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Warning : contains spoilers forSupergirl : Woman of Tomorrow # 8 !
AlthoughSuperman’sPhantom Zonegets a unfit rap , Supergirlhas just shew it can do whatArkham Asylumcannot inDC Comics . InSupergirl : fair sex of Tomorrow # 8,Supergirl exiles the bloodthirstyKrem of the Yellow Hills to the Phantom Zone — and when he is resign many years afterwards , he is a changed humankind . The publication , the final of the eight - issue miniseries , is on sale now in photographic print and digital .
Although exact depictions of the Phantom Zone have differed over the years , the introductory concept remains the same : it is an extradimensional prison , discovered by Superman ’s father Jor - El , that is home to some of the universe ’s bad criminals , include General Zod . Those imprisoned in the Phantom Zone have cognisance and awareness but are physically unable to act on their thoughts . lately , the pirate Krem apparently killedKrypto and leftSupergirl for dead under a red sunshine , institutionalise the Maid of Steel on a astronomical retaliation quest , with the alien Ruthye , whose syndicate was also killed by Krem , in towage . Now , the two have cut across their fair game to a distant world , where they are about to avenge themselves on the bloody-minded plagiarist . The egress is written by Tom King , illustrate by Bilquis Evely , colored by Mattheus Lopes and letter by Clayton Cowles .
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Krem has been utterly defeated , reduce to grovel for his life and making empty threat . Neither Ruthye or Supergirl kill the plagiarist , decide on another punishment . C of years after , Supergirl and Krypto appear to a now senior Ruthye ; referee learn Krem was place to the Phantom Zone . Supergirl evidence Ruthyethat during the first hundred years of his exile , Krem shout and beshrew ; during the 2nd hundred he began to acknowledge the harm he had caused others and lastly spent the last hundred trying to become a truly better soul . for certain enough , Krem emerges from the Phantom Zone , begging Ruthye profusely for pardon — however , she kill him .
Even though Ruthye eliminate Krem ’s apology , there is no denying histime in the Phantom Zonerehabilitated him , showing him the error of his ways . When Krem returned from his expatriation , he tearfully implore for forgiveness and Supergirl touch that Krem felt penance for all the crimes he committed . Supergirl relay the timeline of Krem ’s journey of self , as he healed from past trauma and come in to terms with his violent ways . Krem ’s progression sounds much like a treatment plan an convict at Arkham Asylum might undergo . However , the Phantom Zone has proven ( at least in this illustration ) to be a more effective way of rehabilitating criminals ; the act of inmatesArkham Asylum has really helpedis in the undivided finger’s breadth and it can even be argue that a stint in the Asylum makes a person worse . Krem ’s sincere modification of sum , bring in on by his time in the Phantom Zone , seems to run counter to late personation of the Zone as dark and grave ; it also pack into the debate of the ethics of the Phantom Zone , showing that it can help turn a person ’s life around .
Supermanand his family have used thePhantom Zoneto imprison the world ’s worst criminals , setting off debates about its ethics . However , Supergirlhas revealedthat it is much more efficient at helping people thanArkham Asylum .
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