Ok the scene that did it for me in this issue was when those 3 citizens of Smallville
looked up at the sunset and noticed something: “Is that a bird?”

No missy, it’s freaking evil dead Kal-L come to terrorize your freaking town.

His shadow against the sun in the clouds was chilling.
An iconic image of the man of steel turned to terror.
I loved this issue from that moment forward.

Amazing.