Ray: It’s the conclusion to what will hopefully be the first of many DC works by Ryan North, and this quick miniseries showing us Krypto’s early days on Earth is a great story for dog lovers. Our super-pooch has had quite the journey to get here, dealing with temporary owners both good and bad, but now he’s approaching Smallville. But first he has to deal with one last mission – a family is being held hostage by a corrupt real estate criminal, looking to force them to sell. Krypto arrives, and is able to foil the assassin just in time. The grateful family mentions Superboy – and the final step of his journey begins as he finds his way to the Kent farm, much to the surprise of Jonathan and Martha. While they’re a little confused by everything, it’s soon very clear that this is Clark’s dog – and that means he’s as much part of the family as anyone else. Just as it should be.

Ray: Red Tornado’s bizarre conspiracy against/for the Justice League continues to unfold, as he deputizes his team on one mission after another. Cyborg and Simon Baz are on the trail of Red Canary, who has been captured by a new version of the Church of Blood, now led by the mysterious Father Blood. It was a little hard to guess why these villains would be so interested in a random young martial artist, but this issue shows she’s anything but – with a huge change to her character that essentially turns her into a completely different and far more key figure to the DCU. Meanwhile, Power Girl has a much more emotional storyarc as Red Tornado manages to hack time itself to put her in touch briefly with her late parents on another Earth. This and another new addition to the team, Deadman, hint at a far more cosmic story – one that ties into the current main DC story, and adds some big wrinkles once we discover Red Tornado’s next target for this team to take on.

Ray: Selina’s Italian adventure continues as Catwoman targets the Falcone family for one of the most precious prizes in the Mafia – but this case is much more personal to her. Flashbacks, rendered in a slightly different old-school art style, show Selina’s memories of growing up with a loving but troubled mother and an abusive father, and how that led to her very first heist. This is the first arc of this run that really feels like it’s in touch with Selina’s Gotham roots, and the story is better for it. In the present day, she crosses paths with a reporter who is staking out the compound and quickly finds himself in danger from the mafia guards. The infiltration is one of the most high-stakes missions Selina has done yet, with a great gut punch of a last line as she realizes she might not have pulled it off as well as she thinks. This run might not be set in Gotham, but it’s definitely pulling in some interesting elements from Catwoman’s history.

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