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Supermanbanished Hank Henshaw , AKA theCyborg Superman , to the Phantom Zone , leave him there to languish , and this may be part of Superman ’s dark bequest . InAction Comics 2021 Annual , several of the Man of Steel ’s descendant are trapped in the Phantom Zone , where they meet the Cyborg Superman and are draw to reckon with the actions of their ascendent . The proceeds is on sale now in print and digital .
constitute of both cybernetic element as well as Kryptonian DNA , the Cyborg Supermanwas one of the four Supermen who replace the original after he was seemingly kill by Doomsday . It was revealed the Cyborg Superman was really a villain , with him put down Coast City and bring the alien warlord Mongul to Earth . When the veridical Superman rejoin , the Cyborg Superman was defeated , but he would return many times , not only to endanger Superman but the Green Lantern Corps as well - he was even recruited into theSinestro Corps at one point . The Cyborg Superman ’s one wish is to break so that his excruciation might cease — a luck he is continually denied , and inAction Comics 2021 Annual , written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson , with graphics by Siya Oum and Scott Godlewski , color by Hi - Fi and alphabetic character by Dave Sharpe , readers learn his torture has been prolonged cruelly for many , many years .
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Pyrrhos , one of Superman ’s evil descendent , attacks his family , banishing some of them to the Phantom Zone , where they meet the Cyborg Superman , who Clark sent to the Zone some meter ago . He helps Superman ’s descendants oppose their way out of the Phantom Zone , and when they return home , Superwoman grants him a forgiveness . Part of the understanding for giving it to him was not only because hehelped the House of El , but that Superman likely did not intend for Henshaw to stay in the Zone as long as he did .
Recent developments have couch the Phantom Zone in a new and horrible visible light , nominate the Cyborg Superman ’s portion even more terrible . Superman is love for his compassion and leaving his cybernetic counterpart in the Phantom Zone for many long time is out of case . Why did Superman leave Henshaw there for so long ? Did he draw a blank ? Or did something bechance to him ? Whatever the case , the decease that Henshaw so urgently sought has been denied him — meaning he has suffered potentially C of torment , somethingthe real Supermanwould not have stood for , leave reader to wonder why he was stuck there for all that time .
TheCyborg Supermanranks as one of the Man of Steel ’s most vile foe , but his centuries - foresightful imprisonment in the Phantom Zone raises questions over whySupermanlet this happen , and whether the Man of Steel is really the symbol of justice he ’s always been made out to be .
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