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The latest issue of Action Comics continues to cover the events of Kal-El's return to Earth; but unlike other entries in this story-line, this issue feels like it's treading water, and doesn't seem to add a huge amount to things.
The comic opens with more development of the Metallo story-line, with Lex visiting Corben in prison, where he's been given a new body. Despite Lex trying to convince him that he has to join up with him, first to try and save the Earth from aliens, then to try and save himself, Corben wants nothing to do with it and Lex leaves in a bout of anger.
From here the book really ground to a halt for me as it shifted its focus to Otho-Ra and Osul-Ra, the two Phalosian kids who Clark has agreed to take in. The two of them are visiting Metropolis Zoo with Lois and Bibbo. This section of the book, which feels like most of the book, does very little for me. I like the kids, and Lois is a great character, but this whole scenario failed to grab me. Perhaps it was the inclusion of Bibbo, who feels like the kind of character who doesn't really fit in more modern comics, but I'm not sure. Whatever it was, I was so glad when something finally happened and the issue did something to entertain me.
Orion, Kalibak, and Desaad arrive looking for the Fire of Olgrun, which was used to bring one of the kids back to life on Warworld, and so Superman has to arrive on the scene and get into a fight with the New Gods. Whilst this finally feels like the book is doing something it felt too little too late, and by the time it was happening I was already bored of the book. The New Gods have never been something that hugely excites me either, and as such their sudden inclusion failed to grab me.
The back-up story was much more entertaining, and featured Supergirl working with Thao-La, searching the city for the new threat that they were facing. Thao-La seems to be much more of an interesting focus here than the two kids, and it's a shame that this was the shorter back-up feature to the main part of the book that overstays its welcome.
This was the first real misstep in this story, a story that has been really enjoyable up to now. Thanks to a focus that failed to excite, and very slow pacing, it ended up as a book that I was happy to see finished.
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