Superman: Dawnbreaker

DC Icons Series

De: Matt de la Peña

Narrado por: Andrew Eiden

The blockbuster DC Icons series that began with Leigh Bardugo's Wonder Woman, Marie Lu's Batman, and Sarah J. Maas' Catwoman continues with the story of the world's first superhero - Superman - from award-winning and number-one New York Times best-selling author Matt de la Peña.

When the dawn breaks, a hero rises.

His power is beyond imagining.

Clark Kent has always been faster, stronger - better - than everyone around him. But he wasn't raised to show off, and drawing attention to himself could be dangerous. Plus, it's not like he's earned his powers...yet.

But power comes with a price.

Lately, it's difficult to hold back and keep his heroics in the shadows. When Clark follows the sound of a girl crying, he comes across Gloria Alvarez and discovers a dark secret lurking in Smallville. Turns out, Clark's not the only one hiding something.

Teaming up with his best friend, Lana Lang, he throws himself into the pursuit of the truth.

What evil lies below the surface of his small town? And what will it cost Clark to learn about his past as he steps into the light to become the future Man of Steel?

Because before he can save the world, he must save Smallville.

©2019 Matt de la Peña (P)2019 Listening Library

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A wonderful, bold interpretation of a DC icon that aspires to embrace all readers, new and old." (Kirkus Reviews)

“In his brilliant take on Superman, de la Peña shows us that there’s a chance we’ll all need to step up like Clark Kent - with or without a cape.” (Jason Reynolds, New York Times best-selling author of Miles Morales: Spider-Man and Long Way Down)

“Matt de la Peña’s Superman is the quintessential American alien. Despite being caught between two worlds, he’s everything we love about the Man of Steel: courageous, compassionate, and full of hope.” (Gene Luen Yang, author of New Super-Man and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature)

Interesting, but Somewhat Unimpressive

I liked some aspects to this novel, but I think I got hung up on the over sensationalizing of the immigrant aspect. I got real middle of the road there because I like pairing the situation of him as an alien feeling ostracized with no where to go and illegal immigrants feeling a version of that. I just think throwing in race and immigration into a superhero novel with the political climate of today takes away from some of the key aspects superheroes are designed to address with subtlety.

Wonderful Superman story

Superman at his best. The greatest Superman stories are never about who he can beat up, but about who he can help. He was always intended as a symbol of hope, the best that a human upbringing has to offer. The issues tackled in this story are the perfect way to showcase just that.

Love

I really enjoyed this book. If you like superhero,action then you should get this book.

Super beginning

Feels like the smallville show condensed. They had cute easter eggs in the story, some original characters, and the early days of Clark. How he deals with high school, his powers, and his social life give an interesting look into Clark's mind and his development to Superman. Like most superman stories you get the feeling of him being an outsider among friends, you also get to see him get angry feel human emotions, and kinda struggle to find himself like everyone in life does. How the story lines up with current issues is a interesting treat I wonder if the author even saw coming. Definitely give it a listen especially if you like origin stories.

The story is timeless, refreshed for our times

Kal El is the ultimate undocumented alien. Seems to be the right hero for the right times.

this is absolutely one of my new favorite books!

If you love the Superman mythos, then you will love this new iteration of the man of steel's evolution. Between Andrew's great performance and Matt's rich character development and great story telling really let's you emotionally invest in each character no matter how small of a part they play. Matt found just the right blend of superman legacy characters and new characters that make the story very well rounded. Out of all the DC ICON books that have come out so far, this one is easley my favorite. This story has become my personal head-canon for Clark Kent's journey from farm boy to the man of tomorrow.

Interesting early Superman story

This is a cross between a classic superman story and a Smallville tell. I liked the way it made the struggle of how hard it would be to have these amazing abilities and the challenges of when or even if they should be used with the life of a small town farm boy seem possible. The voice actor did a nice job of letting each character live and showed good timing in his delivery.

Superman Soars!

at first I was a little bummed to figure out that this was a origin story. but I should have guessed from this synopsis. The story was still a lot of fun, very interesting to add topical relevancy of today and our society and weave it into Superman's story without it being Superman's direct story. the narration was pretty great on this too!

Superbook

Great book from beginning to end. It is a must read and a must buy

A Big, Big Fan of this Presentation!

A Great Hero’s Beginning. Doing the right thing, no matter what! Way to go Clark!