Nothing in Superman/Batman gets resolved. Remember Lana Lang poisoning the atmosphere with kryptonite dust putting Clark, Kara, PG, Krypto and Chris's life in danger and forcing them off Earth for 1000 years - all to make a point or to make a profit or because she was being mind-controlled or something we never found out about and can't fit in continuity right now or Lois wouldn't trust her and Kara wouldn't have moved in with her?
I tend to think every arc after Loeb left the book is basically an out-of-continuity story. It doesn't make sense otherwise.