They really need to stop letting Gary Frank do the covers for this series. Granted the cover is great, but after looking at it the interiors just seem like total shit. That sounds harsh when in reality Pete Woods’ work on this book is totally fine, but with two top talents like Rucka and Robinson on the one book actually starring Superman DC should have assigned an artist a step up from just fine. On some pages Woods steps his game up, and I think it may be due to the fact that these pages aren’t as crammed as some of the others. In particular the page in the very middle of the issue with Superman and his troops flying away from past visions to round up the herd. Throughout the book a lot of the other pages seem really crowded with lots of smaller panels which probably makes Woods work look less appealing than it should be. I don’t know much about organizing a comic, but maybe the writers and artist can work together to make this a more visually stunning book.

The story continues to move in a direction that I am enjoying with Superman seemingly about to be placed smack-dab in the middle of a bubbling class conflict on New Krypton that we saw the start of in Issue #1 when he flew around with a member of the Labor Guild. Since Superman is now working under Zod this situation is infinitely more interesting that it would have been on Earth. After all this is partly the point of this whole New Krypton thing, to tell great stories that wouldn’t have worked using Superman’s familiar set-up. Another plus is the handling of the relationship between Zod and Super…Commander El. It is great fun to watch two people who don’t like or trust each other work alongside one another. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Aunt Alura. I’m beginning to agree with Supergirl when she had the thought “Why couldn’t he have killed her.” Man, this character makes me want to get a marker and scribble her out of any scene she pops up in. We get it your husband was killed and you’re upset, LET’S MOVE ON NOW PLEASE.

In all another solid issue, I think this book will continue to get better and better as the creative team finds their stride. They’ll also have more issues to do it in since this book is now labeled as 2 of 15. Initially I think it was only supposed to be 12, but I could be wrong on that.