This is a first of several 'confessionals' between Superman and Father Leone. At their next encounter, Superman explains how he traced the source of The Vanishing to an unnamed foreign country in the Middle East. In the midst of a war, Superman removes from one side all of their weapons; on the other he faces General Nox, a military leader intent on taking over the country. Nox refuses to stand down and, along with his super-powered minion Equus, fights against Superman's interference. Equus is injured and, in a last-ditch attempt to escape, activates the Vanishing Device, creating a second "Vanishing", which vanishes himself, General Nox and 300,000 more inhabitants of Earth. This leads to Superman having to face the anger of the public and the JLA. The Phantom Zone: Miniseries which explores the history of the Phantom Zone and features a new conflict between the Earth's heroes and the Zoners. In Archie Comics, it's Pureheart the Powerful , also called Captain Pureheart, which came out of the 1960s superhero revival and the Life with Archie comics with their longer adventure stories.

However, Azzarello’s heavy-handed approach can lead to mixed results as it does deviate from what Superman purists would want which is a light adventurous romp (if you want that, go and read All-Star Superman). What works best about For Tomorrow, is when Azzarello is evoking the established Superman mythos as there are many sequences of Superman saving people, fighting a giant monster and even sharing a scene with the Justice League of America who start to question his solo heroism. However, if there’s one thing that will ring true for many Superman fans is his romance with Lois and the reunion scene here makes him a man that any woman can idealise. Supergirl: Wings: Reimagining of the "Earth-Angel" storyline from Peter David's run on Supergirl, taking the Matrix incarnation of Supergirl and turning her into a literal angel. Crucible: Supergirl is invited to enrol in a super-hero interplanetary academy. But is Crucible Academy really what it looks like?Superman & Batman: Generations: An Elseworlds series written and illustrated by John Byrne, Superman & Batman: Generations is built upon one central conceit: the complete and total Aversion of Comic-Book Time.

The Third Kryptonian: Superman (Vol 1) #668-670. After an alien reveals the existence of another Kryptonian living on Earth, Superman and Batman scour the planet. Who is that person? Is he or she a friend or a menace? Why have they remained hidden for decades and what or who they are hiding from? What annoys me the most about all this is that Superman's ultimate dilemma isn't with things going south but with the building of the sphere in the first place. He mopes that it was a mistake from the get-go, when anyone with a brain will tell you it wasn't. A godlike alien attempting to help humanity in more macro ways than just fighting bad guys is apparently a stupid idea because of poor planning. What a great moral for the story.Things begin with promise when Superman surmises the location of The Vanishing to be a war-torn country (why the JLA or himself were unable to do that earlier is beyond me). He heads over there and tries to end the conflict, only to then haphazardly halt his initiative when one of the faction leaders tells him to stop....what? I wish I was kidding, but no- the Boy Scout is turned into some random general's b*tch because the man asked nicely. Why are you taking him to heart? Why do you think he's telling you the truth when you just witnessed him hire Equus to commit war crimes? And surprise surprise, it turns out Equus is so much of a loose cannon, he's willing to kill unarmed soldiers and activate the orb that initiated the Vanishing, in turn causing another one!