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Series starts September 2026 DC Comics
(W) Joshua Williamson
(A/CA) Hayden Sherman
JOSHUA WILLIAMSON AND HAYDEN SHERMAN TAKE THE FUTURE TO THE NEXT LEVEL! One thousand years after the Last Son Of Krypton's rocket crashed on the Kent Farm comes a new future inspired by the Man of Steel! But this new future is in danger! Superheroes are outlawed! Deadly enforcers known as the Persuaders keep the populace of the United Planets in check! Worlds are at war! And this dark tomorrow's last glimmer of hope, R.J. Brande, has been brutally murdered. Can the mysterious Brainiac 1 of 5 solve Brande's murder? To restore hope to the universe, he must assemble a legion of gifted young rebels from across the cosmos! But they are scattered across the universe! Witness the dawn of a new future in DC Comics architect Joshua Williamson and Eisner-winning superstar artist Hayden Sherman's Legion of Super-Heroes...you will never look at tomorrow the same way again!
Date Available: 09/02/2026
Reviews
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it gets a passing grade on the strength of Hayden Sherman’s art alone. Sherman is to comic book art what Tom Morello is to guitar: no one else does it quite like him, thus there’s nothing else quite like it. Of course, the same can be said of someone who doesn’t know the first thing about art, which is where the other similarity to Morello comes into it: it’s excellent. A feast for the eyes. I will read a book if Sherman draws it just to see what it looks like. So, props to him.
On the other hand, the book runs into the same issue that every Legion run has since the New 52, and that’s that, for lack of a better term, it feels ashamed of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Part of what makes the Legion compelling is that they represent the triumph of a utopian aspiration set forward by Superman. In layman’s terms, they’re the end result of a world where the heroes win, which I thought DC had finally gotten after the Absolute Universe, a world where evil wins, introduced the Legion of Darkseid. Evidently not, but I can’t say more specifics without spoiling, and I don’t want to do that. The most I can say is that a book which should be about a future worth protecting is a book about a future that needs saving, and I can get that just about anywhere these days.
Still, Williamson clearly gets the characters, and it’s easily the best the Legion has been since the New 52. It’s entirely possible it will evolve into the book I so desperately want to see. Anything is possible. In the meantime, I’ll enjoy the book for Sherman’s artwork first and foremost, and keep my fingers crossed that Williamson will manage the same magic he did for Superboy Prime.
Sean H. 7 out of 10 GRAHAMS
