Superman: Son of Kal-El is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from July 2021 to December 2022, with 18 issues and one annual. The series was written by Tom Taylor, with art by John Timms, Cian Tormey, and Clayton Henry. The series focuses on Jon Kent, the teenage son of Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane, as he takes over his father's mantle as Superman and is entrusted with the protection of Earth while his father is away from Earth.
Plot
After his father's departure to space, 17-year-old Jon Kent takes up the mantle of Earth's Superman. Hoping to change the world and tackle modern-day issues, Jon begins to listen to an underground journalism stream known as The Truth. After hearing on the stream about a boat of refugees sinking, Jon saves the boat and flies them to Metropolis. He then meets the head of The Truth who reveals himself to be 17-year-old Jay Nakamura. Jay explains that the refugees were from the country of Gamorra, where a dictator, Henry Bendix, colonized the island, took control of its resources, and now controls the press. Bendix had manipulated the news to make the island seem like a paradise to outsiders, while in reality, he was trafficking Gamorrans and others from around the world. He implanted superpowered genes and mind-control chips through experiments to create an army known as The Rising, who intend on enslaving the rest of the world. Jay, a refugee of Gamorra who escaped early and was given the power of intangibility, was then saved by The Revolutionaries (who debuted in 2019's Suicide Squad: Bad Blood), a group of superpowered adults from around the world who were similarly trafficked by Bendix and experimented on.