Superman: Lightning Strikes Twice Review

Come one, come all to the Countdown before Countdown! We are post Identity Crisis, the powder keg paving the way for the event to end all events. I will stand here and say that this era of the DCU might be the most unified and exciting it has ever been (though a close second would have to be 2016-2017 Rebirth era). I would even dare call Countdown itself an event with how much impact it has line wide. With Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, Gail Simone, and Judd Winick at the helm maneuvering all the power players into the places they need to be, there's not much that can go wrong!

  [Lightning Strikes Twice] ~ {Written by Judd Winick}

• Action Comics #826 - Lightning Strikes Twice, Part I : "Hate" = Opener was interesting enough. I enjoyed the framing device with all three suicides, while I'm interested to see how Eclipso and this Lex-Tech convergence contribute to the building narrative of Countdown. We get a great mention of Black Reign as well as an appearance from the boys Shazam and Captain Marvel, and Ian Churchill does a fine job on art.
• Adventures Of Superman #639 - Lightning Strikes Twice, Part II : "Rage Is His Door" = My god, Ian Churchill had Clay Mann levels of horniness in this issue. I swear all the women were packing heat in every panel, and they never missed an opportunity to have them scantily clad. These have been reading very quickly, and most of the issue was the fight. 
• Superman #216 - Lightning Strikes Twice, Part III : "Scales of Power" = Quick lore dump, brutal brawl across the globe, and a succinct segue into Day of Vengeance! I enjoyed Winick's edgy grimdark dialogue for Eclipso-Superman, although I'm hyped to see Willingham tackle the upcoming "Death of Magic".