Happy Fourth of July for those Americans who are here! I'll be taking tomorrow off as I kick back for a day off!
The Fourth is always capped with excellent fireworks shows and we have been witness to some big fireworks in comics recently.
But none have been bigger than the recent destruction of the Fortress of Solitude at the hand of Superman himself.
At the end of The Man of Steel #4, Superman vaporized his Fortress in an attempt to take down Rogol Zaar quickly.
BOOM!
Great image!
And, of course, this has some emotional resonance for Clark. He has destroyed his home, his ties to Krypton. In some ways, he is doing what Zaar wanted.
But ...
He isn't the first Kryptonian to destroy their Fortress with a flare.
Way back in the New 52 Supergirl #20, Supergirl, with the help of Power Girl, destroys her Fortress of Sanctuary which had become self-aware and was trying to kill Kara.
BOOM!
Great image!
People may forget that Kara had the solar flare before Superman and had used it a bunch before he did. Interesting that this was also an emotional beat, Kara realizing she couldn't live alone on the ocean floor. There wasn't much I could cheer for in the Michael Alan Nelson run on the character. This Power Girl story was one of them.
Happy 4th of July!
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