I read the Superman: Last Son of Krypton trade, which contained the stories "Last Son" and "Brainiac", both by Geoff Johns. I thought the stories were... fine. Last Son was the better of the two, but the mechanics of the Phantom Zone were somehow both too vague and too detailed at the same. It also pulled a few punches, e.g. we're told Chris was abused by Zod and Ursa, but we see little of this, and the idea of the Krypton science council lobotomizing Non was danced around so much it was ridiculous. "Brainiac" had an interesting take on the title villain, but everything around it was a little bland, particularly every other character loudly exclaiming their wants and motivations. None of this was helped by the just plain cringey attempts to make make Clark and Lois look exactly like Reeve and Kidder for no discernible reason.
