Prime Example!
Here’s the Lowdown
- Looks like Superman Prime (used to be Superboy Prime) is looking to be the only Superman around… the issue opens with him killing the Superman of Earth 15
- He then proceeds to kill Earth 15’s Lois, Lex, Martian Manhunter, destroy the Fortress of Solitude, the JLA Watchtower and disperse the rest of the JLA B-listers into space
- He then battles Earth 15 Wonder Woman and Batman, taking them out with ease
- All the time, Superman-Prime is monologuing (not unlike Syndrome) about all these imperfect Earths… and how his is perfect and once he finds it everything will be good
- Desaad in Firestorm’s body fights Karate Kid, almost killing him… when…
- The Atomic Knights (believe it or not) up their game and unleash some techno-sphere badness that separates Desaad from Firestorm
- Desaad then makes his escape through a boom tube
- Darkseid unveils to Mary Marvel that he wants her to be his court sorceress
- Mary rejects the idea and lays out an electrical bolt attack that actually pains Darkseid
- Mary and Darkseid are about to throw-down, when Desaad appears, gets in the way and Mary escapes
- Eclipso vows to bring her back
- Donna and Kyle have a heart to heart, both believing that they cannot trust Jason or Bob (total throw-away page)
- Origin of Desaad
Because I expect so little out of this book, when there is some charm or story movement I am very impressed. The direction of Countdown this week was a solid positive improvement… I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact Jimmy Olsen is nowhere to be found.
Grade: C+
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