Reviewing the whole series here.
This really surprised and impressed me. I've never heard anyone talk about it, but it's really one of the better standalone Superman tales. I should expect nothing less from Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics (he does). The structure of the story is very clean. Every beat lands right when it needs to. Every subplot has a function. Every character has their place. The resolution to it all is clever, satisfying, and actually has something to say about the world. Like all the best Superman stories, the villain of this story is not one that can be defeated by brute force. Clark has to use his brains and his ethics here, and it works. From the villain's introduction, I expected to hate him, or worse, be bored by him, but I ended up sympathizing with him quite a lot. This is a story about inherited beliefs, generational trauma, and the assumptions we make about each other. It's wonderful.
Oh, and there's some really fun Lex Luthor/Superman stuff that display an uncommon but funny dynamic between them due to the circumstances of the story. I'm guessing this must take place sometime before the President Luthor storyline.