Action Comics
It's a shame the big reveal was spoiled at the top of the week, but there's not much substance to the main story either. DoppleClark is pretty much done away with barely three or four pages in and we get a nostaglia tour as Mxy takes on various forms of Super-Bads past and urges Clark to say his name like he's Walter White or something. After the reveal, Myx says he's going to make sure Jon is never remembered by anyone and takes his leave. The cliffhanger is Lois no longer remembers her own son.
The back-up strip by Dini is the real meat of the issue, and gives us answers to why Myx became Clark. During one of his visits, Myx was taken off the table and imprisoned by Mr. Oz, who did'nt want a random element intervening in his grand design for Superman. Myx is confident Supes will track him down when he does'nt show up after the 90 days elapse, but Oz says his prison will ensure Myx won't be detected for 2000 years. After a lot of time passes, a depressed Myx snaps and realizes Clark is'nt coming to check on him, and says his name backwards several times which helps him break free of the prison. He is flung back into Metropolis and he takes the guise of Clark, wiping his own memory to make sure he did'nt compromise his current location to his enemies.
Things eventually go sour and Myx's memories are triggered when he starts having designs on Lois and discovers Clark's family. He's envious of Jon and abducts him. He makes reference to travelling all over the multiverse in various forms, encountering the Supermen of television,. cartoons and comic books, and then toys further with Jon, tempting him with a return home (a game Jon wins by saying his mispronounciation of "purple hat" backwards), and then wrenching him away from that. Myx tells Jon he's looking at a magical imp who got tortutred just for trying to be a little too human
Detective Comics
It's another "Shiva is dissapointed in Cass" issue...we've seen them by the dozen. Kate and Commander Kane talk about her dad's encounter with Shiva and Cass gets all teary eyed and hugs Bruce. Kate gets a call from Rene alerting them to the man-hunt going on for the Bat-team in the wake of the Mayor's murder
New Superman
Lex helps restore Kenan's full power using a chinese gateway to hell and a solar powered skeleton of N52 Superman. Cliffhanger sees Superman show up, presumbly this is post-Reborn Supes as the next issue is meant to be a Reborn Aftermath tie-in
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