Superman #695 - DC

James Robinson is doing an amazing job with this book. He's got numerous plot threads running, but for the most part . . they all revolve around Mon-El. The issue starts out with he and the science police fighting Bizarro and the Parasite. However, Mon's powers keep fading in and out. He still has no idea what's causing it. Anyways, they contain the Parasite, and Mon-El chases Bizarro off the planet. But on the way out, he claims he has a Bizarro Mon-El and he's going to bring him back. Meanwhile, Mon-El and Connor are forming a friendship. I think it's a friendship out of necessity . . they're of like nature. Mon-El's planning something, but we don't know what. Either he's just tired of being on Earth and wants to head home . . or wherever, or . . he wants his escape route ready for when Superman returns. He's trying really hard to acclimate to Earth, but . . I think he still feels like an outsider. He tells the Guardian about what happened to him under General Lane's watch, but . . it's to late to do anything about it as the General has already called a press-conference to manipulate the events to his own advantage. If Mon-El tries to 'out' the General now, he'll either look like he's attacking a patriot, or he's siding with the Kryptonians. Either way . . he'd lose. We see a little of Mon-El's and Billi's relationship. They've finally gone to the next level, but . . Mon-El is pretty awkward in the intimacy department. Also Perry reveals to Mon-El that Jimmy is still alive. He's in hiding and working on bringing down project 7734. So he's willing to let the rest of the world believe that he had been shot. Natasha is working with him also. Speaking of which . . she goes to visit her uncle, John Henry, and we see that he's finally come out of his come. As he becomes aware, he only says one word . .'ATLAS!!' I'm glad John Henry is going to get back in the mix. He's a fantastic character. And the issue ends with Mon-El and the Science Police breaking down the door of Thara and Chris, Nightwing & Flamebird. But are they there to arrest them . . or help them? We'll have to wait until next issue to find out. Also, Mon-El's been wondering about Mitch. 'His store's closed. He vanished . . and with him gone, so is the mystery of how a seemingly normal guy can eat his way through a burning car.' I guess he doesn't know who Matter-Eater Lad is . . or he doesn't remember. Like I said, James has a whole lot of stuff going on here. There's enough plot-lines here to keep this book going for months . . or years. But I'm glad he's working in all of Superman's supporting cast. There's a lot of good characters here. I'm glad they're being utilized. Bernard Chang provides the art. Overall I liked the book. It was an in-between chapter. By that, I mean that it served to progress all the various threads, but nothing overly important really happened. Well . . except for John Henry waking up. But it was still a good issue. Although, I think this book is going to get much more frantic before it calms down.