The Kryptonite Plague is over, but the fight is never-ending for the Super Family!
Zod has returned from the future with a captured Superboy and Kara Zor-El. However, this is NOT the Zod who initiated this attack. This is one who believes he can still save Krypton.
SUPERMAN #42 by Joshua Williamson, Eddy Barrows, Eduardo Pansica Eber Ferreira, Júlio Ferreira, Ulises Arreola & Ariana Maher (DC COMICS) delivers the pen-ultimate chapter of “Kingdom Of Zod’!
Let’s take a deeper dive into the latest.
SUPERMAN #42 by Joshua Williamson, Eddy Barrows, Eduardo Pansica Eber Ferreira, Júlio Ferreira, Ulises Arreola & Ariana Maher (DC COMICS)
*** POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING ***
Williamson puts a fitting bow on the K-Zone conflict with the opening pages. Readers watch as the Super Family and friends handle that matter rather quickly. It helps to transition to Superman’s full arrival back to Earth and this timeline. The peace is short-lived as one major piece is left on the board. Booster Gold’s omission and Zod’s dead body discovery sends the story spiraling into its’ main event.
Readers watch as Zod returns/debuts from the future with prisoners in tow. The writing shows him in a very different place in comparison to past incarnations. The talk with Kal-El teases many different emotions. It is handles with grace as they discuss business. This lasts through a cycle of other character moments as Zod returns with a demand of his own. This launches the story into its’ closing pages. Once the gauntlet is thrown, there is no turning back form where this leads. Solid set-up for the finale.
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Barrows and Pansica take the reigns for pencils this chapter. The opening locks in on the immediate impact of the K-Zone crash-out. Barrow’s detailed pencils of Princess Shark steal the show as the jailbreak occurs. It’s shut down by a phenomenal full page shot of Superman crashing through to fee his team. A vintage moment as one could make.
The discovery of Zod’s body sensa chill through the pages as Superman realizes what’s happened. It stages more awkwardness between Connor Kent and CK as Superman praises the reformed hero*. A near full shot of Booster Gold moves the story towards its’ pivoting point. The full shot of Zod’s return makes a bold statement. It moves to more personal conversations with Pansica taking over. The closing lights the match on the tense talks into full blown combat. Zod’s full page strike is followed by a exciting final page. The end is here for the crossover. Who else is ready?
FINAL GRADE: 8.8
The Kingdom has fallen but long live the King? That is the question posed in this latest chapter. Williamson sets the stage for an epic finale. The art team captures the personal toll taken as one more attack looks to bring the house down, ready for not. A crossover event living up to the marque billing.
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