Superman doesn't have many Omnibus so I was a bit surprised when grabbing this that it would do the stories between the famous Man of Steel Era and Death of Superman. I hadn't heard much of the storis of that era so had very little knowledge if they were good or bad. Now after 800 pages later I can safely say this Era is really interesting, slightly flawed, but overall worth looking into for fans of the man of Steel.

The stories start off right from where the storylines ended in the Man of Steel books that came out. So that means Clark is dealing with the fact he had to kill Zod and his people to stop them from murdering thousands of more. The stories start simple enough, kind of good old campy fun with Superman saving the day. Silver Banshee makes a return for a moment. We have Gangbuster start showing back up with considers with Jose getting the ability to walk again thanks to some LexCorp products.

Then things get a bit darker when we reveal who Gangbuster is. From there Superman has some serious trouble figuring out what's wrong with him both physically and mentally. He visits his family one more time, this time thinking it's time to take a very long vacation. He exiles himself from Planet earth and goes into the stars to find the answers he's seeking.

And this is where the strongest part of the entire Omnibus is. Superman traveling around different planets, meeting different species, while helping them, and also helping himself in his own way. It's really charming, and digs deep into someone who is wounded and hurt after his actions while trying to do better. It has moments of sadness, of triumph, and eventually a fight with Mongul on Warworld. So it's all leading up to major events of Clark becoming the Man of Steel again we all know and love.

When we return to earth things settle down more into routine again and while there's some cool storylines with Matrix and eradicator is interesting enough, we do fall back into one shots that aren't as interesting. I especially felt they dropped the ball a bit on Cat's storyline as well as Jimmy's being a bit TOO goofy for me. I also had no real love for the Lex Luthor storyline in this Omnibus as the whole evil corporate mastermind felt kind of played out a bit here.

Overall though, while I don't think any of these stories are earthshattering, it was really nice to see Supes go into Space, help others, and help himself mentally. Sometimes we all need a little break to figure ourselves out, and I enjoyed that aspect of the book a ton. And while some of start and ending are a bit weaker, there's overall Omnibus is a solid one. A 3.5 out of 5.