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admonition ! raider ahead for Superman ' 78 : The Metal Curtain # 2!The 1978Supermanmovie mythos just got a piddling bit handsome with the surprising origination ofGreen Lantern . For the first clip , Christophe Reeves ' Man of Steel is facing off against a version of his kryptonite - powered scourge Metallo , and fascinate up in the battle is Earth-789 ’s edition of Hal Jordan .
InSuperman ' 78 : The Metal Curtain # 2by Robert Venditti and Gavin Guidry , Superman takes Lois Lane to the Fortress of Solitude to meet his Kryptonian parents . As he prepare to tell her his secret identicalness , Superman hears a pilot being shot down . gratefully , Superman rescues the pilot , referred to only by his call star sign ' Highball ' .
The perpetrator behind the attackis the Russian super - soldier Metallo , armed with a kryptonite - powered suit of clothes . Metallo attacks Superman and easily has him on the roach . The pilot , revealed to be a brunette human being , tries to fight back against Metallo . Unfortunately , the baddie is too stiff and effortlessly knocks the pilot out of the way .
Superman ‘78 Just Rescued His Version of Green Lantern Hal Jordan
TheSuperman ' 78series is an expanding upon of the Richard DonnerSupermanfranchise which featured doer Christopher Reeve in the starring role . put in the Donnerverse , the series has add new character that never appeared in the original films . InSuperman ' 78 : The Metal Curtain , Clark ’s brawny villain Metallo has just been bring out . Rather than a discharged penis of the United States Army , Metallo has been reinvent as a Russian soldier take to become his country ’s equivalent to Superman . With a powerful warfare suit that utilizes kryptonite , Metallo has been sent to squeeze Supermanin a show of Soviet strength .
Granted , the pilot burner regard in this issue is n’t called Hal Jordan , nor is he show to be a member of the Green Lantern Corps . However , Jordan is a pilot and often uses the call planetary house ' Highball ' . Not to mention the pilot light ’s brown hair and lantern jaw make him strongly prefer the Emerald Knight . Not to cite , the pilot testify strong displays of heroism , attacking Metallo when it ’s obvious the pilot is greatly outclassed . TheSuperman ' 78series has antecedently introduce Hawkman to its persistence . The arrival of Green Lantern hints that the stage is potentially being put upfor a next Justice League .
Superman ‘78 is Building Up a Justice League
Superman ' 78is readiness in the same universe asBatman ' 89(Earth-789 ) . So it ’s know that Batman does , or will , exist on this globe . But now that Hal Jordan is potentially around , there ’s a substantial prospect he could be get his Power Ring before long . And if Green Lantern connect Batman and Superman , its just a matter of clock time until more bomber debut , give the Superman picture show canon it ’s very own Justice League . Of naturally , this is all qualified on whether the pilot film is really Hal . But given his similarities , it ’s safe to say thatGreen Lanternhas just joinedSuperman ' 78’scontinuity .
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