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Superman

Superman vs. Lex Luthor

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Do you need to watch it before Man of Tomorrow?

Yes. It's in the Main story, the list of only what moves the plot forward to Man of Tomorrow.

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Post-credits scenes

2 scenes: mid-credits, after the credits. worth the wait

Spoilers for this title

Quick recap

Three years after revealing himself to the world, Superman stops Boravia from invading Jarhanpur and starts getting second-guessed. Lex Luthor, a billionaire obsessed with bringing him down, attacks with Ultraman, a copy of him, leaks the missing part of Kal-El's parents' message, which wanted their son to rule Earth, and traps him in a pocket universe. With Lois Lane, Krypto, Mister Terrific, Metamorpho and the Justice Gang, Superman breaks out. Lex opens a rift that threatens to swallow Metropolis; Superman and Mister Terrific close it, and Ultraman vanishes into it. Eve Teschmacher hands the proof to Jimmy Olsen, and Lex goes to Belle Reve. Clark stays with Lois and realizes the Kents are his family. At the end, his cousin Kara drops by to pick up Krypto, who's actually hers.

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What happens

Post-credits scenes

  • Mid-credits Superman and Krypto, on the Moon, watch the sun rise over Earth.
  • After the credits Superman points out to Mister Terrific that a building damaged by the rift wasn't fully fixed. Mister Terrific gets annoyed and leaves, and Superman remarks that he can be a jerk sometimes.
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5 easter eggs

Hidden details

  1. CameoChristopher Reeve's son

    Will Reeve, son of the 1978 Superman, shows up as a TV news anchor. He's a real journalist at ABC News.

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  2. ReferenceThe hypno-glasses

    Guy Gardner mentions Clark's "hypno-glasses," and he isn't joking: in Superman #330 (1978), Clark learns he's been hypnotizing his friends without meaning to. That's why nobody recognizes him.

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  3. ReferenceKrypto, chaos on four legs

    Krypto debuted in the comics in 1955. The film leans into his messy side: a superdog who listens to nobody.

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  4. SetupThe dog's real owner

    At the end, Kara Zor-El, played by Milly Alcock, drops by the Fortress to pick up Krypto, fresh off a party on red-sun planets. She comes back later.

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  5. CameoAn old Lex in the armor

    Michael Rosenbaum, Smallville's Lex Luthor, voices one of the Raptors, the new Lex's armored soldiers.

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