One of the things I do like about this book is the sharp contrast between the two main characters and how they can be traced to the differences of their fathers. Helena (in her case her mother as well) is subtle and moves about in costume, hugging the darkness and thinking her way through problems while Karen just sort of punches her way through. Bruce and Selina brought Helena up with a keen appreciation of how fragile the human body could be, Clark and Lois probably had their hands full just keeping Karen on the ground. She's not worried about her body at all.
They do seem to have decided to head home and Karen's not bothering to hide her powers anymore. She's building a portal and she doesn't care who knows it. Helena is skulking around MIT but I'm not sure what she's looking for. (Incidentally channel 2 is the PBS station, not the place you'd tune in for breaking news). Desaad is also still around. In response to a power failure that Karen thinks her portal equipment might be responsible for she heads to the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant to help put it back online. She gets shot at by some national guard types, walks past them telling them to check with Amanda Waller (When did Karen get security clearence?) Desaad talks to one of Karen's employees but nothing much happens to her, until she's going across the Longfellow bridge (That part they got right) and gets taken hostage by a guy that Helena was chasing. He's got a canister with a radiation symbol on it, part of a group I think that she stopped from robbing MIT's nuclear supply.
Not a bad issue and as I said a nice way to showcase the different approaches both women have to problem solving.
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