Superman revealed his secret identity to Lois at the end of the last issue, and now we find Lois and Superman arriving at his Fortress of Solitude. Lois is still not convinced that Superman is Clark Kent and is suspicious as to why he's telling her now. Lois's tour through Grant Morrison's version of the Fortress is beautifully alien and throughly imaginitive. Baby sun-eaters and the Unknown Superman of 4500 A.D. are just a few of the things Morrison has cooked up for his readers.
But what drives the issue is the focus on the relationship between Superman and Lois Lane. Lois remains perfectly skeptical of Superman the minute she arrives at the Fortress of Solitude and throughout her stay. But that skepticism keeps growing throughout the issue, becoming closer to paranoia, especially since Superman seems to be hiding something from her in a locked room in the Fortress.
It's through this bizarre maniac state of mind that we learn Lois's true fear: "What if there really was some part of him that was bumbling, oafish Clark Kent?" All food for thought as another amazing and throughly entertaining issue by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely concludes. B+
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