9 Book 2

This is Book 2 of the 9 series, covering the opening stretch of Superman Unchained #2. The story opens at a secret site decades earlier: before the last son of Krypton became Earth's guardian, another being of immense power fell from the sky, and the role he played in the deadliest war in human history became America's darkest secret. Years later, that secret surfaces, and the long-buried "super-soldier" is released into the world again. Meanwhile, satellites fall toward Earth one after another; Superman stops most of them but lets one hit an abandoned military base. He initially suspects his old foe Lex Luthor, who denies it and tells him to investigate the high-tech terrorist organization Ascension. Clark Kent begins writing the story, Lois Lane brings new intelligence, and an investigation at the impact site reveals that another metahuman altered the falling trajectory. The trail leads to the military, to Lois's father General Sam Lane, and to a mysterious entity code-named Wraith. The volume continues Snyder's suspenseful buildup and Jim Lee's spectacular large-scale art, exploring Superman's question of where the limits of power lie amid action and conspiracy.