Is there an evil Superman?

Bizarro is the original version of "evil" Superman. Bizarro's origin has changed multiple times, but most incarnations of the character have him being created as a clone of Superman by Lex Luthor. The cloning experiment fails, however, and Bizarro becomes a disfigured monster with opposite powers to Superman.

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Has Superman ever been evil?

There have been times in the comics where, either of his own free will or the manipulations of a villain, Superman changed from the world's greatest hero to a terrible enemy.

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Is Brightburn the evil Superman?

Brightburn has often been described as a “dark” or “evil” version of Superman. This comparison is based on the fact that Brightburn, like Superman, is an alien who crash-lands on Earth and gains superhuman abilities.

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Who is the most powerful evil Superman?

Darkseid is one of the most fearsome villains in the DC universe for a reason. He's basically a god of evil, and his powers know no real limit. Because of Superman's incredible power, there are few villains who simply outclass him the way that Darkseid does.

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Does Superman turn into a villain?

Once pure and noble, Superman was driven into villainy by the Joker, who tricked him into murdering his pregnant wife, Lois, as well as destroying all of Metropolis with a nuclear device. After killing the Joker, Superman set out to create a new world order without crimes or atrocities.

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Who kills evil Superman?

Doomsday ranked as #46 on IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time. He is best known as the character that killed Superman in The Death of Superman story arc "Doomsday!".

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How did Joker turn Superman evil?

Due to his actions shortly before his death, the Joker is responsible for every event that happens in Injustice, as he caused Superman to unintentionally kill Lois, their unborn child, destroy Metropolis, and in turn, kill the Joker in rage and vengeance, which caused Superman to become a tyrant.

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Who is black Superman?

The most well-known of all incarnations of Black Superman debuted in Final Crisis #7, by Grant Morrison and Doug Mahnke. In a story where all the Supermen of the Multiverse converge in a stand against Darkseid, we came to know Calvin Ellis, the Superman of Earth-23.

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Who is the deadliest Superman villain?

The List: The 15 Most Dangerous Superman Villains on Screen
  • Lex Luthor. First Appearance: Action Comics #23 (April 1940) ...
  • General Zod. First Appearance: Adventure Comics #283 (April 1961) ...
  • Doomsday. First Appearance: Superman: The Man of Steel #17 (November 1992) ...
  • Brainiac. ...
  • Darkseid. ...
  • Metallo. ...
  • Parasite. ...
  • Mongul.

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Who is Superman's worst enemy?

General Dru-Zod is one of Superman's more prominent enemies. Once the Military Director of the Kryptonian Space Center, Zod had personally known Jor-El when he was an aspiring scientist.

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Who kills Brightburn?

Kyle attempts to shoot and kill Brandon with his hunting rifle, but the execution fails when the bullet bounces off the back of Brandon's head; Brandon then kills him with heat vision.

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Is Brightburn a Kryptonian?

Brightburn is not in the Marvel Universe. He's a dark take on Superman but he isn't in the DC Universe. It is its own thing, no affiliations. Brandon Breyer was not a kryptonian.

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What is the evil version of Superman?

Bizarro is the original version of "evil" Superman. Bizarro's origin has changed multiple times, but most incarnations of the character have him being created as a clone of Superman by Lex Luthor. The cloning experiment fails, however, and Bizarro becomes a disfigured monster with opposite powers to Superman.

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Why does Superman turn evil when Lois dies?

Snyder revealed that the reason Superman has become evil in the “Knightmare” scene is because it takes place along a timeline in which Lois Lane has been killed, and he would have blamed the Bat.

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Who is the Marvel version of Superman?

Hyperion is able to absorb cosmic energy, which gives him incredible strength, super speed, flight, atomic vision, and a weakness to the isotope Argonite. Though hardly alone in this regard, he's usually considered Marvel's Superman.

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Who destroys Superman?

Doomsday is the only one in main comics continuity to ever kill Superman; and he did so simply by beating the Man of Steel to death.

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Who destroyed Krypton?

It was a peaceful and advanced planet until civil war broke out, leading to its destruction in 1986 by General Zod and the renegade Zor-El after they used Brainiac to ignite Krypton's unstable core.

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Who is the strongest Kryptonian?

Out of all the Kryptonians in the DC Universe, Supergirl is surprisingly the strongest of them all. A villain reveals that Kara has a mythical aspect to her powers that make her far more powerful than her cousin, Superman.

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Who is more stronger than Superman?

Captain Atom has proven in past battles that he is stronger than Superman and has better fighting skills. He can also weaponize red sun radiation, which can weaken Superman like Kryptonite and magic. His sometimes uncontrolled nature has earned him a reputation as one of the most dangerous DC heroes.

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Who is GREY Superman?

Due to a somewhat disjointed continuity, several versions of Bizarro have appeared in DC comic books, all of them inversions of Superman with gray or chalk-white skin, a twisted sense of logic which typically manifests as a superficial "opposite" of anything Superman would do or say and a resultant speech pattern ("Me ...

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Who are the four Superman?

Meanwhile, four men claiming to be Superman—Steel, the Cyborg Superman, Superboy, and Eradicator—emerge, and Lane discovers his grave is empty. Steel and Superboy are disproven as the original Superman, but the Cyborg and Eradicator both seem to recall some of his memories.

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How strong is Black Adam vs Superman?

As far as strength is concerned, it's pretty much a wash. Earth's yellow sun gives Superman immense strength, while Black Adam's strength is, literally, a gift from the gods, specifically Amon. A street brawl between the two could go on for days with neither gaining the upper hand.

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Who killed Joker?

As Batman himself once said, “if I allow myself to go down into that place, I'll never come back.” In the 1989 film “Batman,” the Caped Crusader allows the Joker to fall to his death, although it is unclear whether this was a deliberate act or an accident.

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Who killed Superman's wife?

The film, set in a separate continuity from the main DC Universe, follows Superman's descent into madness after being tricked by Joker into killing his pregnant wife Lois Lane and detonating a nuclear weapon that destroys Metropolis.

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What is the Joker's real name?

Legacy. Since the film's release, many different interpretations of the character of the Joker have featured Jack Napier as his real name.

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