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After his last battle with Superman, H’el wakes up on Krypton years before it is destroyed! Can H’el manipulate the Science Counsel, soldiers and countless others including Jor-El, to save the planet? And what does it mean for the birth of Superman if he succeeds?

Written by: Scott Lobdell
Art by: Dan Jurgens, Ray McCarthy
Cover by: Gene Ha

[Draco x]

Nice art.

[Juan Cena]

*Sigh* More generic sci-fi.

[IvCNuB4]

That may be due to Jurgens style but he does a fairly good job of keeping the pencils clean and crisp throughout this issue.
Lobdell also does a nice job of gathering up the plot hints and random flashbacks we've seen during "H'El On Earth" and weaves them together into H'El's origin story. As we suspected, H'El's back-story is not quite what he told everyone. The bigger surprise is that he wasn't completely lying. His history is what he believed, or made himself believe ... despite what actually happened.

The ending has an unexpected twist as H'El

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"Wolverine's" Krypton's time-line ( ) and decides to make the future into something more beneficial to himself.

This makes the upcoming "Krypton Returns" arc more clear and possibly something a bit more to look forward to.

[eltopo]

H'el ?
ugh what a name

[IvCNuB4]

Actually H'El's name is explained in this issue also

[sdsichero]

Actually H'El's name is explained in this issue also

H'e h'as a st'ut'ter?

[Lord Ice]

Actually H'El's name is explained in this issue also

Does it explain his habit of always being shirtless?

[sdsichero]

Does it explain his habit of always being shirtless?

He's h'ot?

Not sure about his metal pants though.

[IvCNuB4]

Gene Ha took some artistic license with the pants on the cover. They're actually more like Superman's but not as armored.

Does it explain his habit of always being shirtless?

No that was not addressed. But seriously, if you had abs like that, wouldn't you be shirtless all the time ?

[Chessack]

I really wish they would just retcon this character right out of the DCnU. I can't stand H'el.

[fieldy snuts]

I thought the only point of the name H'El was to lend itself to story titles like "H'El on Earth"

[sdsichero]

No that was not addressed. But seriously, if you had abs like that, wouldn't you be shirtless all the time ?

I do but I don't.

[Juan Cena]

I thought the only point of the name H'El was to lend itself to story titles like "H'El on Earth"

I'm pretty sure it was. Everything else is bulls#it.

[IvCNuB4]

H'e h'as a st'ut'ter?

Kind of

House of El