Superman World Of New Krypton #5 (OF 12)

For a little while I considered WoNK to be the best of the Superman line while that is no longer the case, Robinson's work on Superman has since surpassed it, the book is still very enjoyable. Although, in a way the five issues are starting to share too many similarities.

One thing this issue has that previous ones did not is room for Pete Wood's art to breath. Finally we get an issue with nice wide panels and pages that are far from cramped. Due in large part to this, Wood's work on the issue is the best it has been so far in the series.

In regards to the story, if somone had told me what the story was about I probably would have left it on the shelf. However, actually reading it was a good time because Robinson and Rucka managed to make the courtroom drama and behind the scenes chess-playing of General Zod an intriquing read which is no easy task. For those who might claim that nothing happened in this issue I say, shame on you. This issue does an excellent job of adding to the already wonderfully written relationship between Zod and Superman, reveals important information about a minor but key character, and shows once again what makes Superman different than the rest of these other 100,000 Kryptonians.

To go back to a point I made earlier about each issue having too many similarities, in this issue we get another shocking cliffhanger. Except at this point it isn't all that shocking. Of course these things are going to be part of a sequential storytelling medium, but over five issues WoNK has followed a similar track too many times already; cleaning everything up neatly like a half-hour sitcom only to slam you with a crazy cliffhanger right at the last minute. Again, this is in many ways a necessary part of the medium but to me that doesn't completely absolve the creative team here.