Superman #690 - DC

This book, it seems, has lots of pieces to many different stories. I'm not sure why they all ended up in this issue of Superman, but . . they did. So we'll go from there. The first part of the story is that of John Henry being manipulated and duped by Atlas. He came to John Henry as a friend . . a man of like mind, but after entering into Iron-Works, he quickly dropped his disguise and let John Henry know that he was there to take him down. John Henry puts up a good fight, but . . in the end . . it was inevitable that Atlas would overpower him. I mean . . he's Atlas. But, I think he played his hand a little early because he calls up General Lane right away to let him know that he's accomplished his mission. I don't think that John Henry is dead, he might not even be unconscious. So now, if so, he knows that General Lane is alive and involved in all of this. That's two people now . . him, and Lois. Even though it's only 2 people, that's an intimidating force to have against you. Anyways, we also get a glimpse of Jim Harper and the Science Police. Wilcox and Romundi have been selected as Team Leaders, and Kent . . Mon-el . . and Harper have been selected as plainclothes. "It seems a force of 'rocket cops' freaks out as many of the public as it does assure them. Go figure." Jim is also exploring a friendship . . relationship (?) . . with Kimiyo, Doctor Light. I'm not really sure where that's headed. Zatara is attacked by the Parasite. We don't really know why. And he finds out that Mark Merlin is still alive. He wants Zatara's help in finding Prince Ra Man. And finally, in an event that takes place before Green Lantern #33, Tellus comes into contact with Sodam Yat and stops him from trying to reach Mon-El. "If you meet Mon-El now . . the future will be such that evil will win out over good." He agrees as long as Tellus delivers some crystals to him to let him know about his people and his planet. It was an interesting book by James Robinson and Pere Perez. But . . it seemed like a fill-in type issue to me. The only real important part of the story, I think, was the first 11 pages with John Henry and Atlas. I guess they couldn't proceed any farther with that story right now, and had to insert some other plot-threads. Overall, I'd have to say I didn't really like the way the whole thing was put together. It all seemed a bit 'choppy', and I really expect much better from James. Sorry. I was disappointed.