From what I understand, we're going to have a series of mini's, or one-shots, here that are going to tie in to the story-lines running through Superman and Action comics. This one comes directly out of the Atlas story-line, and looks to run directly into the New Krypton story-line. James Robinson writes it. I thought it was a great story, with a lot of information, but . . the dialogue was a bit . . hard to read, at times. I get what he was trying to do. Jimmy was the narrator for the story, and it was written, basically, exactly how a normal person would go through his thought process'. You know, choppy, sporadic, and jumping around some times. Like I said, I understand what he was trying to accomplish, but . . it just got a little difficult to read sometimes. Anyways, that being said, I thought that there was a lot tackled and accomplished in this issue. First we reveal the guy that seemed to be orchestrating Atlas' attack on Superman as Jonathan Drew, aka Codename: Assassin. That's a name that hasn't been tossed around the DCU in quite a while. Maybe since the 70's? Anyways, his involvement leads to a government connection which leads Jimmy back to Cadmus. Once there the only thing he finds left is Dubbilex. However, Drew has been there first . . Dubbilex is dying. He does manage to tell him an interesting story about Jim Harper though before he passes. This leads him to the town of Warpath, in Arizona, Greg Saunders and the original clone of Jim Harper. He finally has a conversation with Jim, and I think that's when he finally puts together something that Dubbilex had told him, "The Army has taken everything . . the only thing they left was me. One of the men made the crack that the last thing they needed was an alien when killing another alien was their agenda." The only bad part about this book is that it doesn't reach a conclusion. There's a lot of stuff thrown at us . . stuff from the past . . but the story leads directly into Superman: New Krypton Special. So the next leg of our journey takes place there. If you're a Superman fan, this book was good because it had a lot of nostalgia . . brought up a lot of things that haven't been directly involved in the Superman books for quite a while now. If you're not a fan . . it provided a lot of information that it would've taken you a lot of time to dig up and reread on your own. Overall, it was nice to see Jimmy this focused and determined again. The art was done by a trio of pencillers . . Jesus Merino, Leno Carvalho and Steve Scott. It was a nice looking book. I also liked the Ryan Sook cover. If you follow Superman, it's a must. If not . . you can probably figure it out through the regular titles.
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