Mongul beating the living daylights out of Wonder Woman and not opening a single wound in her.
Beware the Nice Ones: It is rare for Superman to truly unleash on someone with intent to kill.Tropes used in For the Man Who Has Everything include: Notably, Alan Moore is notorious for asking to have his name removed from the credits of adaptations of his work, but his name actually does appear in the credits for this episode. Most likely because A.) They asked him first and B.) they kept the spirit of the story while putting their own spin on most of the big plot beats (especially how the Black Mercy dream works). This was reportedly the only adaptation of Alan Moore's work that Moore himself likes. The only clue that something is wrong are the constant, random earthquakes, and how Jor-El's voice keeps changing. Jor-El appears as a contented, doting grandfather (if somewhat dismissive of Kal-el's farming lifestyle). In the adaptation, he is a Kryptonian farmer with his wife Loana (three guesses as to which two characters she's an amalgamation of-her voice actress is the same as Lois Lane's, to boot), his son Van-El, and a new pet. The animated version removes the darker aspects of the original dream world and gives Superman a mostly idyllic life. Mongul is instantly seized by the plant and submerged into his own deepest fantasy: he swats the Mercy aside, kills Superman, and then conquers the universe. Mongul is on the verge of killing Superman when Robin attaches the Black Mercy to Mongul. Superman is on the verge of delivering a crushing (perhaps killing) blow to Mongul, but he becomes distracted by the sight of the statues of his parents, which allows Mongul to deliver a stunning counterattack. During the ensuing fight, the Black Mercy attaches itself to Batman we see briefly see images of his idyllic life (which involves his parents never being gunned down in front of him) Jason Todd is able to pry the Black Mercy off using Mongul's special gauntlets. With this revelation, the illusion is dispelled, and Superman is freed just in time to save his friends from Mongul. Through sheer force of will (Mongul comments that the sensation is akin to Superman tearing off his own arm), Kal-El tells his beloved son that he doesn't think he's real.
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Wonder Woman engages Mongul in battle while Batman desperately tries to figure out a way to remove the plant.Īs Superman delves deeper into the dream, he slowly comes to the realization that while he feels contentment with his family and his career (being free from the conflict inherent with being a superhero), all is not as it seems. They run afoul of Mongul, the powerful supervillain who has trapped Superman in the Black Mercy's grasp. Superman is discovered by Batman, Wonder Woman and Jason Todd as Robin (who was absent from the animated adaptation), who have come to celebrate Superman's birthday. In reality, Kal-El is Superman, and he's fallen under the spell of an alien plant called the Black Mercy, which grants a logical extrapolation of his fondest desires. While the character was often portrayed as a heroic visionary in the Silver Age, the Jor-El the reader sees is a bitter shell, who turned to radical reactionary politics after wrongly predicting that Krypton would explode his wife dying of cancer might have something to do with it as well. Further compounding the problem is the fact that Kal-El is estranged from his father, Jor-El. Among other things, Kara is in the hospital after being assaulted by a anti- Phantom Zone protester. Despite previously idyllic representations in the Canon, Krypton is presented here as a dystopia teetering on social collapse. In the illusion, he's married to a former actress and has a large, loving family. The story is a The Final Temptation type Superman's mind is trapped in an illusion depicting him living a happy life on an intact Krypton. It was later adapted into a popular episode of Justice League Unlimited which has been said to be the only adaptation of his work that Alan Moore actually likes.
For the Man Who Has Everything is a classic Superman story by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons that is considered one of the best Superman stories of all time (if not the best) as well as one of the best single issue comic book stories ever published.
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