Action Comics #881
"The Hunt for Reactron" starts here! Spilling out of the stunning finale of "Codename: Patriot," Supergirl and Flamebird find themselves at each other's throats! What's happened to these two childhood friends to put them at such odds, and can Nightwing calm them down before the situation escalates? And just what are they going to do about all of the guys who are surrounding them? You know, the guys in the tanks? Continued in SUPERGIRL #45!
Plus! James Robinson and Greg Rucka's Captain Atom co-feature continues! What is happening to Captain Atom, and more important, what's happening to his mind? Team Breach is on hand to lend some answers, but Atom probably isn't going to like them. Featuring the gorgeous art of CAFU!
Written by Greg Rucka and Sterling Gates
Co-feature written by James Robinson and Rucka
Art by Pere Pérez
Co-feature art by CAFU
Cover by Pere Pérez
Size: 40 Pages
Price: $3.99
453
pulls
Avg Rating: 3.6
Comments
As much as I've been liking the Superman line lately, Codename: Patriot, as a crossover, just fell a little flat. The story itself was fine, but the plotting was just kind of off.
Posted by Viewt on 09/14/09 at 05:15 PM
this is hardly holding my attention anymore.
Posted by musicologist86 on 09/15/09 at 03:34 AM
I agree with you on Codename: Patriot, I enjoyed the first 3 parts but the 4th wasn't so great. I don't think I'll be picking up the Supergirl half of this one.
Posted by skeets on 09/15/09 at 10:19 AM
I'm starting to think twice about getting this. I'm really trying to shave off a few books, the $3.99 ones especially.
Posted by robbydzwonar on 09/15/09 at 08:40 PM
Definitely not picking up the Supergirl side of this. Both the main and co-features were pretty average.
Posted by skeets on 09/17/09 at 02:41 AM
Does anyone think they had to make Dick Grayson have some kind of name change or this whole new Nightwing would confuse everyone in solicits?
Posted by SummerSleep on 09/17/09 at 04:52 PM
The main story was decent but I like the Captain Atom co-feature. Looking forward to seeing how it ties in.
Posted by ProjectX2 on 09/17/09 at 09:17 PM
I enjoyed this, giving it a 4/5, better than I had expected going into it, interested to see where it goes. It's cool that Gates and Rucka are cowriting it. Also, the Captain Atom back-up is getting interesting,
@summersleep There are 3 Flashes and 5 Earth Green Lanterns, I don't think having two Nightwings would have been that big of a deal. However, that said, I do imagine this is why Tim Drake is Red Robin and not Nightwing.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 09/18/09 at 08:01 PM
I am still loving how consistent the Superman line is.
Posted by theegreatone on 09/19/09 at 01:41 AM
Having Supergirl and Captain Atom in this book is a good idea, because I couldn't care less about the leads.
Posted by magnum240 on 09/20/09 at 09:02 AM
This issue was really, really good. I didn't expect the codename patriot fallout to kick in so soon.
Pere Perez is a great artist.
Posted by sandgrounder on 09/21/09 at 01:44 AM
my store owner sneaked this into my stack... it's terrible
Posted by edward on 09/21/09 at 01:54 AM
In the Cap Atom co-feature was the woman soldier Natasha Irons?
Posted by WinTheWonderboy on 09/21/09 at 05:02 AM
@win I'm rather certain it is. I'm of the opinion that Atom crash landed on the Magic planet Lane is holed up on.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 09/21/09 at 01:47 PM
Should be interesting. Nice to see some cross-breeding here. Also we know from the end of Codename Patriot that it seems Captain Atom's back-up feature seems to be important to the overall Supes line.
Posted by PraxJarvin on 09/14/09 at 04:57 PM