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The Warworld saga has been a big story for Action Comics, and the story has been building in tension over the last few issues. With Superman having fully joined the revolution, open war has come to Warworld. But, when Mongol unleashes his new weapons, the apparently evil former members of Superman's own team, things have gotten much worse.
With some of their former teammates now fighting alongside the villain, those left to stand against Mongol find themselves drawn in multiple different directions. With ore than one path open to them, it's decided to split the group to take on all objectives at the same time.
Natasha, Orphan, and Leonath, along with the help of Steel back on Earth, head to one of the star forges in the hopes of turning the red sun reactor into a yellow sun using the Genesis fragment. This will allow Superman and the Phaelosians to access their super human powers to fight Mongol's forces.
Manchester Black, Enchantress, Midnighter, and Khaljo will gather the available forces at their disposal and will meet Mongol's army in the open, in hopes that they might be able to free their friends of whatever control the despot has over them.
And Superman, Kryl-Ux, and the children travel deep beneath the surface of Warworld in hopes of locating the Fire of Olgrun in order to use it against Mongol, and to stop him from gaining it as a weapon.
There's a lot of stuff going on in this issue, and it feels like things are starting to build up towards the conclusion. The decision to split the team into three groups gives us more ground to cover, but it also means that we're not having to really lose any characters when all of them are trying to find something to do when they're all in a scene together.
One of my favourite moments in this issue was the talk that Clark had with some of the Phaelosian kids when they're travelling underground. They discuss the different options open to the children after they've beaten Mongol, and where they can go. And Clark tells them that as long as they wear his symbol they're family, and always welcome on Earth. It's a small moment, but one that reminds people that it's not the fighting that makes Superman great, it's not him refusing to let Mongol win, of getting up again each tie he's beaten, but the small moments of kindness like this that make him a truly great person.
The back-up feature keeps the focus on the main story, and fills in some of the blanks as to what's happening on Earth during the story. Whilst it adds to the main story it does feel like an okay story in itself, and promises some cool things to come in the next issue as Lois Lane brings in all of the members of the Superman Family to help stop the villain.
The Warworld saga has been going on for a while, but continues to be engaging an creative, and is one of the more enjoyable Superman stories in a while.
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