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Action Comics: Invisible Mafia is Bendis' best Superman book yet

Art by Ryan Sook "We're never going to kill him. We are never going to beat him. But we've been able to run this city without him knowing about it for years." Last year, best-selling writer Brian Michael Bendis ushered in a new era of Superman with The Man of Steel , which introduced the big blue boy-scout to a whole heap of problems including the arrival of the mysterious villain Rogol Zaar and the disappearance of his wife and son. Two new comic book series have spun out of this event: The Unity Saga , following Clark as he saves the galaxy from his brand-new nemesis, and Action Comics , which brings our hero back down to Earth. Invisible Mafia features the debut of the Red Cloud Action Comics kicks off with Invisible Mafia , exploring the chain of arson attacks from the pages of Man of Steel and Clark's shifty new colleague Robinson Goode. The story skilfully shows how an organised crime network has been operating under Superman's nose for som