Thursday, November 05, 2009

Superman: World of New Krypton #9 - DC

At the end of last issue . . Jemm, Son of Saturn . . also it's current ruler . . showed up on New Krypton and wanted to know why the Kryptonians thought that they could do whatever they wanted with the universe. Basically, they're mad because Krypton needed a moon. Now that they've terraformed their planet, and atmosphere . . they need a moon to affect the tides and weather. So, they decided to go to Saturn. I mean, why not? They already have at least 61 moons. How's one less gonna bother them? Well . . it did! Big time. That's why Jemm, the ruler himself, has come to put the Kryptonians on notice. 'I'm aghast at the arrogance and feeling of entitlement. That your planet can appear as if out of nowhere and almost immediately begin rearranging the solar system. You're put on notice "Oh, great and mighty council." We will be watching' A Thanagarian delegate also happened to be at the Council meeting. Apparently New Krypton was trying to form an alliance with Thanagar in case they ever needed their help in war. 'We've an accord. That's as much as Thanagar has ever ceded to another planet. But as the Saturnian said . . we will be watching.' So now, not only do they have to worry about a war with Earth, but they also about whether they'll get the support of the other military powers in this small galaxy that we all share. Kal El is also keeping in contact with Zod. Kal is still suspicious of Zod's motives. But . . he is their current ruler. As they're talking an alarm is sounded in one of the Councilor's quarters. Kal, and Red Shard get there to try to figure out what's going on, but when the enter the domicile they find Adam Strange standing over the Councilor's body. I'm a little confused as to how long this series is going to be. In the beginning they said 15 issues. But now in the previews it's listed as 12. So . . I'm not sure if they changed their mind, or it's just a misprint. I only ask because, if so . . we only have 3 issues left. I enjoy this view into the Kryptonian society that James Robinson and Greg Rucka have been showing us. It's all been pretty informative . . and eye opening. I'm guessing we'll probably get a different Superman book out of this when this title runs it's course. I have no idea what that will be, though. Pete Woods and Ron Randall do the art for this issue. Overall, I've been pleased with this book, so far. It'll be interesting to see how this whole 'war' thing is going to pan out.

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