Mongul shatters the United Planets in this Superman #20 exclusive
Superman is always busy, but it’s hard to think of a time when he’s had more on his plate than right now. He’s revealed his civilian identity to the world, opening a massive can of worms that complicates his life in endless ways, and he’s also spearheading the intergalactic effort to create the United Planets, which requires navigating a lot of different alien egos to create bridges between formerly warring species. Writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Ivan Reis have done spectacular work on year two of Superman, simultaneously expanding on both Superman’s cosmic adventures and Clark Kent’s challenges at home. (Read more about it in this Big Issues from last year.) The fallout of the big identity reveal gives Bendis loads to explore in regards to the current state of journalism, with Clark Kent sticking around as a full-time employee and the Daily Planet publicly promoting Superman as one of their writers.
