Superman has been trying to track Arion, with the help of Zatanna and the Phantom Stranger. Arion keeps creating minor disasters as a warning, which Superman stops. All that does, though, is strengthen the world's resolve, and they support Superman. Lexcorp develops the Scancams, and have them follow Superman to help keep the world informed. Subjekt-17 tracks down Superman, and makes him choose between helping Subjekt-17, or standing for his torturers. Superman wants to do both, but Subjekt-17 treats that as a rejection of him, and attacks. Superman defeats him, and Subjekt-17 reveals where Arion is (in old Atlantis under the Atlantic Ocean), but he teleports away. Superman goes to Arion, but instead of attacking directly as Arion had figured (and prepared for), he causes a whirlpool, and lets the full weight of the ocean crush the city.