ACTION COMICS #32: Chapter 1 of ENEMY OF THE STATE. After everything going on with Superman following his destruction of Doomsday, the government has labeled him an enemy of the state. Lois Lane convinces John Corben to use Metal-0 to take down the infected Man of Steel. In Chile, Steel locates Superman who explains it’s not safe to be around him as the spores within him kill even the desert life around him. Metallo and the Atomic Skull arrive to attack as Corben is on a suicide mission. Kryptonite gas on the bomber Corben is in explodes seemingly killing Corben and spreading Kryptonite cloud spreads across planet Earth. As Steel goes to check on Superman, he sees that the man is gone and only Doom remains.
Greg Pak and Scott Kolins bring us this next chapter in this Superman epic and it’s a winner! Pak’s writing on this title has brought it into such prominence and Scott Kolins art is just perfect. I love where this story is going too. Superman, the strongest man on our planet is slowly becoming the creature that once killed him. So…how DO we resolve it? We know Superman won’t die AGAIN…they already tried that trick. But will he end up in the Phantom Zone for an extended period? Will he have to find a way to exorcise the creature from his body and put him into a new one? I can’t wait to see the final solution and can only hope it lives up to the hype!
SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #9: Chapter 2 of ENEMY OF THE STATE. The Kryptonite cloud threaten to kill off what little is left of Superman’s DNA. Over in Brazil, Wonder Woman begs her friend Hessia to help her heal Superman problem. She agrees and puts on magical armor to protect herself from him. But Diana discovers that Hessia plans on killing him, not healing him. Diana intervenes, using her Lasso of truth to pull him into space and allow Clark’s persona to return. She returns to Earth as he flies further out into space and gets attacked by Supergirl and the Red Lanterns, who are determined to help him or let him go if he is beyond help.
What I truly hate about mega-crossover stories is being forced to buy titles I normally don’t buy. I haven’t been doing it with the recent GREEN LANTERN event because I don’t care enough about the character to waste my money or the other titles. But the Big Blue Boy Scout? Yeah: he’s worth it. That having been said, Charles Soule and Tony Daniel give us a great looking, cool reading tale that fits nicely into the story. From here, the tale becomes SUPERDOOM and moves through ACTION COMICS #33, SUPERMAN/ WONDER WOMAN #10, ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #3 and SUPERMAN/ WONDER WOMAN ANNUAL #1 before heading into the final three chapters in August.
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