The Future may be forgotten, but is it gone? Can the Legion of Super-Heroes be saved? Your Major Spoilers review of Superman #29 from DC Comics awaits!

SUPERMAN #29

Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Dan Mora
Colorist: Alejandro Sanchez
Letterer: Ariana Maher
Editor: Paul Kaminski
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: August 27, 2025

Previously in Superman: RIP: Legion of Super-Heroes!

Superman and his impossible ally search the future for the lost Legion of Super-Heroes! What happened to the real LSH? And can they still help in the battle against Darkseid’s Absolute Legion?

“HEY, THAT WAS AT LEAST TWO REBOOTS AGO!”

After the Time Trapper revealed to Superman that his only possible ally to get to the future is the occasionally homicidal Superboy Prime, the Man of Steel was understandably skeptical. But then Prime PUNCHES his way out of time, challenging Superman to “get Silver Age” with him. As they travel, the younger Clark Kent explains what’s coming, essentially outlining the events of Legion of Three Worlds with a fourth LSH in play, all battling Darkseid’s Legion… a battle that has already taken place, and one where the Legions lost. With the help of a handful of surviving Legionnaires (Dawnstar, Gold Lantern, Kinetix, Polar Boy, and the original Cosmic Boy), Superman sets out for the Time Institute, where all four Brainiac Fives (which I think equals a Brainiac 20) believe that the evil Legionnaires are holding an important hostage. Once Superman finds the complete stranger, a man he doesn’t remember at all, some palooka called Booster Gold, the world should be saved, right?

That is, unless not everyone is everything they seem.

THE SEARCH FOR BOOSTER GOLD

On the one hand, this issue is maddening, as we see a large number of Legion corpses in these pages, but only get a clear view of a pre-Crisis Saturn Girl, Bendis-era Chameleon, and three charred Colossal Bodies. The parts of my brain that want a list of lost Legionnaires are angry, but the part of me that gets to enjoy a taut, end-of-the-world thriller where Williamson calls upon decades of continuity and really yanks at both the heartstrings and the parts of the brain that process horror. Superman’s anger and disbelief are palpable throughout the issue, and the reveal of what happened to Booster in the time since the All-In Special last fall. Visually, this issue is absolutely stunning, as Mora embraces every bit of the script, from the Silver Age time-travel sequence to the carnage of deceased Legionnaires to the final page spread of Darkseid’s Legion arrayed against Superman and Prime. It’s a horrifying moment made even more horrifying by what happened next.

BOTTOM LINE: GORGEOUS AND ENGAGING

If you, like me, have been waiting for DC to get their Legion of Super-Heroes act together since 2013, Superman #29 is both encouraging and utterly demoralizing at once, making it clear that the battle for the future of Prime Earth has to go right through the Man of Tomorrow, with incredible art by Mora, an exciting script that defies your predictions, earning 4 out of 5 stars overall. If you’re only here because it may mean a new Legion, you might find the overall quality here surprising, but if you’ve been following these creators and the All-In era, you’re already in the know.

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SUPERMAN #29

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CURSE YOUR SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL!

If FOUR Legions of Super-Heroes aren't enough to stop the terror, who good will a Kryptonian do?

What about TWO Kryptonians combined with the incredible art of Dan Mora?

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