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Superman: Camelot Falls Vol. 2 by Kurt Busiek, Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino
01/05/2008 . Source: Geoff Willmetts 
pub: Titan Books. 128 page graphic novel hardback. Price: £12.99 (UK). ISBN: 1-84576-651-2. Buy Superman: Camelot Falls in the USA - or Buy Superman: Camelot Falls in the UK  check out website: www.titanbooks.comand www.dccomics.com
This is a reprint of material from Superman # 662-664 and # 667 and Superman Annual # 13, continuing the Man of Steel's problems with the mage Arion of Atlantis. According to him, the presence of alien heroes on Earth is preventing the fall of mankind which they would one day recover from. With their presence, mankind will not survive. Superman ponders on the implication of this, together the news that there are three Kryptonians on Earth and he doesn't know who the third is. The latter problem he's left to his good buddy, the Batman, to work out. Dealing with Arion, Superman needs to be better prepared against magic and gets a little coaching from Zatanna on its various forms.
Just in case things couldn't get any worse, a bunch of young New Gods are on a jolly on Earth, the Prankster is out for a last prank, Subjekt-17 has his mind back and the federal security service Squad K has been deployed when its thought Superman has lost his mind. A normal week in the life of Superman in other words. Even Lana Luthor gets a spot as remote mobile cameras are sent to watch proceedings to make some money back from a research project.
There is enough information given at the front of this book to make it easy to follow even without volume one. The artwork by Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino blends without clashing but nothing to indicate who did which. Even in my wildest days reading comics, I have to confess my head stayed more in the reality than the process when I was digesting the material although I'm sure others would have appreciated having the information disclosed. Occasionally, I felt at the beginning of the book that the faces were somewhat flattened but that eased off towards the end. Kurt Busiek's story keeps everything moving along and making sense but to say any more would spoil the ending.
If you like Superman but haven't bought these comics then you'll enjoy this.
GF Willmetts
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