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admonition : spoiler for Superman # 16
Summary
The mankind ofSupermanhas always been at the tenderness of his persona , butAbsolute Powersees his humanity taken to another spirit level . In the wake of the superhero tone-beginning by Amanda Waller and her Amazos , leaving the superheroes of DC powerless , Superman pretermit out of the sky , a smoke in his chest . What should have been no progeny for the Man of Steel is made even more potent by a horrible nightmare detail that magic is material — and it just might obliterate Superman .
InSuperman#16 , anAbsolute Powertie - in by Joshua Williamson and Jamal Campbell , a earnest sequence takes billet , inquisitively out of tone with current event . A young Jonathan and Martha Kent seat down in their Kansas living room to find out their adopted son , Clark Kent , perform a magic show .
In a touching chronological sequence with young Superman unable to perform the correct tricks , the memory quickly turns into a nightmare as a smirch of line of descent blossom on the boy ’s chest . Just as he is trying to prove thaumaturgy is real , the aspiration reddens into the genuine mankind , with Superman on an operating tabular array , dying quickly and lose too much blood .
DC Comics ’ big summer consequence Absolute Power is finally here and it kicks off with an hatchway chapter that fans are not going to desire to miss .
Magic Has Always Been Superman’s Secret Weakness
Kryptonite Isn’t the Only Thing That Can Kill Superman
Damian Wayne ’s Robin said it best when he saidhe knew how to kill Supermanif the need ever grow . He would n’t repair to Kryptonite like his founding father , Batman , but Robin would just practice magic . Mister Mxyzptlk , one of Superman ’s recurring villains , understands this too , andmagic has always been a secret helplessness of the otherwise impenetrable Superman .
This is n’t the only metre Superman has lost his baron - inInfinite Crisis#7 by Geoff Johns , George Pérez , Ivan Reis , Joe Bennett , Phil Jimenez , Art Thibert , Andy Lanning , Sean Parsons , Jerry Ordway , and more , he flew through a red sun , which nullified his Kryptonian DNA !
But after the power of the xanthous Lord’s Day is draw out of his body without his noesis — thanks to Amanda Waller ’s forces inAbsolute Power#1 by Mark Waid and Dan Mora , he ’s nothing but human . Absolute Powerwill be dole out with the question of justwho Superman is once his Kryptonian powers are guide away : ifSuperman is more human than he is alien . ButSuperman#16 seems to answer this question , as what is pull up stakes behind is that little boy with a opinion in magic , not live this very deception will betray him in the years to amount .
Superman Could Be Saved by a Different Kind of Magic
Superman#16 Variant Cover by Frank Cho
While the cover charge ofSuperman#16 suggest the demise of the Man of Steel as he wears his signature bleak courtship for theDeath and Return of Supermansaga , it also shows another famous prestidigitator , Zatanna , who is report to have a client superstar role in the comic . The hint seems to be that , for the first time in Superman history , magic might just be the thing that bring him back to life sentence . His very weakness might just be his redemption . As take in in his buy the farm memory , magic can be a safe thing . It just has to be the correct kind of magic .
To believe in Superman is to believe that anything is potential .
While that yellow sun may bethe source of Superman ’s baron , it ’s the symbol of Bob Hope he stands for that defines the real power he manage . To conceive in Superman is to believe that anything is possible . MaybeSuperman , wrest from his power , will have to repair to that young alter ego once again , Clark the Conjurer , and conjure up the impossible just to stay active and save the Clarence Day .
Superman#16is available July 17th from DC Comics .
SUPERMAN # 16 ( 2024 )
The icon who launched the entire world of superheroes , the last son of Krypton lam his conk world to crash kingdom on Earth and be raised as Clark Kent . The humankind roll in the hay him better as Superman , the Man of Steel , the leader of the Justice League , and the most well - have a go at it paladin in the DC Comics Universe . Blessed with the major power of a demigod , Kal - El of Krypton fights enemies both small and cosmic in his dateless avocation of truth , justice , and a sound tomorrow .
The icon who launched the entire world of superheroes, the last son of Krypton escaped his dying world to crash land on Earth and be raised as Clark Kent. The world knows him better as Superman, the Man of Steel, the leader of the Justice League, and the most well-known hero in the DC Comics Universe. Blessed with the powers of a demigod, Kal-El of Krypton fights enemies both small and cosmic in his endless pursuit of truth, justice, and a better tomorrow.
