Some thoughts about Superman #41

A planet has chosen to die.

An entire race has decided to meet their fate and Superman is starting to doubt if is his right to save them.

This might be one of the most complex issues I've seen in this book.

James Robinson concludes this little storyarc by presenting a pretty compelling dilemma that Superman has to face. The people of Galymayne are ready to perish with their world due to their beliefs while Clark and Jon are trying to find some sense of hope in them. This showcases a lot of interesting themes including the classic conflict the exists between religion and science due that a scientist is decided to save his race his own way but without negating the faith in others while showing that at the end, people can believe in both science and religion since they're not mutually exclusive concepts which is always appreciated.

Even the religious people are treated with some sense of respect since is shown that they're not really bad persons and their faith might not necessarily be bad because of Superman's own beliefs. I'm glad that Robinson choose the right route of not making Clark force his ideals into this planet and instead decided to create a pretty realistic and interesting situation where everything is put in question.

Ed Benes handles the art and is pretty solid. The characters look strong and the aliens look appropriately bizarre.

Quite deep read, probably one of the best things Robinson has done in a while.