Action Comics #871 - DC

First of all . . all praises for the glory of Geoff Johns. What a fantastic writer. I've said this over and over again . . especially about his writing on the Justice Society . . but, what I really enjoy about his work is his character interactions and development. I know this is going to sound corny, but . . he doesn't use 'comic book' language. You know what I mean? When your reading his dialogue between characters it sounds realistic and honest. Not like it's a person posing, and saying the exact right thing for any given situation. You know what I mean? In the 'real' world, we don't always say the right. Hell, sometimes we can't even think of anything to say. Or, if I'm mad enough I can't say anything at all because I'm ready to just spout off a string of profanities. I hope I don't have turrets. Anyways, yes this story-line is about all of the Kandorians spreading across the globe as they set out to explore, but . . I kind of think this is going to turn into a Lex Luthor story also. General Lane has brought Lex in to try to use his expertise to tap into the knowledge hidden within Brainiac. And yes the General is dead . . supposedly. It hasn't yet been explained why he's not. However, he seems to be the 'go to' man for this government project that's been tasked with taking out Superman. It appears that he and Lex are of like minds, but . . I have a feeling that somewhere along the line Lex will over-step his bounds and we'll see that the 2 aren't as similar as they appear. But, as we saw at the end of last issue, the General has thrown Doomsday into the mix. He doesn't stand much of a chance though when he's got 20 Kryptonians ready to beat him down. And, as suspected, there's still some Zod loyalists within the Kandorian ranks. They're very pompous and elitist. When they go to the fortress to try to access the Phantom Zone projector they find Nightwing and Flamebird there to stop them. It's not Dick. This is where the Nightwing character actually came from . . Kandor. There's some old stories that were in World's Finest, I believe, where Clark and Bruce went to Kandor and these were the crime-fighting characters they assumed while there. Most of you probably know that, but . . just in case. That's the other thing I like about Geoff's stories . . they're very multi-faceted. Anyways, I thought this was a great chapter in the story. We go to Supergirl #35 next along the trip. By the way Pete Woods did the art for this issue, and . . it looked pretty good. Stephane Roux did the variant cover.