'Crisis on Infinite Earths': Kingdom Come Superman's troubled past can be looked at as a plot for future Superman films/spin-offs
'Man of Steel' saw Clark Kent (Henry Cavill) struggle to embrace his superpowers. It wasn't an origin story and it didn't have to be. The next time we saw the superhero or multiple versions of him rather was in the Arrowverse's epic crossover, 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'. There were three Supermen — Tyler Hoechlin from Earth-38, Brandon Routh as Earth-96's Superman and Tom Welling's Clark Kent from Earth-167. And from what we know after three episodes of 'Crisis', Hoechlin and Welling's versions were obliterated by the anti-matter wave, while Lex Luthor (Jon Cryer) usurped the Kingdom Come Superman at the Vanishing Point.
Of particular interest here is the Kingdom Come Superman who has a troubled history to him. This is an older version of Clark Kent who lost his loved ones when the Joker gassed the Daily Planet. The troubled history here is a perfect plotline to explore for a new Man of Steel flick or perhaps a spin-off that would detail out the origin. In the comics, the Kingdom Come Superman is portrayed as an older version of the Kryptonian hero, stoic and intimidating. His symbol was an altered S with the yellow background changed to black.
It was a rather dark representation of the superhero who retreated to his Fortress of Solitude for a decade after the death of Lois Lane. According to Screenrant, this was a hero who had lost his faith in humanity and was not his usual gentle, caring self. At the moment it is unclear what his fate is after Luthor's mad attack. And since we're talking about spin-offs, given the multiverse-shattering battle's storyline to Kevin Conroy's Batman, there are two potential themes WB can explore if they plan of making more Bat and Superman films.
According to CBR, The CW should consider picking up the story threads left by 'Crisis' and this Kingdom Come Superman theme would serve well. We second the idea too. This version of Superman makes an interesting character study. It goes on to show he's more human than a Kryptonian. The fluctuating dark themes with specks of positivity he retains makes it a great story that could be told.
'Crisis on Infinite Earths' will return on January 14, 2020.
