Superman #682

This issue was a lesson in futility . . and eventuality. The course of events that the 'New Kryptonians' set themselves upon this issue was logical, obvious, and doomed for failure. They decide to help Superman. He save them after-all, and gave them a new life. No one is going to admit it, but . . . they owe him. So with 100,000+ potential allies here, they decide that they should gather up everyone that opposed Superman, super-villains and petty criminals alike, and take them out of the picture to free up Superman to do his job . . . making the world a better place for all. However, the gesture is doomed for failure because of 2 things. First of all, despite their powers or planet of origin, they are after-all still human. Which means they have human failings. Some are going to attack this project with more zealousness than others. Which they do, and . . . there's some people that die in the process. Kara and her father don't know about this until the task has been completed. But . . her mother does. "Knew? I did. I learned of events upon returning here. I didn't see it as important enough to bother you with. There's an Earth term I've learned of late . . 'collateral damage'. These policemen were unlucky." Secondly, they had to have known . . even if things didn't turn out the way they had . . Superman would never condone or use such extreme measures. The action itself would put them at odds. But really that's not the worst part. Where did they put all of these criminals? They locked them up in the only prison that they know . . the Phantom Zone. The problem is, the only other inhabitant there . . besides Zod and his crew . . is Mon-El. While I'm sure he appreciates the company . . . I don't think this is what he would've had in mind . . given the choice. Also, from the Jimmy Olsen and Guardian one-shots, Jim Harper is back in the picture. He goes to the Science-Police for a job, and they turn him down flatly. "It isn't that I don't respect your prior achievements and contributions to Metropolis . . but quite simply . . you're out of step with today." That is until . . . the preceding events. We also see Atlas, who's still in Metropolis. However, he's laying low . . surveying his environment . . before he decides to make his presence known. I thought James Robinson did a fantastic job with this story. I like the way this story is progressing. It's going to be frustrating and futile, but . . . it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out. However, I'm still on the fence about Renato Guedes. I don't think he's necessarily a bad artist, but . . I also don't think he's right for this book. Sorry.