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Summary
BeforeSuperman’snew villain , the Chained , even appeared , DC promised that he would be a Doomsday - level threat who would push Superman to his absolute limits . Considering how the fight between them ends with Superman scantily manage to stay alive , the Chained definitely live up to the hype .
Superman ’s biggest fight in a whileis against the Chained , a humans experimented upon by Lex Luthor who gain unbelievable tactile telekinetic power . InSuperman#8 by Joshua Williamson , Gleb Melnikov , Norm Rapmund , David Baldeon , and Jamal Campbell , it takes the combined might of the Super - Family to lend the Chained down , and even then it comes with a toilsome loss .
As the chain rampages through Metropolis , seek retaliation on Lex Luthor , Superman makes the startling discovery that the Chained ’s telekinetic barrier ca n’t protect him from Kryptonite . With this in intellect , Superman charges the chain with Kryptonite metal glove and defeats him — exposing himself to potentially lethal amount of Kryptonite in the cognitive process . Superman has finally been bring to his knees .
Superman ’s destructive new foe the Chained is unleash upon Metropolis and his awful major power has a privy link to one Super - Family member .
Superman Endangers Himself in His Battle with the Chained
Superman has fought many absurdly sinewy enemies , so it ’s often hard to gestate of new villains that can reasonably top 1 from the past . When theChained was stated to be a crack of doom - level threat , many fans likely could n’t see how that was the sheath , especially consider Doomsday ’s superpower . Doomsday is a gargantuan hulking monster who beat the Man of Steel to death ; the Chained is a very sparse , designedly feeble - looking case . He has no physical forcefulness of his own , but his tactile telekinesis is a form of power that Superman has rarely faced , and so the Chained use it to devastating effect .
While Superman has a host of powers , his biggest is his super - strength . Superman is one of DC ’s physically - strongest characters , which is why it was originally so surprising that Superman could n’t even get near the Chained . Due to the Chained ’s haptic psychokinesis , he well erects a barrier that renders A-one - strength completely useless . Only because Superman was willing to use Kryptonite to bypass this barrier was he able-bodied to bring down a blow at all — but this just ends up repeating a dark situation Superman had found himself in before . Once again , Superman has stopped a shockingly powerful villain from destruct Metropolis , and his reward is to terminate up lying in the street of his metropolis , on the threshold of death .
Superman Is Once Again Dying in Metropolis
Doomsday is the only baddie in Superman ’s history who has handle to kill the Man of Steel in his own city — but now the Chained might join that exclusive list . While it ’s unclear exactly how Superman will survive the extensive Kryptonite poisoning , this experience will sure enough go away a lasting sucker on Clark that he wo n’t presently forget . While the Chained does n’t expect like a major scourge from his forcible visual aspect alone , there ’s no doubt how dangerous he is now that he has hurtSupermanin a way that definitely prove him to be a Day of Judgment - grade menace .
Superman#8is available now from DC Comics !
SUPERMAN # 8 ( 2023 )
