Eight-year-old Clark Kent is pretty super: super fast, super strong, and super cool! But being so super can also be super lonely, until he meets fellow super powered kids, Kendra Saunders and Guy Gardner a.k.a. Hawkgirl and Green Lantern! Together, they’ll form a club where other supers can be themselves, test their powers, grow together, and maybe earn some good guy points along the way.
Superman's Good Guy Gang by Rob Justus (with lettering by Lucas Gattoni) will be published on July 1, 2025. DC Comics provided an early galley for review.
From the creator of Death and Sparkles comes this children's book to tie into the upcoming Superman movie this summer. It is very much targetted for young readers (ages 5 to 7), which was right around the time I got into my first comic books many decades ago. I thought this would be fun to check out.
Justus (a perfect name, by the way, for someone writing about super-heroes) does a fantastic job tailoring the material for his target age group. The dialogue is easy to read, and the artwork has a slightly exaggerated style that will appeal to kids. The characters act very much like eight-year-olds. This Superman even has a bit of that Silver Age snarkiness to his personality.
I like how the book ends, leaving it very open for a potential sequel. If it does well (and I suspect it will), this could easily turn into a series for early readers to enjoy.
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