Action Comics #851

Action Comics #851
This book has, essentially, three acts. The first one deals with Superman's acclimation to his all too short stay in the Phantom Zone, which is difficult to make sense of, as the art is the sloppiest I've ever seen by a Kubert. The second involves a powerless Superman taking on Dev-Em with the assistance of Mon-El in a pocket of real-time space within the Phantom Zone. Don't try to make sense of the science here. In terms of continuity, or even common sense, you'll give yourself a headache.
Then, finally there's the third act, where Clark gets back to Earth, Zod appears to want to get it on with Lois, Chris takes his father on and is bound for the beating of all beatings, and Supes pleads with Luthor for his help in taking the rogue Kryptonians down. Lex has Metallo, Parasite, and Bizarro administer a humbling, but short, beating, and informs Superman that he'll be working with them to accomplish the aforementioned goal. And all this will be concluded in Action Annual #11. Wasn't it less than a year ago that Annual #10 came out? Whatever. The most I can muster for this story, especially after waiting through what seemed to be endless fill-in stories, is an EH, because, really, THAT'S IT!?!?