Liked the issue. PKJ called the first story his tribute to Superman 400, and yeah, it shows. It's not as good as that one, but it does succeed at providing an interesting take on how people remember and have been influenced by Superman after he's gone. He's only in it for a small scene at the end, but it's as perfect a Superman moment as can be, both justifying the faith these people have in him and making it clear that Superman doesn't care about any of that, he's just fighting injustice and saving people wherever he can. Before that, we get several different fantasies from regular people as to Superman's fate, and they start at somewhat cynical (he died without anyone noticing/he and Kara were the exception and Kryptonians in general are evil), before going full mythological (extrapolating from different ideas of Clark: "he's sun-powered", "he's an alien", "he's a farmer"). There's a bit of cheap talk about hope that goes nowhere except to say everyone's just too cynical (they're not), but other than that it's pretty great. It succeeded at presenting Superman as this godlike figure in the eyes of regular people while at the same time showing him as very human. The art and coloring is amazing, with every scene, every location, every fantasy having its own unique feel to it. Overall, great introduction to PKJ's Superman.

The second story, with Mr. Miracle, is much the same as the one from before, with Shilo being very confused by everything around him, but it's much better this time around because his circumstances are more interesting, and mesh very well with his inner monologue and banter with his Mother Box. Art is better, too, with the coloring showing him as this glowing figure that is being consumed by the darkness around him.

The third story, with Midnighter, is pretty shallow (Midnighter infiltrates a mysterious place and kills lots of mooks along the way), but its saving grace is the art. It's excellent, adding a lot of variety to what could have been rote "Midnighter kills one mook after another" sequences, always one more trick so that it never gets boring.

The fourth story, with Black Racer, clearly needed more time to develop (this and Midnighter should have swapped page count), but while it fails at endearing me to the new Black Racer, it does succeed at adding a lot of flavor to Warworld and Mongul.

Overall, only the Superman story could stand on its own, but the back-ups do flesh up the world in interesting ways.

Other than that, interesting to see Kara be mentioned in the same breath as Clark as someone these people trust, whereas Jon explicitely isn't. Sadly and infuriatingly, Lois isn't mentioned anywhere.