Tangent : Superman's Reign #1 - DC

The first thing this book has to do is catch us up on what's going on in the Tangent Universe. Actually . . . that's the second thing. The first thing is the Flash of that Universe meeting ours. She's actually been here for a little while. Apparently she came by accident, but she can't return home unless the finds the Green Lantern. Not the hero, but the actual Lantern. It also came here a few months ago. It appeared in some kids tree-house. Anyways, long story short, the Justice League didn't know what it was or if it was a weapon or not, so they took it to the vault in the Justice League headquarters for safe-keeping. Wally relays this accounting to the other Flash and then they go to retrieve it. While trying to figure out how it works, Wally, John Stewart and the other Flash are all transported back to her Earth. Apparently the Green Lantern of the Tangent Universe is without energy or purpose without her Lantern. She's on the brink of dying when they're standing in the Hall of Justice trying to figure out what to do with the Lantern. She senses it, and summons it back. Apparently the other 3 were caught in it's wake. But a lot has changed in the Tangent Universe in the 10 years since we've seen it last. The Joker, who was arrested when we last saw her, is getting just getting out, having served her 10 year sentence. A lot of other little things have happened also, but the biggest is that Superman has gone from hero to dictator. The back-up story is literally a history of the Tangent Universe. Not just the last ten years, but right from the beginning. The Atom was their first hero, and that's where they start. I'm not sure what the purpose of this series is going to be, other than to reintroduce us to these heroes. But I think it's either going to tie in to the Countdown series or the Final Crisis series. I could be wrong, but that's my guess. Anyways, this is the first of 12 issues, and it's going to be brought to us by Dan Jurgens and Matthew Clark. I thought the first appearance was a pretty neat idea. I'm glad that they're incorporating these characters in to the 52 universes. Maybe that means we'll see them on a more regular basis. Either way it was a good start to what looks to be an exciting series.