. Shazam and Superboy arrive when no other guests are present. As they experience the rides and attractions, they discover Nostalgia Springs is all about them.

 

While Lex Luthor and Lois Lane get a look-in, and Batman plays a small but vital role, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3 keeps the spotlight on Superman and Shazam. The story celebrates the characters' lives and their rich legacy in comics while addressing how our past informs our present. W Maxwell Prince also plants the seeds to help the Kryptonian orphan with Heat Vision stop viewing an unreclaimable past through rose-tinted glasses.

 

Art

Martín Morazzo shows young Clark and Billy sitting on a square of shag carpet. Hand-sized statues of Justice League heroes serve as game pieces, and each player has two cards to guide their play. A lock of hair curls on Clark's forehead, suggesting an S. Yet his uniform bearing the Kryptonian symbol of hope lies folded on the floor beside his boots and a mattress. Clark looks defeated as he wears a T-shirt showcasing a character from Shazam's heritage. But Billy smiles as he comforts Clark and insists that he is "living the dream" in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3.

 

Despite the bright blue sky shining beyond the glass walls and roof of his penthouse office, Lex and his visitors reside in shade. Only Dr Sivana escapes the deeper tones as he smiles and hovers over his colorful display. Subdued colors reside in the Vasquez residence as Clark and Billy decide on their next course of action. The lightning of Billy's transformation carries over to a splash page of Superboy and Shazam flying as the sunlight overexposes the land below. When they arrive in the theme park, Chris O’Halloran lavishes bright and cheery colors on Nostalgia Springs in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3.

 

Good Old Neon places black uppercase letters in white dialogue balloons. The letters grow bold for intonation, enlarge for raised voices, and occasionally shrink for lowered voices. Pink boxes with red outlines and lightning bolt arrows accompany party crashers. Handwritten lowercase letters hover beside colorful sketches, as Billy suggests another way for Clark to reevaluate his past. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Thoughts

We are the sum of our experiences and everyone we have ever met. As Superman and Shazam confront differing views of their heritage at Nostalgia Springs, Batman and Lois Lane demonstrate why Clark should prize his present over his past. While discussing ways to deal with traumas arising from our childhood, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3 also reminds us that loving, supportive parents play a critical role in who we become.

 

Rating 9.8/10

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2 Review

 

Writer: W Maxwell Prince

Artist: Martín Morazzo

Colorist: Chris O’Halloran

Letterer: Good Old Neon

Cover Artists: Martín Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran; Juan Ferreyra; Alex Eckman-Lawn

Editors: Jillian Grant, Paul Kaminski, Chris Conroy & Marie Javins

Design: Kenny Lopez

Publication Production: Tiffany Huang

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $5.99

Release Date: September 10, 2025

 

When Superman discovered an asteroid containing new colors of Kryptonite, he phoned his friend to help him study them. Batman wanted to protect Superman from his insatiable curiosity, but Superman refused to destroy the precious fragments of his home.

 

The Purple Kryptonite messed with Superman's ability to perceive time. Next, Superman wants to see how Cobalt Kryptonite affects him. Is Superman crazier than Professor Pyg on Seroquel? And how will Lex Luthor interfere with Kal-El’s next experiment? Let’s leap into Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2 and see!

 

Story

Some varieties of Kryptonite are stronger than others. The Super-Bots don’t realize the need to increase the lead shielding around Cobalt Kryptonite, and Batman doesn’t notice it affecting Kal-El until he starts looking up to him. Like the dinosaurs, who grew throughout their lives, the Cobalt Kryptonite has spurred growth in Kal-El’s Kryptonian cells. Thankfully, Martha Kent repurposed Clark’s Kryptonian baby blanket for his supersuit, instead of buying a few yards of polyester or cotton at the Smallville fabric shop.

 

In Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2, Batman realizes that military satellites will notice Kal-El's growth. While most nations of the world accept Superman's aid, no one wants alien megafauna striding through their cities. Kal-El’s relationship with Lois may have hit a rocky patch. Still, he admires her ability to communicate the news in a fair and unbiased manner. When Superman travels to Metropolis to warn the world about his growth spurt, Batman prepares a remedy for the Kryptonian Kaiju Kid.

 

While she doesn’t get much screen time in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2, Lois Lane is at the heart of W Maxwell Prince’s story. Once again, she comes to Superman’s aid. Despite his greater capability for destruction, Lois trusts him completely. Still, she is frustrated with Superman's dedication to his career and his inability to make their relationship a priority. And that hurts Lois as much as Green Kryptonite hurts the man she loves.

 

Art

Martín Morazzo opens with Giant-Size Atom Smasher holding the Kaiju Kryptonian in a headlock surrounded by burning skyscrapers. As Wonder Woman flies in, and Batman arrives with a cannon mounted on the wing of his Batplane, they witness Atom Smasher pulling Lois' angry ex away from the building topped by a golden globe. Amid the fight, Atom Smasher falls on his back. Despite his efforts to keep his head up and lift as much of his body off the ground as possible, cars hurtle into the air, and people flee in the streets.

 

While blue dominates Superman's growth spurt in the Fortress of Solitude, green accompanies his visit to Metropolis. Chris O’Halloran tinges Lex Luthor's penthouse sunroom with light green, while he steeps an office in a darker shade. Workers in a barricaded complex in New Mexico wear protective suits amid a sea of green. While a glowing green beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Metropolis in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2, Green Lantern saves people by encasing them in a snow globe. Yet like Green Kryptonite's effect on Superman, one worker struggles with her loss amid the green energy.

 

Good Old Neon places black uppercase letters in white dialogue balloons. The bots speak lowercase words into blue boxes with lightning bolt arrows. Letter sizes range from small to generous, while the Batman logo adorns off-camera dialogue. Boxes evoking engraved, polished metal locate us in time and space. Colored balloon borders accompany Lex Luthor’s blood-dimmed tide, while sound effects prove that even the world's greatest detective doesn't always get things right. Thanks to DC Comics for providing a review copy.

 

Final Thoughts

Amid Superman’s attempts to understand himself, he creates problems for friends and endangers loved ones. Kal-El’s devotion to his adoptive planet remains absolute in Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2. Yet despite his enhanced vision and hearing, he can’t see that he’s doing things the wrong way or hear how flat his answers sound to the woman he loves. Curious and curiouser, indeed!

 

Rating 9.8/10

 

To look inside see my preview of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2. 

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2 Preview

 

 

Superman's friends know him as Earth's hero. The people of Metropolis know him as Clark Kent. But he is also Kal-El, a visitor from another world. His parents, Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van, died amid the destruction of Krypton. Clark will always be grateful to Jonathan and Martha Kent for giving him a home on Earth. But the Kal-El part of him yearns to learn more about where he came from. If only the few fragments he could find of his home planet didn't cause him so much pain!

Here's all the info from DC Connect:

 

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2

Writer: W Maxwell Prince

Artist: Martín Morazzo

Colorist: Chris O’Halloran

Letterer: Good Old Neon

Cover Artists: Martín Morazzo, Juan Ferreyra & Alex Eckman-Lawn

Publisher: DC Comics

Price: $5.99 (All covers are card stock)

Length: 32 Pages

Series Length: 5 Issues

Release Date: September 10, 2025

 

The Creative Team behind Ice Cream Man presents: Supes-Zilla!

 

This colorful cruise through a cornucopia of curious new Kryptonites continues! After last issue’s timey-wimey race against (or was it toward?) the clock, Superman (with Batman’s help!) is left to deal with the sizable effects of cobalt Kryptonite. Watch in awe as the Man of Steel grows, grows…and grows some more, bringing us the Kal-El kaiju comic of our collective dreams! What’s happened to the fortress? Why is Supes-Zilla so angry? And what on earth is Chemo doing here?

 

Find out in this guest-filled romp from the creative team behind Ice Cream Man—in a story only they could possibly tell. Featuring Wonder Woman, John Stewart, Atom Smasher, and the introduction of Linda, Queen of Spreadsheets and Pivot Tables.

 

 

Now, let's take a look inside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to DC Comics for sharing this preview with us.

For more on how this series started, see my review of Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1.