Hot on the heels of The Death of Superman animated movies comes Reign of the Supermen and it looks great.
Starring Black Lightning himself, Cress Williams, as well as Jerry O’Connell and Nathan Fillion, this is definitely one to keep an eye out for as the word plummets into trouble with the news that Superman is gone but from out of nowhere comes Cyborg Superman, Dark Superman, Superboy and Steel.
Including the new DC Animated universe’s Justice League, this fits into he new animated movies’ continuity and will likely change the events of the comics in some way but it looks like it’s going to deliver whatever happens.
Check out the new trailer below.
In the original “Reign of the Supermen” story, it’s revealed that all four Superman successors have secrets they’re hiding. Two of them turn out to be innocent, with John Henry Irons creating the Steel suit to do good, and Superboy being revealed as a Cadmus clone; however, the visored Superman is revealed to be “The Eradicator,” a Kryptonian weapon given form as a Superman copy. The Cyborg Superman is revealed to be the true villain of the story, as he’s a former astronaut named Hank Henshaw, who was mutated into a “technomorph,” able to manipulate or inhabit technology using his mind.
The Cyborg Superman ultimately launches a revenge plot against Superman and the world, wiping out Green Lantern’s home of Coast City, and bringing the intergalactic warlord Mongul to Earth. From what we see above, Reign of the Supermen will adapt that same type of conflict – only in this new continuity, it will be an all-out open season on invading Earth, now that Superman is gone.
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