I've been trying to catch up on my reading. I have two full bookshelves with backstock reading material. I finally caught up on everything new I had, so I pulled this off the shelf. This book really brought me back to the nineties. But I'm not sure if that's good or that's bad. I had stopped reading the Superman books by this point in time. They weren't really doing it for me anymore. But reading this felt like putting on a comfortable old pair of jeans.
Basic premise of this book is Brainiac is back, he's got War World and he's coming to take over earth. Superman gathers up as many of his friends as he can to battle Brainac and turn him away. It looks like Matrix hasn't been around as Supergirl for very long at this point. She's easily taken over by Brainiac, as is Maxima, or so she wants Brainiac to believe. This story ran through all four of the monthly Superman titles. Around that time, everything ran through all four Superman titles, effectively making Superman a weekly title. While it's a good idea on paper, it really hampers the creative teams on each book because they're not necessarily telling their own stories. And it kind of shows.
Superman: Panic In The Sky
Writer: Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern
Artist: Jon Bogdanove, Tom Grummett, Jackson Guice, Dan Jurgens, Bob McLeod, Brett Breeding, Doug Hazlewood, Dennis Janke, Denis Rodier, Trevor Scott
DC Comics
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