Week Thirty-One

Ralph Dibny knows. One of the bigger mysteries in “52,” the identity of Supernova, has been figured out by Ralph Dibny. We’ll get back to that.

This week, well, heck, if you look at the cover, you’ll know just about as much as I do in regards to what’s going on out in space. Lady Styx’s armada drops these big “Believer Cubes” on planets, destroying their ecosystem. Then, her believers, or “Glorifiers,” go and kill everybody on the planet (well, not kill, but, rather, turn them into “Glorifiers,” as well). Captain Comet’s planet is given this treatment, and he’s strung up on one of her ships, for some reason. Apparently, his mind is too strong to become a drone? I dunno! But, the cover says it’s the “First Death of Captain Comet,” so he’ll be back, right? I dunno! Anyway, the SPACE MADNESS that we’ve been hearing so much about finally has a face in Lady Styx, so we can all focus our anger and fear toward something. She looks like a … I have no wisecracks. She’s stupid looking, and she’s got no nose! Take that, Space Bitch! Lobo and the rest of the space squad are waiting for her. Good-bye, Animal Man. Nice knowing you.

Meanwhile, some stupid stuff happens with Infinity Inc. There’s dissension in the ranks. Big deal.

The main thing that happens this week is that Ralph figures out who Supernova is. He talks to Cassie early on, and she tells him how she thinks it’s Superboy, which Ralph knows isn’t true. Interesting note: Ralph’s drinking, apparently, whiskey from a flask while meeting with Cassie. Well, whiskey or Gingold. Anyway, after meeting with her, he confronts Supernova and tells him to tell Cassie the truth. Supernova asks how Ralph figured it out, and Ralph says that the powers threw him off, but once viewed from the proper angle, he “sussed out the one device that could tie them all together.” Apparently, Superman being out of the picture was the key, or “one of two keys, if you want to be cute about it.”

Let’s figure it out! What do we know about Supernova? He uses light powers, and has the ability to fly and teleport. He can disintegrate stuff and burn holes in cement. He stole the Kryptonite Gauntlet from the Batcave (so he has access to the Batcave and needs the Gauntlet for something). What does he need that for? He obviously knows he’s going to need to use it for something, so, perhaps he has seen the future? Who has the ability to travel through time? Booster Gold, Rip Hunter, Skeets, and a whole bunch of other people, probably. It could easily be Rip Hunter, but does Ralph know him? I don’t know. Some people probably think it’s Booster Gold, but doesn’t that seem to be too obvious? That’s the first thing everybody thought when Booster died in Week Fifteen. It should be deeper than that. If it is Booster, why would Supernova let an alternate version of himself get fried like that?

Screw it. I’ll just wait for them to tell me. What do you guys think? Are you smarter than Ralph Dibny? Who is Supernova?

See ya in seven.