Superman #698 - DC

This is another chapter in the Last Stand of New Krypton story-line. The Kryptonians have been fighting Brainiac's battle-bots, and they seem to be making some headway. Although they've lost about a tenth of their population in the process. The thing that has Zod worried though is that Brainiac isn't a warrior. He's a thinker. So he imagines that he would've compensated for the Kryptonian's powers in the first wave of these battle-bots. So he's convinced that something worse is coming next. Meanwhile, Superman has made his way onto Brainiac's ship, but he's been captured by Brainiac and Luthor. Superman can easily break out of his trap, even though Brainiac is poisoning him with Kryptonite. But . . they're holding the rest of the bottle cities as hostage. Luckily, Mon-El has also made it on board and is trying to make his way to his friend to help out. Tellus, from the Legion espionage squad, has linked with Mon-El, to guide him in his search. But it's also opened a channel for one of the cities who's inhabitants are telepathic. They keep calling out to Mon-El and are trying to guide him through the ship. He arrives just in time to save the city from Luthor destroying, just to spite Superman. But then Luthor 'ports away, and suddenly the ship seems to be filled with the red-sun powered 'bots. Is it more than Superman and Mon-El can handle? We'll have to wait until next week, and Adventure Comics #9 to find out the next chapter in the story. Meanwhile, this chapter is brought to us by James Robinson and Javier Pina. Overall, I thought it was a good issue.