Superman Treasury 2025 #1
Scheduled to arrive in stores: July 9, 2025
Cover date: September 2025
“Superman: Hero For All”
Writer: Dan Jurgens
Artist: Bruno Redondo
Cover: Bruno Redondo
Variant Cover: Dan Jurgens and Scott Koblish
Reviewed by: JP Rocha
Dropped into a Metropolis under attack. Clark and Lois make the tough decision to send a younger Jon Kent with his grandparents back to Smallville. Superman then leaves to confront the initial problem at hand, a giant robot. The Man of Steel deduces that the robot is of unknown alien origin. Despite the robot’s strength, design and power, Superman is able to neutralize it at the bottom of the bay of Metropolis.
Superman believes that it was too easy, and so does Lex Luthor, who confirms that the robot was being controlled by someone far from Earth. With this knowledge, The Man of Tomorrow knows that he must track the robot to its source. In space, Clark Kent starts to reminisce about his childhood, only this is not the past that we know.
On Earth, an invasion begins. The invaders’ first strategic phase is to take out the Justice League Satellite. From there, the fleet is divided, deploying fighters and robots to systematically take out key cities and the heroes of Earth.
It seems that a key initiative of the invaders is to capture Jon. Jon and the Kents are able to escape with the help of John Henry Irons, but without Superman, the invaders are winning. With Metropolis captured and Martian Manhunter at their feet, the trio of invaders reveal themselves. Led by “Lady Maxima”, she is joined by her “new suitor,” Hank Henshaw, Cyborg Superman, and Glyanna, a princess originally from the planet P’Luhnn.
Before Cyborg Superman can eliminate Lois, she is saved by Batman. Unfortunately, no matter how many uncaptured heroes and not-so-heroes (Lex Luthor) step up, Cyborg Superman is able to take them out. Meanwhile, Glyanna searches for Jon, but for reasons not too clear, she has decided to help Jon and the Kents.
It is revealed that Superman is being held in a “Dreamworld” on Maxima’s Battle Cruiser, trapped in his own thoughts of a world parallel but not his own. A world where Lex Luthor has his life and his family. Batman and Lois discover that Superman never defeated the Robot, instead he was trapped inside and transported to Maxima’s ship.
The attendants of Superman’s suspended animation are unable to keep up their control, and he starts to remember the truth. He starts to remember his life up until being captured by Maxima. This subconscious attempt to regain control of his memories awakens The Man of Tomorrow from his Dreamworld. Where he learns the truth, that he has been a prisoner of Maxima the whole time, so he could be taken off the board to prevent his interference.
Now awaken, Superman attacks Maxima’s fleet of ships one by one. With the fleet only part of the problem, Superman knows he must help regain order on Earth. He arrives just in time to save Jon, Glyanna, and the Kents from defeat. With Jon and Kents saved, his next move is to take out Henshaw, but not before, he gathers as many heroes as he can find. Once Cyborg Superman is under the control of the Green Lanterns, Superman leaves to attend to the real problem, Maxima.
Story – 4: A story like this becomes unfairly overshadowed by not being in the main ongoing Superman books. The origins of this story go back to the beginning of Dan Jurgens’ time on Superman. However, the main plotlines go back to Convergence and the Lois and Clark book. More recently, the story has direct ties to The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special and Lois and Clark 2, a backup in the Dawn of DC Action Comics run.
This story is an obvious outlet for Jurgens to continue his Superman story in this more complete Treasury format. Hero For All is a little self-serving for Jurgens, but a treat for fans of his Superman work. Even more so than his other recent work, Jurgens brings together the characters he created or has championed for years into a shared epic Superman story. It also has a very practical reason for existing as well. Jurgens has the opportunity to tell a complete history of the current Superman. Including that he was Superboy in Smallville and a member of the Legion of Superheroes.
Art – 5: Bruno Redondo shines on art. His Superman is classic, big, and built. Redondo also gets to draw many of the other characters of the DC Universe, including a return to Nightwing. We also get Jurgens on art for eight pages, expertly used to tell Superman’s updated backstory.Cover Art – 4: The main cover is also by Bruno Redondo. It showcases The Last Son of Krypton in flight at the edge of space. It is an iconic image that, if you agree, you are in luck as there is a virgin variant with no trade dress.
There are variant covers by Dan Jurgens and Scott Koblish. The Dan Jurgens variant echoes the inside story with Superman defending the Earth from an invasion. The stakes are made more real as we see seventeen images representing all the lives at risk. The Scott Koblish cover features Superman surrounded by alternate versions, along with some of his closest allies. A definite fun cover for fans who want to test their Superman knowledge.
There is also a Superman Movie Photo Variant. This variant features the new movie’s original “Look Up” Superman movie poster.
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