Super Sons: The Polarshield Project

author: Ridley Pearson
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.10
book published: 2019
rating: 1
read at: 2019/05/11
date added: 2019/05/11
shelves: childrens, graphic-novels
review:
'Super Sons: The Polarshield Project' by Ridley Pearson with art by Ile Gonzalez is a graphic novel for young people with familiar characters. Unfortunately, it's just not that great if you know these characters.

Jon (not Jonathan) Kent and Ian (not Damian) Wayne are an unlikely duo. When a rise in the earth's water table forces them to move to the same city, they both end up investigating a global conspiracy together. They meet a young girl named Candace who has strange powers and who may help or hinder them.

I have no problem with best selling authors writing comics, but if you are going to use well known characters, they should be familiar. This feels like the early days of comic book movies where Hollywood would do the same thing. It also feels like the author took no time to even read a few current issues of the comic book. What you end up with is a character with the same name who feels familiar, but just doesn't resonate. Maybe for a younger audience with less familiarity this would work, but the way the Super Sons is written now is far more interesting for young and old readers.

The art is digital and feels lifeless here. There isn't a lot to recommend here unless you've got a young one who will only read graphic novels.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Zoom, DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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