Superfans/Is There A Bad Evil Superman Story?

John and Debbie review and go over the various depictions of Evil Superman within media, but with a twist.

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The intro plays.


 * John: Welcome to Superfans, a channel dedicated to all things comic book, whether it be reviews, news, lore videos, and more. I'm John Townsend and I like comics.
 * Debbie: I'm Debbie Rhodes and I don't read 'em.
 * John: On Today's video, we'll be discussing the thing our fans have been asking us to talk about for ages. We will be reviewing and discussing...

John stands up and gestures at the wall behind him, Debbie also looking back at it.


 * John: ...This wall behind us. Now, I know everybody's been curious about it and--

The screen is overtaken by static. The symbol of Supefans but backwards appears on the screen.


 * Voice: And now, a message from the future overlords of the world.

A version of John dressed in a similar but legally distinct costume to Doctor Doom and Debbie with an obviously fake goatee appear, sitting evilly.


 * Evil John: Good evening, fans of this pitiful channel. I am John from the Evil Dimension and I have temporarily taken over this channel to broadcast my message to the people of your world!
 * Evil Debbie: And I'm Debbie and they're not my cup of tea.
 * Evil John: ...What?
 * Evil Debbie: Oh, sorry, I thought you said you liked comics.
 * Evil John: ...I didn't.
 * Evil Debbie: I realized that the moment I said it.
 * Evil John: ...Well, anyway. Welcome one and all to Evil Superfans!

The evil intro plays.

After a jump cut, John is once again fully in character.
 * Evil John: Tell me Debbie, what are your thoughts on Superman?
 * Evil Debbie: He is boring and only exists to pull cats out of trees.
 * Evil John: What if I told you there are evil versions of him?
 * Evil Debbie: What kind of evil versions, Evil John?
 * Evil John: Evil versions like the one and only Ultraman, of course! ...Hey, how long do I need to do this voice?


 * Evil John: Let us get started! The great Ultraman debuted in Justice League of America 29, all the way back in the year 1964. Before him, it had been established that the heroes from the Golden Age of comics, such as Jay Garrick and Alan Scott--
 * Evil Debbie: The garbage heroes.
 * Evil John: Indeed. But it had been established they were living on Earth-Two. Spelled out as "T-W-O" rather than a number 2. Very important, I assure you. But because of this, it was decided to dub the glorious world of Ultraman and his Crime Syndicate "Earth-Three". Also spelled out.
 * Evil Debbie: Why are these garbage writers spelling world numbers out?
 * Evil John: Because they are idiots, Debbie. Anyways, Ultraman comes from Earth-Three which the Crime Syndicate lives in.
 * Evil Debbie: Oooh, did Ultraman kill a baby?
 * Evil John: Unfortunately, no. But he did torture the son of Superman for like a few years.
 * Evil Debbie: Eh, I would've killed him.
 * Evil John: Now, there are a handful of versions of Ultraman, but the most famous one is the one from Earth-Three, like I said. Much like our home of the Evil Dimension, on Earth-Three all of the heroes are villains and vice versa. Back then though, it was the Silver Age and as we've established by now, the Silver Age was...
 * Evil Debbie: Super insane.
 * Evil John: SUPER insane. So, because of that, on Earth-Three, Columbus in that universe was an American who discovered Britain, Britain split off from America, and President John Wilkes Booth was shot by the actor Abraham Lincoln.
 * Evil Debbie: ...I don't have a joke for that.
 * Evil John: That's completely fair. Now, all of that would be retconned out with later versions, but what's more interesting about Earth-Three is that none of the heroes were nerfed and none of the villains were boosted. Or... the other way around? You know what I mean, Ultraman is just as strong as Superman.
 * Evil Debbie: Yeah, so?
 * Evil John: And kryptonite doesn't hurt him. It gives him his power. Which means Ultraman has no weaknesses. And, because of that, he and his Crime Syndicate were able to easily overthrow their governments and dominate the world! Much like I myself dream of doing one of these days.
 * Evil Debbie: You can't even take over a McDonald's.
 * Evil John: Silence wench!
 * Evil Debbie: Okay what other cool evil shit has Ultraman done?
 * Evil John: Well, there was a version of him within what is called the Antimatter Universe, which introduced him to a modern audience, but in my opinion the greatest and most evil thing Ultraman has ever done is that during the event Forever Evil, he and the New 52 version of the Crime Syndicate fought, defeated, and overthrew the Justice League. They completely dominated not just one, but two Earths! And they allowed the villains to run amuck. They even exposed the identity of the famous Nightwing to the public, which forced him to don a new identity for several real world years.
 * Evil Debbie: Impressive. Though I assume they sadly fell.
 * Evil John: Unfortunately. The New 52 version of Lex Luthor assembled a resistance of anti-heroes and villains who opposed the Syndicate's rule, jokingly dubbed the Injustice League within the story. With their help, Luthor defeated Ultraman and his people. Also, there was a plot line where Super Woman, the Earth-3 version of Wonder Woman, kept claiming different people were the father of her baby and that kinda went nowhere for years...
 * Evil Debbie: Why would Lex Luthor take down Ultraman? Villains should work together.
 * Evil John: They hated the Crime Syndicate, found them to be imposters.
 * Evil Debbie: I see those goodie two-shoes to be the imposters.
 * Evil John: Ultraman is the earliest example of an "Evil Superman" that can be found in media. Well, there is also Reign of The Superman, but I don't think that counts... But, in my honest and personal opinion, I believe Ultraman is an incredible example of an Evil Superman. Yes, his motivation doesn't go beyond "I'm evil", but I think sometimes you just need an evil bastard in a story. Like, a guy who is evil, that's it, and you have fun watching them be evil and get beaten up by good guys.
 * Evil Debbie: ...You have fun watching them get beaten up by good guys?
 * Evil John: What? Oh, uh... No. No, I definitely don't. My character definitely didn't slip for a hot sec there. Either way, I think I've done a pretty good job of explaining who Ultraman is and why you should care, don't you agree?
 * Evil Debbie: There has to be more than one evil version of that loser right?
 * Evil John: There is and now we are going to the evilest place in the DC universe. A place that causes fear, anguish, suffering.
 * Evil Debbie: Oooh Apokalips?!
 * Evil John: Not yet. I mean Russia.
 * Evil Debbie: Oooh even worse.
 * Evil John: So, in the elseworld story Superman: Red Son, Kal-El's rocket crash lands in Soviet Russia just before the Cold War. And it's found by the man, the myth, the legend, Joseph Stalin.
 * Evil Debbie: I don't.... Um... I wouldn't have called that this conversation would go in this direction.
 * Evil John: Now, in my opinion, Red Son Superman, as he's called, is probably the best Evil Superman to have ever been written. He is a genuinely very complex and conflicted character who genuinely believes everything he's doing is for the greater good. He is constantly able to justify the horrible things he does, whether it be murdering his own adopted father or lobotomizing people that stand up to him, just because in his twisted mind, he's the hero.
 * Evil Debbie: Lame!
 * Evil John: Yeah, it's pretty lame, but I'm willing to admit something is well-written. I think that Red Son deserves its own video some day, so I would prefer to give as little information away as possible, but suffice to say, this Superman is one of the best written Evil Supermen I have ever seen. And from one incredible Evil Superman to another, have you ever played Injustice, Debbie?