Arrowverse's Doomsday Is Evil Superman - Theory Explained
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Superman & Lois season 2, episode 2.
The version of Doomsday appearing in Superman & Lois season 2 may actually be Evil Superman. The previous season of the Arrowverse series debuted a villainous, black-clad Superman who wrought havoc on Steel’s Earth. Dubbed “Evil Superman” by the fans, the character was supposedly a casualty of “Crisis on Infinite Earths”.
Though Tyler Hoechlin’s Evil Superman was never a threat to the main characters in Superman & Lois, he factored heavily into the Morgan Edge mystery and John Henry Irons’ motivations for being in Smallville. As it turned out, the villain wasn’t just an alternate timeline version of Clark Kent who suddenly went from good to evil. Edge’s scheme to use the Eradicator to allow a ghost of General Zod to take possession of Earth-Prime’s Clark indicated that this is what happened to the Big Blue Boy Scout on Steel’s Earth as well. Now that Edge’s plan has been foiled and Steel has moved on from his need for revenge, it’s quite possible that Evil Superman won’t appear again.
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However, it could be that the show isn’t done with him after all. The character could somehow play a role in the new storyline that’s currently playing out with Superman's strange visions and the mysterious earthquakes. After Superman & Lois season 2, episode 2, titled “The Ties That Bind”, it became evident that Doomsday – a character whose role in the series has been officially confirmed – is linked to unexplained visions that Clark has been having lately. What that means remains unclear, but it could be that the answer to all their questions comes directly from season 1. Here’s why the
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