Damian Wayne Robin and Jon Kent Superboy Actually…
…HELP Vandal Savage and Felix Faust?!
The book opens in the distant past including 1520 C.E. where Felix Faust seeks out Vandal Savage.
They are working together…
…to allow, it seems, Faust to try to unlock the secret of Savage’s immortality and in turn Faust would reveal secrets of the future to Savage.
As the two villains riff, Robin and Superboy arrive in the past…
…as Faust immediately seems them as a threat.
The Super Sons are hit in the face with the stench of the past as…
…Vandal Savage attacks them first and…
Robin and Superboy Must Save A Justice League Icon?!
Someone named Rora…
…she sent the Super Sons to retrieve the Doom Scrolls…
…that show the Flash is in danger, um, is doomed.
Superboy lets Robin use the Supermobile, leading to some banter between the two, as they seek out the Flash and…
…Superboy takes a purple lightning blast intended for Barry Allen.
While, they have saved the Flash…
…the Doom Scrolls now has targeted Wonder Woman?!
The Pulse:
8 out of 10.
On the surface, comics faced no more hurdles in 2020 than any other retail offering. As isolated people around the world turned to familiar sources of entertainment, distraction, and solace, comics were there for them, from nonfiction graphic novels to the latest dimension hopping adventures of eternally entangled superhero continuity.
Even as COVID-19 safety measures began to set new boundaries on everyday life, the American comics industry seemed handily poised to keep making comics. The life of a freelance comics creator is already pretty, shall we say, “socially distanced.” Graphic novels flew off of shelves at an accelerated rate, just like their drab counterparts, regular old books, as independent retailers rushed to pivot their businesses in the face of shutdowns, and retail conglomerates reaped huge rewards.