Dan Jurgens and Keith Giffen are back for more this month, wrapping up their first quickie story in Superman this month and sending Helspont packing–at least for the moment. The pair also set up some changes for Clark’s status quo (Jimmy as a potential new roommate) and personal life (Lucy Lane hates him).All of this set against a deeply distressing fantasy embedded in the Man of Steel’s head by Helspont, who had come to Earth looking for Superman’s help in punishing the Daemonites, who have overthrown Helspont and exiled him. The depot has a fundamental misunderstanding of who Superman is, though, and Giffen and Jurgens have no problem rectifying that misunderstanding with an inspirational Superman speech and some truly impressive visuals.I loved the Perez run on Superman, as many readers here know, but where he and finishing artist Jesus Merino were less than stellar was in the fighting and action sequences; Superman seemed to be just kind of throwing himself at the villains (who were, admittedly, elemental in nature and may have needed that sort of approach), and it was visually unspectacular. Jurgens and Merino seem to be bent on setting that right as quickly as they can. Improving on George Perez pencils? That’s a tall order.Ultimately it will be interesting to see how the events of this issue play out, whether that’s in this summer’s Superman family crossover or somewhere else. whether Helspont’s story is to be believed or not is anyone’s guess, although there was nothing on the page to make the reader doubt it yet. Either way, the increasing importance of WildStorm’s Daemonites will make this an issue that fans are likely to look back on sooner than later and try to see if there was any hidden meaning lodged inside. Let’s see if co-writer and penciller Dan Jurgens can shed some light on it.Just after the last time we’ve talked, the Man of Steel logo was revealed. It’s very…metallic. How do you like it?Kind of appropriate for the Man of Steel!
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