Like before, a brief struggle proving Majestros’ massive superiority to his assailers results in teamwork, and fortunately in a manner which avoids all sort of campiness. What can I say about this book? It is so excellent, filled with action, intrigue, and a most satisfying story.

Honestly, I can find no problem with it.

From excellent art, to a perfect story, this book will make you choke back tears, as you wonder how you ever supposed that both the superhero world and your own (equally comical) life were ever complete without this book.

I mean honestly, unless you are one of those people (and I have noticed a plethora of you on CBR’s forums) who poo-poo and naysay all form of superhero books, preferring instead those books which focus on the most perverse side of comic fiction, reveling in illicit and sometimes overtly demented sex, spirit dealings and gore for the sake of itself – “Indy” lovers, I think, (and I should say that I myself love Indy books, but I am never so snobby and narrow-minded as you “open-minded” dismissers of common and popular American mythology who hold the view that, not only are poorly-drawn comics which contain no plot but instead a sort of stream-of-consciousness and weirdity for its own sake, but also you, yourself, are superior to the rest of comicdom. Therefore, knowing that I should respect the likes and preferences, though not the ridiculous feelings of grandeur, of all comic lovers, I must insert the fact that when I say that this book is essential to all readers of the DCU, I am, of course, speaking to the more humble, more likeable among you who do not heap your personal pride into the teenage notion that your own greatness comes from liking what is either unlikable or alternative only for the sake of setting yourself apart.

The rest of you should enjoy the easy going nature, and massively satisfying form of this masterpiece comic. It is so well done, from the storyboarding and layout, to the fantastic pencils and colors, and of course, Abnett and Lanning’s overtly fun tale. What’s more, this other-dimensional Superman is experiencing storylines and events so much darker, less campy, and drastically more heartfelt goings on than Supes (at least since I began reading him, some 15 years ago) and his catalogue of titles have ever seen.

This book, barring its undeserved cancellation, will no doubt be one for the ages. Look for your great grandkids picking up issue 824 sometime in the distant future. It’s that great folks. And, with a relatively new, and alternate (rather than mirroring) dimension, this story has more room to grow than any other DC book.

Cheers to DC, but especially to Abnett, Lanning, Googe and Scott – Job well done. I would also like to say cheers to all those Indy lovers who I no doubt offended. Again, why get offended? It can’t hurt unless you truly are the obnoxious snobs who place yourself on pedestals of the unpopular and truly tout your greatness before all forum-going mankind. I read one of your posts where one of you even said that you feel sorry for people that read superhero stuff – pity their ignorance. For shame. You should look in the mirror, see that you have bee sucked into a cultish bunch of nonsense where you rely on your peers to approve what you read. You are teenyboppers of the punk-rock sort. I even met one of you who wouldn’t read League of Extraordinary Gentlemen because it wasn’t Black and White, had a movie out about it, and was suggested by me – a guy that enjoys reading all genres. Funny. I guess you all hate Sin City now, huh. No. No. But you probably refused to see the movie due to main-stream actors, a heavy budget, and the fact that they used computers instead of raw 8 mil film. Have you seen how childish, and play-ground-at-recess style nonsensical bullshit you have stooped to? Who is more mature, more open minded – the one who reads a bit of everything or the one who discriminates based on shock-facter, poor art, and publisher? You lose, dummo.

-Peblee