Man . . what can I say? It's another Geoff Johns book. And of course I'm a huge Superman fan . . so . . it's the perfect marriage. Superman really isn't even hardly in this issue. It was still fantastic. This one is mostly about Winslow Shott. He abducts Jimmy because he wants him to hear his story . . straight from the horses mouth . . as it were. Of course, in his eyes, none of it was his fault. But that's always the case. Anyways, there were a few revelations in this issue that I thought were pretty intriguing. What he's trying to get across to Jimmy is that he would never harm a child. And, in his eyes, he never hurt Cat Grant's son. Actually, it was one of his robots. He started making them in case he ever had to go back to Arkham again. He can't stand it there. However, when that happened, and the robot was supposed to take his place . . it never happened. It seems that the robot developed a will of it's own, and decided to take the Toyman's place, but on the outside. In the process of this, the robot was the one that killed Cat's son. The other revelation is that one of his robots is also Hiro. You know . . the Japanese boy that helps out Batman from time to time. He also played a pretty big role in the recent Superman / Batman story-arc. So I wonder how that affects the outcome. And finally, in Winslow's story, his wife was what kept him grounded . . until things started falling apart. The problem is, there's no record of him ever having been married. In the end, we get a picture that shows that his wife was also a robot. But really, the whole point of this story is to bring Cat Grant back in to the Daily Planet bullpen. Jesus Marino does the art for this issue. I thought it was pretty good. But, I'll also be glad to see Gary Frank back next issue. This was really just an in-between issue. It gave us a little respite. Got some characters into place for the future. And gets us ready for the next big Superman story-arc . . . Brainiac. I can't wait.
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