Oh man, what I feared the most. Without Tom the story begins to fall apart. It's not bad by any means, but more "Okay". Tom had a knack to create a really good Superman who's both good and bad. Brain does a decent enough job of carrying that over. However, this volume, even though contains ton of action, is a tad slow on the pacing. I really dug some of it that I won't go in to without spoilers but the scenes with Swamp Thing were great (and heartbreaking) and I did love the sweet betrayal at the end.

However, it felt very tame compared to previous volumes. I'm hoping Year 4 and 5 pick up. Because Injustice was easily top 10 DC stories for me ever. I want that continue. Come on Brain, step it the fuck up!