Superboy #5

The First Superboy/ Kid Flash race! Firstly this art is really hit and miss. The faces and all around anatomy just looks plane dodgy in some of the panels yet looks really dynamic in the next. As for the story, Superboy seems too wrapped up in his love life and not really concerned enough about finding this broken silo or escaped parasite. He's annoyed Lori Luthor and broke up with Cassie from Teen Titans, so she hasn't shown up for the charity race. Which I find a really neat idea, I mean how often do you see Super heroes doing this kind of charity event. It seems quite a big deal with the world wide news coverage of it.
During the race Superboy spots the Phantom Stranger outside of Lori's house, and that Psionic lad from the future that came into the book last issue sees an old man in the finish line crowd that we are expected to believe is a big deal. Oh and HA , Krypto the Superdog beats them both, I knew he would from the second Superboy said to him "try to keep up, boy". I do love his expression on the newspaper cover.

Also note Beast boy turning into a dog to tease Kid Flash.

The cliff hanger is that there is some glowing rune stone in Lori's back yard. Yeah that's just riveting. There's no where near enough going on in this book. The pacing and prioritising of the story lines is a tad stupid.