Superman #660 - DC

I understand the purpose of this book, to set up the Prankster for some future storyline. They've set up his motivations, and his role in the DC universe. He's not so much a villain in his own right, as a resource to be used by the villains to obtain other things. I'm sure if Bruce Wayne came to him with enough money, he'd utilize his resources to help Batman or the JLA. Now that would be a neat story. To see the twist on his character. Also to see him do something that could be perceived as "good", but to him would just be another job. I mean he doesn't actually hurt anybody. And he does have his own twisted moral code for ethics and behaviour. Also he seems to like to focus his attention on Metropolis. At the end of this book, he's considering taking a job in Keystone City, just because he's bored and has nothing else going on. But then, before he makes such a rash decision, something else does come up, and he doesn't even really have to consider it anymore. He's really more ambiguous that "evil". But when it comes down to it, he's doing what he does to make a living. Which means . . . he's in it for the money. Good story by Kurt Busiek, with art by someone we haven't seen in these pages in a long time, Mike Manley and Bret Blevins. I liked it. But what I really liked, will be seeing where this perspective and motivation on this character will take him in the future.