There are plenty of clever aspects as well. Listing the locations of all individual chapters would ruin some good surprises, but the periods Superman ends up in almost all result in a worthwhile story, and that he’s bumped somewhere else at the conclusion of every chapter ensures a continuing freshness. This humanising ensures Superman slots far better into other eras than he would at full capacity. Firstly Superman is very aware of the possible dangers of substantially meddling with the past, and secondly a side effect of the process bouncing him through time is that it’s left his powers severely reduced. There are two restrictions that make the plot work well. An agent is sent back to the past to rectify the situation, so a strong start sees Superman facing off against a thinly disguised equivalent of a Terminator, which is a great opening premise. He’s a refugee from the future, using the technology of that era to be a superhero in the present day, which cuts against the rules of those monitoring breaches of time protocol. It’s a workable premise, well initiated by Dan Jurgens, involving the 1980s hero he created, Booster Gold. Time and Time Again sees Superman tossed back and forth through time, facing a different threat in every era he lands up in.
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