5. Superman Still Can't Find A Mate - Even Of His Own Kind
Superman now has potential partners of his own species to select as mates. But while he might be able to ignore any social discomfort associated with mating with his cousin or her other-world doppelganger, surely Kal-El cannot risk the genetic abnormalities that could come from such a coupling. Even with the near-perfection of the Kryptonian gene-line after centuries of controlled eugenics, would he risk producing a developmentally abnormal child whose mere gaze could burn cities to the ground? As for now, Superman cannot physically couple with the miniaturized Kandorians. Perhaps, at some point he might be able to reverse the effects of Brainiac's shrinking ray and restore the Kandorians to full-size, but that is in a hypothetical future. (Also, consider that the Kandorians are still producing children amongst themselves. After all, life must go on, even at a reduced size.) This leaves one Kryptonian female with whom Kal-El might be able to reproduce in the very near future: the criminal Faora Hu-Ul. Also known by the nick-name Ursa, Faora is the only female imprisoned in the extra-dimensional Guantanamo Bay that is the Phantom Zone. She is there for numerous crimes, including treason and rebellion. But her most heinous crimes were as a sadistic serial killer. Born with a psychopathic hatred of almost all men, the only male she had any regard for was future rebel, General Dru-Zod. All other men were worms who existed only to be crushed beneath her boot heel and on her farm in rural Lurvan, she tortured and killed 23 men whom she had lured there with her beauty. Only the eternal imprisonment of Jax-Ur, destroyer of the moon Wethgor, exceeded her sentence of 300 cycles of imprisonment. Superman must never be allowed to even be tempted to reproduce with Faora. Imagine if, despite all precautions, her genetic madness was passed on to a brood of super-powered maniacs. Our world would become an abattoir and humanity would only be allowed to exist to provide subjects for the Faora-spawn's dark, satanic pleasures.
Brent DeBord
Born and raised in Appalachia, Brent now lives in rural Wisconsin. He is a practicing attorney with a dozen years of experience as both a prosecutor and a defender. He has collected comics for decades and at one time had almost 8,000 in his collection.
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