While DC is already well into Infinite Frontier, there is still one last “Future State” story to close out this potential future for the DC Universe—the finale of Superman vs. Imperious Lex. In the first two issues of the miniseries, writer Mark Russell took readers into a rich satire about how the rich and powerful exploit the powerless set on the planet Lexor—a world in which Lex Luthor plans to make a major move with the planet’s natural resources (energy crystals) to continue his prosperity only for his plan to backfire when Superman intervenes, underselling Lex and bringing Lexor to an economic standstill. The finale maintains the satire, drawing some uncomfortable parallels with real life, but falters in how it pushes the characters into boxes they don’t quite fit in furtherance of that main satirical thread while simply repeating the same story found in the first two issues.
