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I'm reading this in HC so I'm only on 6, but I didn't get that bit from the issue. I read it as Jimmy saves the day. What, sir, did I miss?
Jimmy saves the day, yes, but as a direct result of Superman's actions -- shortly after the Black K infection, Agatha says, "Superman himself helped us create three Anti-Superman weapons." She goes on to explain that the first was kryptonite-powered (and no longer useful with super-charged Superman), and the second was a Phantom Zone cannon.
Third option? "It's Doomsday, right?" Superman helps P.R.O.J.E.C.T. develop the technology that Jimmy saves the day with, simply because he and they foresaw even the slim possibility of an evil Superman.
Superman also influences this particular situation in a second way, providing Jimmy with his motivation: "He's saved my life a zillion times." He's provided the means and also the spirit to give Jimmy the courage and will to submit himself to the Doomsday solution.
One of the threads throughout this series is that Superman hopes to see humanity elevated into superhumanity -- and he does what he can, both inspiring and also ensuring it can happen in a more practical sense. While this situation is a pretty bad one, a very negative deep-dark-night situation, he's still providing the power and bravery to carry Jimmy up to that new status, even if only briefly. |
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