History ComicBook / SuperSons

** In Issue #14, Jon proudly declares that he;s "faster than a speeding bullet", a reference to the classic ''Franchise/{{Superman}} cartoon tagline, "Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!"

* AntiHero: Damian full-stop. While he ''is'' manipulating a younger, inexperienced superhero (to the point of dropping Jon off a building to distract Luthor) and is conducting his investigation for less than altruistic motives (mainly proving himself in the eyes of his father and out of spite for being left behind on patrol), he ''is'' investigating a murder that's leading to a much larger plot.

** The League of Assassins is also happy to pick a fight with Jon... who is invulnerable to all of their weapons, can fly, and can knock any of them out with one punch, only lasting a little while by taking him by surprise. [[CurbStompBattle You can guess how well the rest of the fight went for them.]]

''Super Sons'' is a monthly comic series that began on February 15th, 2017 after [[DevelopmentHell months of delays and author changes]]. Written by Creator/PeterTomasi, the brains behind ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobin'', and drawn by rising artist Jorge Jimenez, the comic stars Batman's youngest son [[Characters/{{Robin}} Damian Wayne]] and Superman's son and the newest Superboy, [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Jonathan Kent]]. While their dads are off superheroing, the pair of "[[VitriolicBestBuds frenemies]]" will face harrowing perils of their own and might just save the day... if they don't kill each other first.

** ''Annual #1'' is this in every sense of the word. Other than the first few and the last few pages, Jon and Damian aren't even in the issue. Instead, the bulk of the issue is one gigantic loving ShoutOut to the Silver Age, as we see Krypto and Titus the Bat-Hound team up with [[ComicBook/PlasticMan Plexo the Plastic Bird]], Streaky the Super-Cat and [[ItMakesSenseInContext Bat-Cow]] to take down a pet kidnapper. [[spoiler: Who's an alien]]. And they even meet up with [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Detective. Freakin.' Chimp.]]

** Damian's mom and his past as the prince of the League of Assassins is mentioned in passing when Jon confronts Damian at school.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Damian's is alluded to as early as the first issue when he offhandedly mentions that his mother killed his geology teacher and dumped the body into the ocean. It's also the focus of the "Mother's Day" arc, when Talia comes to bring her son back into the fold as Damian tries to preserve his friendship with Jon by continually downplaying the atrocities he committed as the prince of the League of Assassins while trying to stop Talia from doing more damage.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:After spending the last three issues of ''Super Sons of Tomorrow'' attempting to kill Jon, Savior ultimately uses a hypertime wormhole to suck away that energy that was consuming Jon, saving everyone in the process.]]
* HeroicWillpower: Jon gets a pretty spectacular showing when he [[spoiler:breaks free of Time Commander's attempts to stop time through sheer force of will when none of the Teen Titans were able to do so.]]

* IronButtMonkey: Damian rarely hesitates to use Jon as a distraction or human shield (including, but not limited to, throwing him off of a building) because his half-Kryptonian biology makes him liable to survive most perils.

* OhCrap: The end of the first storyline has [[spoiler:Damian and Jon returning to a ''very angry'' Lois and Alfred.]]

* RapidAging: [[spoiler:Damian is the victim of this at the end of the sixth issue, having been affected by the Time Commander's powers.]]

** [[spoiler:After Damian is revealed to have been reduced to an old man by the Time Commander, the next issue is titled [[ComicBook/OldManLogan Old Man Robin]].]]

* ZergRush: Kid Amazo's strategy against the Super Sons, swarming them with dozens of robotic duplicates of themselves. [[spoiler:It works.]]

* BrainsAndBrawn: Most of the time, Damian is the Brains to Jon's Brawn, being the well-read and experienced BadassNomral to Jon's inexperienced FlyingBrick LightningBruiser. But sometimes Jon proves to be the more level-headed and reasonable of the two, with Damian's recklessness and ControlFreak tendencies leading him to "punch first and ask questions later" even when there's a simpler and less violent approach available.

* ConflictBall: [[spoiler:In ''Teen Titans #15'', the Titans sans Damian argue about what to do with Jon's potentially lethal Super Flare. Raven and Beast Boy want to follow Savior's lead and hunt down Jon in order to strip him of his powers or otherwise neutralize him even though Jon saved their lives a few hours ago, have knowledge of the fact that Jon only lost control because he was being pushed to the emotional brink by the guy they want to help, and literally just heard Savior admit to their faces that he's hellbent on murdering Jon and is fully willing to do the same to the Titans if they get in his way. Starfire, Aqualad, and Kid Flash want to find Jon first in order to protect him from them.]]

-->'''Jon:''' You think you're so cool. But you're not even a half-decent Batman!
-->'''Damian:''' ''[holds up tablet computer that's downloading Lexcorp's complete security logs with a yawn]'' You're right, I'm '''''better.'''''
* IronButtMonkey: Damian barely hesitates in using Jon as a distraction or human shield (including, but not limited to, throwing him off of a building) because his half-Kryptonian biology makes him liable to survive most perils.

* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: [[spoiler:After using a Super Flare for the first time out of panic in Super Sons #11, Jon stricken with grief and becomes terrified of the prospect that he could kill millions of innocent people if it happens again and begins thinking of [[TheAloner isolating himself to prevent such an even from coming to pass.]]]]

* HomeBase: The boys are rewarded for their hard work with an UnderwaterBase as a gift from their dads in ''Super Sons #10'', on the condition that the boys also keep up with their schoolwork. Jon wants to name it the "Fortress of Attitude", but Damian immediately tries to shoot it down.

* BatFamilyCrossover: The "Super Sons of Tomorrow" arc is one, bringing [[ComicBook/SupermanRebirth Superman]] and the [[Comicbook/TeenTitansRebirth Teen Titans]] as well as a few appearances by Franchise/{{Batman}} as they face off against [[spoiler:Tim Drake, the Batman of Tomorrow, who is hellbent on assassinating Jon to prevent millions of deaths in the future.]]

* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:Kid Amazo may have been powerful enough to restrain Damian and Jon (whose powers are still developing), but he's not quite strong enough to take on Lex Luthor's Superman Suit, which is powered by New God technology (i.e. the stuff ''[[PhysicalGod Darkseid]]'' uses).]]

* AssholeVictim: Due to lacking powers, Damian is easily manhandled by Jon and most of their villains which usually happens after he's been a particularly huge jerk in that issue.

** Invoked in ''Teen Titans'' #15, [[spoiler:where Tim Drakes tries to soften the blow by using "terminate" instead of "kill." Starfire forces him to be [[BrutallyHonest honest]] and just say what he means.]]

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: [[spoiler:The opinion of Future Tim, who now goes by "Savior". By killing Jon, he'll save million of lives in the future, and he refuses to provide or look for any non-lethal alternatives.]]

* NeverSayDie: Also, surprisingly enough, averted, with people being explicitly murdered on-screen as early as the second issue, with Jon of all people declaring them dead.