Superman #694 - DC

I have to say, the thing I liked the best about this book was that Mon El was comfortable enough to go to Ma Kent to talk to her. He was concerned about the way he felt that his mission was going. His main concern is that he doesn't know if he's done enough to live up to Superman's image and ideals. He afraid that even though he's filling in for Superman . . he thinks that everyone has all but forgot him. So he wants to do something in 'tribute' to the man . . the legend. Luckily, Ma is the voice of reason and she stays up all night to sew him the new costume that you see pictured on the cover here. There's also a nice little heart to heart conversation that he has with Connor. Anyways, he wants to tell the world about General Lane. After the attack on Mon El by Reactron and Metallo, Lane held him as a prisoner. Until the Parasite broke him out . . by accident. He tried to double-cross him . . after he siphoned off some of his power, he made his escape, but there was enough damage and confusion that Mon El was also able to get out. While he was the Generals captive Mon El saw and learned some of the things that Lane is up to, and his plan to discredit and disgrace Superman. Then, for some reason, Metallo comes to town. Mon El is fighting him, but in the confusion a child becomes trapped in a car. Mon El is trying to save her, but Bizarro just won't let go of him. So while all of this is going on, Mon El notices his friend Mitch in the crowd. When Mitch sees Mon El's predicament he offers to help. He goes over to girl that's stuck, and . . he eats the car to get her out. Apparently this is Matter-eater Lad hiding out in the 21st century. In the Lightning story-line we learned that there were some Legion members left in the 21st century for some reason. Some covert mission. We still don't know what that is, but at least now we know who one of them is. The issue ends when Mon El tries to get Bizarro away from the crowds, but then he losses his powers, again. We look up to see that the Parasite has come back for another recharging. But by doing so, he's going to leave Mon El at the mercy of Bizarro. I enjoy James Robinson's stories. But I think his strength is in the quieter moments. Like when Mon El is talking to Ma and Connor. James does a fantastic job with the dialogue between these characters. This issue Javier Pina does the pencils. I'm not sure if he'll be sticking around, but I really like his stuff. I became a fan back when he was doing ManHunter, but I haven't seen him do much lately. Overall I thought it was a pretty decent issue. I'm glad that Mon El is back.