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9. The Darksider (Superman: The Dark Side)

The Henchman

What if Superman’s rocket landed someplace else? What if it landed someplace…bad? What if, for instance, it landed on Apokolips? And Darkseid raised Kal-El as a gladiator of murder. A soldier of hate. A dude in a really, really, really cool set of armor.

I loved that Dark Side Superman design more than I should have, for something as seeped in late nineties design aesthetics as that thing is. Kal fought for Darkseid until he was swayed away by the people of New Genesis to the side of good, but for our purposes, I’ll pluck him from before that.

Team Role: The Henchman.

Every good superteam needs a super villain to fight, and every good supervillain needs a solid henchman to kick ass in his name. Kal wasn’t menacing enough to be a villain all on his own, but since he was used to muscling for Darkseid, I could easily see him fighting for another master. What master? Well, we’ll get to that next.