At some unspecified point in the future, Booster Gold is captured by the evil version of the LSH, minions of Darkseid, and sends Validus backward through time in hope of somehow alerting Superman that the future "is already lost." It not a very well-thought-out plan and untimately doesn't work, but Validus first (?) arrives in Smallville on the day of Lana Lang and John Henry Irons' wedding. Lois and Lana both have superpowers, and there is a little kid who is the split image of Jimmy Olsen (I first thought he was a ventriloquist's dummy) sitting on Jimmy's lap. After the supes have driven Validus back into the timestream, the ceremony proceeds and the minister shouts, "...YOU MAY KISS THE BRIDE!" (Jeez, calm down old man.) Superman recalls that Validus appeared in Smallville once before, 20 years ago, when Clark and Lana were 16 years old.
Validus next appears in Smallville 20 years ago, when Clark and Lana were 16 years old. Clark is in the verge of telling Lana his secret when he, too, is sucked into the timestream along with Validus. While there, he glimpses the future in which he is married to Lois Lane. Superboy is under the influence of a mental block put in place by the LSH which prevents him from remembering any facts about his future revealed to him via time travel, but he returns with a subliminal impression of what he has seen which cause him to change his mind about revealing his secret to Lana at that time.
Back in the present, Mr. Terrific constructs for Superman a device designed to remove Validus from the time stream and prevent him tumbling through it. Those two (plus a Justice Leaguer called "Omen") successfully do so and send him... somewhere. But no one figures out Booster Gold's "clue" that the future is in danger.
COMING UP:
April 23 - Superman #25
May 14 - Supergirl #1
May 21 - Superman Unlimited #1
June 11 - Action Comics #1087
June 18 - Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1
July 9 - Superman Treasury Edition 2025 #1
July 23 - Superman #28
September 3 - Adventures of Superman: Book of El #1
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Also, Superman Day on April 18!
I'll be looking forward to a lot of this, and mostly reading it a month later on DCUI. (Aside from the Waid stuff...and likely the Legion appearances. Gotta have my Legion, even if they're evil!)
SUPERMAN #25:
I gave this one a pass, but if you've got anything to say about it, here's your chance.