Short Box: Superman: Father Of Tomorrow #5

Superman: Father of Tomorrow #5A Danny Earls Regular Release: Sep 23, 2026Cover: Nov 2026 Creators WriterKenny PorterArtistDanny EarlsCover ArtistDanny EarlsCover ColoristNick FilardiColoristNick Filardi A while back, I wrote a Short Box about the first issue of an Elseworlds tale focusing on an alternate version of Superman’s cousin, but around the same time, another mini-series featuring another relative of the Man of Steel launched. At the time, I picked the Supergirl story to write about because I found the opening of it a bit more intriguing than this story about Superman’s father Jor-El, and also because it was meant to be the “Summer of Supergirl,” though, sadly, that didn’t prove to be the case at the box office. But I decided to take a look at this title – and this issue in particular – because we finally get the answer to a question that the first issue raised. The set-up for this story is that Jor-El is the sole survivor of Krypton’s destruction and arrives on Earth where…

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