As Hannibal would say in The A-Team: "I love it when a plan comes together", so I think he would have appreciated the culmination of fellow army man General Lane's schemes in Superman issue 691.In the final episode of the Codename: Patriot story arc, the many diverse strands of Lane's Machiavellian behind-the-scenes maneuverings fall into place when he manages to kidnap Mon-El framing Supergirl (blowing up protions of Metropolis in the process), trick Ral-Dar into attacking the President of The United States during a trade meeting with Markovia and turn the world against Superman, through his use of Morgan Edge's television show!
As an added bonus for the General, he also took the opportunity of saving the President to reveal to the world that he wasn't dead after all and had, in fact, been on a "deep undercover mission".
Looking forward to finding out how Lois is going to take all this - her father alive and her husband a traitor to Earth?
Throw in the revelation of General Lane's new base in a magical dimension (which makes the average Dungeons & Dragons world look very tame by comparison), home of his shapeshifting assistant Mirabai and this is an outstanding conclusion to this particular segment of this year's Superman story arcs.
Okay, so the artwork isn't the best in comics at the moment, but it's functional and serviceable, and it has its moments (ie the unveiling of Mirabai's world and the Superman/Ral-Dar chase across the skies of Europe) .
With General Lane also pulling the strings on New Krypton, it's going to be fascinating to see over the next few months how Superman deals with this ever-increasing mountain of trouble and bad publicity; and ultimately what the resolution of the whole New Krypton situation will be (I can't believe a planet of Supermen and women - and pets - on the other side of the Sun to Earth is going to remain a permanent fixture in the DC Universe).
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