DC’s New Superman Replacement Officially Revealed
DC Comics has revealed a genetically engineered Superman clone intended to replace the original Man of Steel in *DC’s Next Level: One Shot*. The character is part of the Drones, a group of altered copies of major DC heroes, and its design reinforces the comic’s theme of stripping familiar heroes of their humanity.
The eyeless clone appears alongside artificial versions of Batman and Wonder Woman, confronting Deadshot during his mission to kill engineered clones living among ordinary people. The Superman copy houses a living Starro creature that gathers people’s biological data for cloning, while the removal of its eyes may indicate that earlier versions’ heat vision was too dangerous to control; its overall power compared with Kal-El remains unknown.
- DC unveils an eyeless Superman clone replacement.
- The clone belongs to a group called the Drones.
- A living Starro helps it collect cloning data.
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Superman is one of DC Comics’ best-known heroes: an alien raised on Earth who uses his great strength, flight and other powers to protect people. His civilian name is Clark Kent, and he has long been presented as a symbol of hope and restraint despite his immense abilities.
Stories about Superman copies often explore whether powers alone make someone a hero. In this case, the wider threat involves engineered versions of well-known heroes, created and altered for a purpose rather than shaped by their own experiences and choices.
Starro is an alien creature in DC stories that can control or influence other beings, often through star-shaped organisms. Deadshot is a highly skilled assassin, usually portrayed as a villain or reluctant antihero, whose involvement places him between the engineered copies and the people seeking to stop them.