Metaleks,alien xenoformers, are attacking a base on Mars. Superman goes to stop them and try and rescue the human team trying to colonize the red planet.
While Superman battles the machines we are being warned of the oncoming Multitude.
The Multitude was responsible for the death of many worlds and Earth is next on their to do list. The only man to ever repel the Multitude was Jor-El.
The Multitude, at first glance, look like a host of angels and they are overwhelming. Too many for even a Superman to defeat. But like his father before him,.Superman shows us he can think our side the box. To do the impossible.Once again, Morrison shows a Superman with a brain. He manages to repel the demonic looking hordes.
Unfortunately, as we have seen before creepy little man is skulking around, biding his time. It's interesting he is drawn looking like the devil after Superman's battle with demonic looking angels and he calls him man-god.
The backup starts with Superman fighting with the Justice League and I'm putting those pages up because Diana is in them. She gets one word but I'd like to see it as the one that ultimately helped him decide.
Superman meets up reknown astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson. The images of Krypton's destruction which happened twenty-seven years ago were schedule to reach earth due to space time difference.
An issue that allows us to see some personality traits of Superman that, to me, he lost somewhere along the way last canon. The charming cockiness, the never say die attitude, the intellect, the vulnerability but dignity even in the face of loss. All of this wrapped up in metaphysical themes but still grounded in emotion.
I will give it a 4 out of 5 stars.
Best Panel. That succintly explains Superman.
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