I see it the other way— Luthor can't win a face-to-face confrontation (give or take the occasional battlesuit) but neither wants nor needs to. The whole point of Luthor is that he believes his brain outmatches Superman's mere overwhelming physical superiority. (And one of his tragic flaws is that he's incapable of…

the interesting aspects of Lex Luthor are that he's brilliant, well respected, power-hungry, obscenely rich, hates Superman but is smart enough never to be caught red-handed.

Though Maggin's (which is my favorite Luthor) was a self-identified criminal genius who had some business interests, rather than a business tycoon with criminal inclinations.

It seems pretty likely from the precipitous way Astra and the Alura hologram dropped out of the show that that wasn't the original plan.

While I could see Waller doing what was done to Corben (who was a criminal and dying anyway), I'm pretty sure that dragging off her healthy subordinate to involuntarily convert him to a Metallo puts her firmly in "villain" category.

Only if they do it right!

Eh— in retrospect the Flash of Two Worlds cover homage was worse (it wasn't really Jay, and they weren't really both speeding to a rescue, and it means they can't do it properly with actual Jay). But it's still a fun image.

I'd bet a fair amount of money that one's going to bite him and/or Kara.

Since this is Supergirl's show, Streaky (or Comet) is probably the way to go.

I'm guessing the difference is "you'll be the only survivors, and you're the one who can understand instructions" versus "I have no idea what to do with this Kryptonian girl who's shown up out of nowhere". It doesn't reflect well on Clark, but there was also no one to advise him the way there was for Kara in…

It's especially a problem because Kara frequently goes on about visiting other planets. Traditionally Krypton doesn't have space travel for one reason or another.

All I know is the last story in which Superman cradled Kara in that standing pietà pose, it wasn't a good sign for her future.

It was if anything worse in the original comics, when he was thirtyish at least, and rather than take her in, he put her in an orphanage. And made her sabotage any attempts to adopt her for years.

Though maybe not in the same medium and network, except on Flash where dopplegangers are part of the bit.

Waller shouldn't really be part of Cadmus anyway. She's black ops, they're unaccountable and sometimes-mad science. There are enough Kirby characters associated with Cadmus to draw from in any case.

I've heard that Warner is more an assemblage of fiefdoms than an integrated whole. If whoever's in charge of licensing doesn't let Berlanti have a character, he can't just use it anyway on the grounds that it belongs to the corporation. (Though getting Superman on this show does suggest that the CW shows are getting…

Last week, someone suggested that James is the perfect vector for all that: the one who's already seen and done it all, and has advice for when you're turning into a giant turtle man or a human porcupine.

As long as Beppo and Titano make an appearance.

I actually liked the text messages last season, and had some trepidation about them actually trying to introduce Superman as a character. But I have to admit that they nailed it.

I’m debating whether Superman’s “I’m with her” line is a subtle Hillary Clinton nod or a play on the “I thought she was with you” moment in Batman V. Superman.