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Writer Brian Michael Bendis stunnedSupermanfans when he announce that he was bringingthe villain Nuclear ManfromSuperman IV : The Quest For Peaceinto the mainstream DC Comics continuity for the first time in history . Now it seems that Bendis is decease a gradation further , lifting a major plot point from the same movie for his streamlet on theSupermancomic book !
Released in 1987,Superman IV : The Quest For Peaceis not only considered to be the worstSupermanmovie ever made , but is widely held to be one of the bad motion-picture show ever made in any musical style . This is part due to a drastically lower budget compared to early films in the franchise ( the final result of the film rights hold up to the notoriously thrifty Cannon Films ) and the original theatrical release of the movie cutting over forty hour of story - link footage . This resulted in numerous plot - hole and a importantly reduced part for Lois Lane , in party favor of a young erotic love stake for Clark Kent , Lacy Warfield .
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Another reasonSuperman IV : The Quest For Peacesaw wide criticism was because of its plot of ground , which many feel was unrealistic even by the standards of the more optimisticSupermancomics that inform Christopher Reeve ’s portraying of The Man of Steel . Inspired by a missive from a young boy who asks why Superman does n’t get rid of all the nuclear weapons before humankind nukes itself into oblivion , he goes before the United Nations and annunciate his intention to do just that .
astonishingly , the General Assembly all break out into cheers and shortly every country on Earth is shoot their atomic weapons into space , where Superman gathers them up and thrash about them into the sun . This guide to Lex Luthor ’s inspired idea to use the last of the nuclear missile as a means of make a clone of Superman under his control , a.k.a . Nuclear Man .
WhileSuperman # 1doesn’t portray The Man of Tomorrow throwing atomic warheads into the sun , it does search the idea of Superman taking a more dynamic theatrical role in global political sympathies . Early on , Superman genus Mus on the word of honor of his father , Jor - El , who propose that he could be doing far more to help the Earth than thwarting felon and head off natural disasters . This opinion is later echo byMartian Manhunter , who has a group meeting with Superman regarding his own concerns that Earth is ill - equip to handle the increasingly prominent role it has assumed on a galactic story and his impression that Superman is the best somebody to facilitate institute about a global government built on noble ideals rather than money or warfare . Superman is extremely skeptical , but promises to give the matter some idea - a wishy - bleached reply that does not please Martian Manhunter .
It is worth observe that theme of Superman take an active role as a global leader has been explored countless time before and afterSuperman IVand it has never ended happily . Perhaps the most notable late deterrent example consist in theInjusticeseries of television games , set in a reality where Superman established himself as the fascistic ruler of Earth after determine he had the right to act as judge , jury and executioner to Earth ’s super - villain .
It seems unconvincing , free-base on this first issue ofSuperman , that Bendis ' exploration of the theme of Superman as a shepherd of manhood will prove revolutionary or inspired .
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Superman # 1is now available from DC Comics .
