We found out last issue who it was that was eliminating some of the bad guys. It was Superman-prime. But, I thought it was Superboy-prime? Well, as Mxyzptlk points out to him, "You're not older. Your muscles are swollen with power. Your cells are storing energy from the recent "encounter" that brought you here. But your muscles will shrink back pretty soon. Once you use up all that extra power. Look in your underpants and you'll see that you're still a boy, "Clarky"!" He's got Mxyzptlk and Annataz Arataz in a little crevice in the source wall, where he's holding them and torturing them. He wants Mxyzptlk to team up with him to help him find his home plant, and to rid the universe of all these other undeserving Earths. Annataz is a Zatanna from another Earth. She's a bad witch on the world she's from. Superman is using her magic to hold Mxyzptlk's at bay so he can torture him in to doing what he wants. But Mxyzptlk's not breaking. "Wise up, Clark Bent, I'd never give a rube like you anything except the finger. Shame you broke alla mine. Y'see, junior, there's an art to the battle of wits I fight with the real Superman everyone knows and loves. And actually, if you had approached this scenario with one iota of the maturity he has, I might have cut ya a deal and played along . . . . if the punchline to your little plan was funnier." Eventually, Superman-prime gets frustrated and flies out to a distance where he can blow them up. Luckily though, Annataz came to her senses and sets Mxyzptlk free. She sacrifices herself because she knows she's been a bad girl. So know Superman's gonna have to find someone else to help him. Meanwhile, Mary Marvel is having a bit of a fight with Eclipso, because she feels that she sold her out to Darkseid. Which she did. And Lord Havok and Ultraman, have teamed up with Monarch and have started their fight with the Dominators. They don't even know what hit them. All of these stories are quickly building to a head. I'm not sure yet what this Final Crisis is, but it looks to be a doozy. I have a feeling that the DC Universe is going to be seriously changed after this one. Put on your seat-belts, folks, it's gonna' be a bumpy ride.
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