New Story "Breaking Point" for Superman #31/32

[Dispenser Of Truth]

By James Bonny and Tyler Kirkham - a New 52 Deathstroke team - with covers by Ian Churchill.

SUPERMAN #31: Lois Lane is after the interview of a lifetime. The subject of her Daily Planet article: Deathstroke the Terminator! Determined to get "inside the mind of a killer," Lois follows a trail of bodies across the globe and comes face to face with the ultimate assassin. But the encounter turns deadly and, with Superman half a world away, the interview of a lifetime could cost Lois Lane her life! Don't miss part one of "Breaking Point"!

SUPERMAN #32: Deathstroke has come to Metropolis…and he’s got his sights set on Superman. Slade Wilson gives the Man of Steel an impossible choice: maintain his ideals and let the love of his life die, or save Lois Lane and become a killer himself. Will Deathstoke push Superman to his breaking point?

[Sacred Knight]

"Breaking Point" would be a good descriptor of my overall current feelings of this title right now.

By the way, the Joker has already played this game with Superman before.

[Kuwagaton]

This sounds frustrating. Anyone familiar with bonny?

[Vanguard-01]

Superman vs. Deathstroke AGAIN?

Hopefully this fight will go better for him than it did in Deathstroke's book. Doubt it, though. There's no "drama" if Superman actually gets to be Superman against him.

[Sacred Knight]

Here's how the story will end: Superman will choose not to kill just to save Lois because he knows that she would be disappointed in him if he betrayed his ideals as that's what she loves most about him. Superman will either find a way around the plot, to save Lois but not kill, or whatever peril Lois is in will seemingly come to fruition, and Superman will briefly believe Lois is dead only for Deathstroke to reveal that it was just some trick to see if Superman would kill.

Basically either one big rip off of the 90s Joker story I referenced before, or a rip off of the last Manchester Black storyline pre-FP.

[Dolores - The Worst Poster Ever]

Another story where choosing between his family and others comes into play. A lot of those kinds of stories have been solicited since Rebirth, but the solicits have been exaggerated, so it isn't as bad as it sounds.

But it's still tiresome.

I wonder what's going on with the Superman book right now. Is 'Imperius Lex' delayed because the bi-monthly schedule has finally taken its toll on Tomasi & Gleason, or is there more going on?

This sounds frustrating. Anyone familiar with bonny?

He wrote some of the second New 52 Deathstroke book, and Kirkham was on art for some issues.

Doesn't really inspire confidence for this fill-in story.

[FishyZombie]

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^ american alien already gave me the definitive Slade vs Supes battle.

[Ascended]

^ american alien already gave me the definitive Slade vs Supes battle.

Possibly my favorite scene in American Alien.

Not liking the sound of this arc at all. Be nice to get "reporter" Lois back, and the idea of her chasing an interview with Slade sounds amazing. But instead of getting a fascinating character piece as Lois actually gets to interview the guy, we're getting a Superman-Deathstroke fight, where Clark will have to be written at a sever handicap to make Slade even remotely viable as a threat?

Maybe the preview or reviews will sell me on it but right now Im thinking hard pass.

[KoriandrJean]

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^ american alien already gave me the definitive Slade vs Supes battle.

LOL! What issue was this in, please?

[Frontier]

I wonder what's going on with the Superman book right now. Is 'Imperius Lex' delayed because the bi-monthly schedule has finally taken its toll on Tomasi & Gleason, or is there more going on?

I'm wondering if it's tied to what's going on with Lex in Action and Doomsday Clock .

[Dolores - The Worst Poster Ever]

I'm wondering if it's tied to what's going on with Lex in Action and Doomsday Clock .

Seems likely.

Some time ago Jurgen's said he had saved a project that was going to go off the rails, which could have been in reference to Oz Effect.

With Action now shaping the continuity of Rebirth Superman, and Doomsday Clock taking precedence over everything else, the Superman team may be doing a lot of last minute rewrites.

[Dispenser Of Truth]

Hopefully this fight will go better for him than it did in Deathstroke's book.

Never understood people's issue with that one. Superman shrugs off punching a forcefield so hard he explodes his own blood vessels, and after every ridiculous dumb Deathstrokey plot-armor gimmick Deathstroke can pull out, Superman still outplays both him and his wife in his own book.

Certainly no reason though to expect this one is going to end up any differently than what Sacred Knight described, though.

[Soubhagya]

Always nice to see Lois as reporter.Where is Tomasi and Gleason?Apart from Road Trip they have given good to great stories.There are so many guest issues,fill in issues.I was looking forward to Imperius Rex arc.I thought Deathstroke had turned back from being an assasain after Lazarus effect.I have not been reading Deathstroke so any info would be appreciated.