I enjoyed the Brainiac arc — and I’ve generally liked Johns on Action (though I’m still mad that DC hasn’t even tried to explain the Chris Kent continuity debacle) — but I don’t like the trend in the Superman books to A.) bring back old characters that weren’t missed (Cat, Steve Lombard, etc.), and B.) being more like the Donner movies by drawing Supes more like Christopher Reeve, making Clark act more clumsy and nerdy, and doing the crystalline Fortress.

I think I’ll keep an eye on the New Krypton arc at my LCS and then wait for the trade if I like it enough. I don’t feel like having to buy three different monthly books, and possibly end up not liking the arc.

OK, I will admit that what I’ve read of the Johns run on Action has left me sort of cold, even though I like most of Geoff’s output. (Cat Grant, Skank is especially off-putting to me and undermines a formerly strong female character as much as making her Luthor’s press secretary did.)

But it’s reached the point that any comic books deaths other than those of the heroes themselves feel calculated and meaningless. Never mind that this is a character that’s died in countless other continuities before. Never mind that killing someone’s aging father doesn’t even seem risky (though it would be a a huge breakthrough if Marvel ever let Aunt May die).