Superman #680 - DC

I liked this issue. I enjoy a good story about a man and his dog. But this dog . . this dog is something special. However, this issue does raise some questions also. We don't know the whole story yet, but apparantly some military group or another used some magic, maybe, to bring Atlas forward in time from the past. The 'hows' and 'whys' are a little vague right now. But the controller, who seems to be this guy watching all the action from a nearby roof-top . . actually hovering above the roof-top . . has access to what looks like a spaceship, far above Metropolis. Atlas, it turns out, is a magical being. So, the longer Clark fights him, the weaker he gets. When it looks like all is lost, Krypto comes to his rescue. I don't think he's quite strong enough to actually take Atlas down, but . . he's tenacious as hell. What he lacks in raw strength he more than makes up for in determination. Anyways, the controller guy tries to use the same things they used to weaken Superman on Krypto. But none of them are working. So is Krypto all-together something different than Superman? It appears that he doesn't have the same weakness'. Plus Atlas' magical aura doesn't affect him much either. Anyways, during the fight, Superman has an epiphany that there may be magic involved. He goes to find Zatanna, but ends up with her cousin Zachary Zatara instead. He whips up something to help Superman with the sun, but it'll only last for a minute. But apparently that's all the time he needs to take Atlas down. The rest of this story, I guess, is supposed to be sorted out in the Jimmy Olsen Special coming out shortly. So far I like the feel that James Robinson has brought to this book. He's raised some questions and shined some light on a few character's feelings. Other than that . . it's been a slug-fest for the last couple of issues. I'm interested to see how he handles these characters when he gets in to some more 'meaty' stories. I'm still disappointed that Renato Guedes is the artist on this series. The guy has talent, obviously, but I just don't think he's right for this book. I've enjoyed this title for quite a while now . . years, actually decades even. All I'm asking is . . can we please, please, please get a different artist? I'm just not feeling it.