Superman villains who should be in the continuation of the DCU, included

Summary

• Bring back Lex Luthora, who could connect with Superman or continue to continue.

• Ultraman could develop in Bizarro and offer a unique and beloved villain for potential future films.

• Elite and Livewire could add depth and new challenges to continue and explore various topics and dynamics.

James Gunn and DC Studios launched a dcu with SupermanThis not only introduced David Corenswet as a title superhero, but also several villains, unclear and popular. Given that the film is already a huge success with criticism, audience and cash register, fans are already interested in which villains will appear in a possible continuation.

Whether it is another solo film Superman or connects with another hero, the potential for villains is huge. James Gunn created a universe with unlimited potential because he not only walked around the story of origin, but founded a mythology that is more fantastic and eccentric. This could bring villains that fit perfectly into the sequel because of their unique abilities, stories and personalities that would follow themes and stories of the first film.

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Lex Luthor

It would be a pity not to bring back Nicholas Hoult

• Created: Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
• First look: Action Comics #23

Although Superman David Corenswet was a star, Nicholas Hoult became a fans for how bad his takeover Lex Luthor He was like a hateful xenophob with a complex of superiority. Given that Lex Luthor is the biggest Nemesis Superman in comics, it would never be a waste to use it in any of the movies, especially if he could lure other villains to work for him.

Lex Luthor was arrested at the end of James Gunn SupermanBut it doesn't seem like something that stops one of the smartest people of the DC universe. He could find a way to break out and continue his mission to kill Superman, or in an entertaining reversal he has to work with Superman to stop a mutual threat to the country.

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Bizarro

Ultraman could be a seed that grows in another character

• Created: Otto Binder, George Papp
• First look: Superboy Vol. 1 #68

The first film introduced an ultraman as a bad counterpart Superman, who died in a black hole during the last battle. However, this does not mean that he is dead because it potentially prepares the opportunity for him to return and become a change and become a DCU version Bizarro – A character who had many different stories over the years.

Although it is not a transformed ultraman, Bizarro has grown like a beloved villain in comics, animation and even television shows of live events because it is scary and tragic. In some versions it is a faulty clone of Superman. In others, he comes from a dimension where everything is opposite, so he curses him to always differ from Superman, although he was not evil inherent.

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Elite

Evil superhero who proves that Superman is inviolable

• Created: Joe Kelly, Doug Mahnke
• First look: Action Comics Vol. 1 #775

Elite There is a team of cynical superheroes who torture, kill and commit more cruel acts to save the world, and they do it through Superman's Dobrosrd. James Gunn Superman He was created to point out that the superhero is a good person, is not cheesy or outdated and is needed in a modern era full of pessimism and constant irony.

If James Gunn wants to continue with this news, an elite that consists of characters like Manchester Black, Vera Black, The Hat, Coldcast, Menagerie and Bunny, would be the perfect villains. In comics and one of the best animated films Superman, the steel man is subjected to the forces and will to prove the elite that the force is not always corrupt.

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Livewire

An electric villain who could continue with the topics of the first film

• Created: Evan Dorkini, Sarah Dyer
• First look: Superman: The Animated Series Season 1, Episode 18

With the main female villain, there has to be a superman film, so a character like Livewire could be an ideal switch because it is a powerhouse whose electric forces can injure strong metahumans such as Superman. IN Superman: Animated seriesWhere she made her debut for the first time, she is a proud resistance of Superman, who runs a radio show to hate him.

Continuation Superman He could use Livewire as someone who still agrees with the Lex campaign against Man of Steel, especially because Jor-El sent him here to be the conqueror. Superman could somehow join the incident that turned her from Leslie Willis to Livewire, trying to destroy her hatred both metaphorically and literally.

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Parasite

Monster's villain who could bring horror to the franchise Superman

• Created: Jim Shooter, Al Plastino
• First look: Action Comics Vol. 1 #340

James Gunn comes from a horror background Slitherand the film continued to influence all his films such as an old in Suicide. With a villain as Parasiteand Superman The continuation can dive into the body of the body, because it is a regular person who mutates a giant purple monster that can absorb the life force of man as a fungus.

The parasite is most famous for what can do for metahumans, is not only able to release its lives, but also assimilate its superpower. Whether Superman acts solo or has a different superhero as a partner, they would have to find alternative ways to defeat a parasite that would not include the use of their abilities.

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Maxim

Perfect option for crossover Superman/Supergirl

• Created: Roger Stern, George Pérez
• First look: Action Comics #645

Because Supergirl has its own movie with Supergirl: woman tomorrowThe sequel could be a team film that has a villain who both faced in a comic book. Maxim He is an Empress extraterrestrial civilization that wants a perfect friend to create powerful children, which guarantees immortality for her empire.

In newer comics representing Maxima, Superman needs only for reproduction, while her heart is revealed as for his cousin Kara, aka Supergirl. This in itself could be the perfect setting of the story in which Kara may fall to the maximum, but has a broken heart when it turns out that it is nothing but other despot trying to conquer the universe.

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Mongul

The ruler of Warworld hates Superman

• Created: Len Wein, Jim Starlin
• First look: DC Comics represents #27

James Gunna's new DC is a world where aliens are, Kaiju Beasts and Metahumans to meet people. This could allow Superman to continue with more cosmic adventures like a meeting MongulThe twisted tyrant Warworld, which forces planets champions, not only to fight in the gladiatorial arena for entertaining people, but for the fate of planets.

Mongul is one of the most famous enemies of Superman in the comic, often obsessed with the last cryptonian defeated in any necessary means, because control over Warworld keeps him as a dictator. Even outside Warworld, Mongul was a threat to Superman by placing him in an idyllic dream world where he never wanted to wake up, which could be used to explore deeper and sadder parts of Clark Kent as a character.

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Bluesport

The deadliest murderer deserves to revive the DCU

• Created: John Byrne
• First look: Superman Vol. 2 #4

With certain events Suicide Be a canon and not canon on DCU, James Gunn has a chance to tell certain events that were listed only in this movie Bluesport. In the DC -widespread universe, it is confirmed that Bloodsport was included in the prison for the shooting of Superman with a cryptonite bullet, which should be explored on the camera.

Idris Elba's Take On Bloodsport has proved to be one of the best characters in DCEU and because the John price returns as a peacemaker, fans would like to see how Idris Elba does the same. Each piece of tingling bluesport can form or combine to create new weapons, mostly weapons it uses to become one of the largest murderers in the world. Fans would probably flock to see Bloodsport in a more villainous role.

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H'el

Krypton created another Superman in front of Kal-El

• Created: Mike Johnson, Sama Basri
• First look: Supergirl Vol. 6 #13

With the reasons Jor-El to send Superman on Earth to conquer James Gunn's version would be a great opportunity to introduce H'ela genetically created warrior created by Krypton's elite. Using the DNA of several cryptonians, it was created to preserve the inheritance of the crypton by any necessary means without knowing it was a hybrid of a clone.

In Jor-E's comic book, he sent a prototype ship that later transferred Superman on the ground. DCU could explore that the arrival on Earth would hire a kal-El for its mission. But when Superman chooses loyalty to people, it leads to confrontation because he considers Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van as his own parents. It would be a nice change as a Kryptonian villain, rather than the reheating of General Zod.

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Brainiac

Brainiac could be an extraterrestrial threat to which Lex is so afraid of

• Created: Otto Binder, Al Plastino
• First look: Action Comics Vol. 1 #242

In most versions of Superman's origin, Krypton is either destroyed when its core destabilizes, or because the red sun consumes the planet. However, some alternative versions of the DC universe depict that Krypton is harvested and destroyed BrainiacCloan obsessed with the collection of every civilization and its knowledge, which could also be the case of DCU.

Brainiac has appeared in Animation, Television and DC video games over the years, but there must still be adaptations to a live event, despite fans who have been applying for years, even during the DCEU era. Brainiac invasion on the ground would bring an exciting battle between two aliens and also trigger classic films like Independence Day and War.