Superman #670

posted by JediSheltie @ 7:29 PM

Nov7th RoundUp

Superman 670

The Third Kryptonian arc comes to a close, with the Third Kryptonian joining the rapidly swelling ranks of Krypton's survivors. The big reveal happened last issue, and this issue is mostly a cover to cover slugfest between Earth's contingent of Kryptonians (backed up by the World's Greatest Detective) and a crew of intergalactic bounty hunters who specialize in anti-Kryptonian warfare. As far as cover to cover slugfests go, this one delivers, as the tools and weapons the bounty hunters employ make it a believable fight for the Kryptonians' lives.

Wisely, Busiek includes Power Girl in the proceedings. Power Girl is all too often left out of the "Super Family" even though its the closest thing she has to a family unit outside the JSA. In the end... "the boy" saves the day, though. Could have done without that, but looks like my fervent hopes he's written out aren't coming to fruition as quickly as I thought they would. That being said, there is a Final Crisis on the way, and that is usually where the big "reset" button gets pressed.

As to the Third Kryptonian, Busiek made an interesting choice in having her be a refugee from Krypton's old Imperial Navy. Granted, I find this new addition to Kryptonian history somewhat strange ever since it was alluded to in the first post-Infinite Crisis storyline. Nagging questions like, "If Krypton had an interstellar navy, why couldn't ole Jor-El find a ship big enough for the whole family?" are just going to make my head hurt, though. I know, I know, it was the past, they elected scientists and become isolationists, etc. Still, I feel the whole origin narrative takes a believability hit if Kryptonians were literally "galloping around the galaxy" for so long.

I believe that whistling sound you've been hearing for months on end is Camelot still falling. Supposedly the Annual is just a couple weeks away, so we'll see how that one finally turns out as well.