Super Powers #2 (2nd Series)

In the last issue, the Justice League divided up into groups to destroy the 5 seeds of doom planted by Darkseid. His goal is for the seeds to take root into the Earth's core and unleash a flood of magma onto the surface creating a second planet Apokolips.

The first group to come in contact with a seed is the trio of Hawkman, Green Arrow and the Red Tornado. In a subway tunnel underneath the Big Apple, the heroes encounter Kalibak, the son of Darkseid! In the throes of battle, the protagonists learn another power of the doom seeds- when a Justice Leaguer touches the pods, it both zaps their energy and sends them back in time!

The heroes follow Kalibak back to prehistoric times where the New God has his Boulder Bomber armed and ready! With massive rocks flying, dinosaurs running wild and a tribe of cavemen in the midst of a stampede, the time stranded heroes will have their hands full trying to get back home in hopes of saving the modern day Earth!

A fun read. This is how I wish the previous Super Powers series had begun. Yes, we got small pairings of Justice League members fighting bad guys. But it lacked cohesion. This Paul Kupperberg penned series is following the time honored formula of both the original Justice League of America comic as well as the Super Friends cartoon in it's many incarnations. Some might have felt series 1 was more original. But I prefer that tried and true plot device when it comes to the heroes of the DC Universe.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.