Knight Terrors: Superman #1

Written by DC veteran Joshua Williamson, drawn by The Thing's Tom Reilly, and colored by Nathan Fairburn, Knight Terrors: Superman sets itself as a strong story for Superman and, interestingly enough, his cousin Supergirl. The story follows the generalized Knight Terrors format but with an ending twist as Insomnia comes after the Red-Blue Blur and manipulates his dreams to reveal his greatest fears. Williamson plays with Clark Kent's fears a lot better than he did his dark and brooding companion in Knight Terrors: Batman, and it shows. Read Full Review

Knight Terrors: Superman #1 helps advance the larger story within the whole DC Universe. Read Full Review

The emotional storytelling and the art that is a mix and old school and new, come together to make one of the best issues in the Knight Terrors saga so far. Read Full Review

The Knight Terrors crossover event has had a dazzlingly weird variety of different stories that all manage to come from the same heart. Supermans foray into the horror is the first one to really openly embrace the dark absurdity of the situation. Its a very cool approach that makes for a truly enjoyable Superman story. Read Full Review

This is the second Knight Terrors tie-in written by Williamson besides the main series, and it's also far and away the best of these miniseries. That's not a surpriseWilliamson is writing the main Superman book at the moment, and it's one of DC's best books. Read Full Review

Knight Terrors: Superman #1 continues the tradition of Supermans ability to overcome adversity. Thankfully, this tie-in is brought to us from the scribe of the main ongoing book, so the characterization is consistent and powerful. The art teams show off a variety of skills here, utilizing this title to showcase all their different capabilities. Read Full Review

I love this panel and I love this plot. Reilly brings it here ... all the costumes, all the creepiness! So if Superman the title is going on pause for 2 months but we get a deep dive into the super-cousins personalities, I am happy. I really liked this. Read Full Review

Reilly delivers some impressive art in the issue. The visuals are really engaging and I love the visual shifts through periods from past comics. Read Full Review

Knight Terrors: Superman #1 takes a nightmarish tour through the deepest fears and worries of Superman's mind. The story is fine and the art is fine, but there's nothing in this issue considered required reading for the Knight Terrors event. Read Full Review

sawright20

Jul 26, 2023

I went into this event pretty down on it since it killed the Dawn of DC momentum, but by golly this was a great comic! The art was spectacular! I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for Tom Reilly from now on. For once I actually didn't mind that this took the place of the main Superman title, which is surprising. This was a good Superman story, and I'm looking forward to next month's! I've been avoiding most of the Knight Terror books, but I liked this enough that I'm going to give the core storyline a try. We'll see how that goes.

ResearchReader

Jul 20, 2023

Honestly I really liked the art. It really gave an old silver age drawing style. The panelling was also awesome with Superman crashing through the panels in one page. I am aware it is not to everyone style, but I love a nod to the old classic styles. Story wise, it was pretty strong, which I expected with Williamson doing such a great job on Superman. It also moves the plot of the story forward a bit, which is appreciated. Unlike most other issues, this one clearly is a tie into to the main event. It is a fun great read. Worth it in my opinion.

Mout

Aug 23, 2023

Why is Tom Reilly not doing more titles right now? Excellent art

Screaming Enigma

Sep 24, 2023

A little upset about Knight Terrors screwing with DC's lineup, but this wasn't bad. Reilly's art might be the main highlight of this issue. Reilly is an especially great artist when the setting of the book is in the past, as seen with his work on Al Ewing's Ant-Man miniseries, which is why I really liked his stuff in the beginning of the story. The story itself here was cool, but not quite up with the quality of Williamson's main Superman series right now.

daspidaboy

Jul 18, 2023

this issue would have had a higher grade, but the art drags it down. I still think its pretty good

derbycomics

Jul 21, 2023

Joshua Williamson is back to write another Knight Terrors event, after helming the main miniseries & Batman's individual tie-in. His writing on KNIGHT TERRORS: SUPERMAN #1 is an improvement from the story he crafted for Batman and introduces twi interesting twists to the Knight Terror mythos. While we saw two characters enter a nightmare together in the Robin tie-in, for the first time during the event we witness a character break through their own nightmare and enter the nightmare of another character. In this instance, we see Supergirl literally punch her way into her cousin's nightmare. They've both become fully aware of their situation and now must work together to fight off Insomnia's creations before they're defeated. In anoth er twist, the story concludes with the Aqua-family coming ashore in the real world to find multiple sleeping bodies, including Superman's. They're terrified at their discovery but Aquaman is ready to join the defense and figure out how to save everyone on Earth under Insomnia's nightmare spell. Tom Reilly and Nathan Fairbairn take readers on a visual journey through multiple eras throughout Superman's comic history as the story progresses. It's a fascinating use of techniques that change as Superman becomes more aware of what's happening and also provide a nod to the evolution of the character that also took place during those respective eras. The first half of this story felt a tad slow and by the numbers but I'm intrigued to see where this story goes now given the two new wrinkles that will hopefully have a larger impact on the main event. It's also exciting to see Supergirl play a role here as DC could have easily gone with another A-lister to share the stage with Clark Kent. Rating: 6.5/10 more