The Next #5
In "Just Killing Time Part Five: Falling Sideways," Sion pursues the Next through fractured realities, each escape a tense game of evasion as Superman finally deciphers Metron’s urgent warning. With the timeline unraveling and a new, unseen threat emerging from the rift, the fate of all life hangs in the balance. Written by Tad Williams and illustrated by Dietrich Smith, with inks by Walden Wong, colors by Chris Chuckry, and letters by Travis Lanham, this pivotal issue features a cover by Dietrich Smith and Walden Wong.
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Sion confronts the Next, wanting to return them, but they flee back to Earth, and find Superman waking up from his fight with Sion. Sion tracks them down, but they teleport away again, playing cat and mouse with Sion. Superman finally gets Metron's message. Sion finds them one more time, but Superman and the Next use his "cage" against him, trapping Sion. They realize that the rip in the continuum has created a new being, the Oblivion Shadow, one that threatens all life.
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