Michael J.'s Reviews > City Boy

The reason I liked this is simply that this is not a conventional super-hero story, although it contains all the right elements. Also, this should be a 3.5 star-rating but you know the Goodreads drill on fractional rankings.
At the root of this is a young adult male's search for his mother, after he was abandoned at a very young age. Cameron never does learn the reason why, but seems satisfied by knowing that his mother was happy in her new life. He's searching for purpose and gets some fatherly advice from Superman, some assistance from Nightwing, and a better understanding of his capabilities and responsibilities from Swamp Thing.
Until his discovery by some more powerful beings in Issue #1, he's under-utilized his abilities. Cosmic villain Darkseid wants him to create New Apokolips on Earth by manifesting each city's avatars so they can link up and convert all of the green on the planet to bleak concrete and steel.
The story was effective and somewhat heart-warming.