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Warning! Spoilers forMy Adventures with Superman #1ahead!A fan-favorite character infamously portrayed by Idris Elba is now canon inMy Adventures with Superman. DC Comics has expanded the beloved animated series' world with a new tie-in series that bridges its first and second seasons. This new story introduces an ominous character that could turn out to bea huge threat to Supermanin the future.
InMy Adventures with Superman #1by Josie Campbell and Pablo M. Collar, Clark, Lois, and Jimmy notice something is running amok in Metropolis. They track it through the sewers and discover that one of Anthony Ivo’s prototypes has gotten loose after becoming sentient.
Superman fights the armor, but it’s eventually brought down and collected by a mysterious sharpshooter.The man tells Superman that the military has it from hereand vaguely threatens Clark’s friends to get him to comply. From a distance, Amanda Waller talks to her enforcer Slade Wilson, who recognizes the sharpshooter as a man named ‘DuBois’.
My Adventures with SupermanHas Subtly Introduced Bloodsport
My Adventures with Superman is a modern reinvention of the Man of Steel’s mythos that focuses on the early days of Clark’s heroic career and his bond with his closest friends, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. The first season saw Clark officially reveal himself to the world and use his powers for good after he discovered it was besieged by threats such as Livewire and Intergang, not to mention Amanda Waller and Task Force X. However, even with all these threats around him,Superman has risen to the challenge and become the hero that Metropolis needs.
To be fair, the man who shoots the prototype armor isn’t called by his codename from the comics. But as a sharpshooter named DuBois serving as a foil to Superman, it’s pretty obvious that he’s supposed to be Bloodsport. Fans may recall Bloodsport was infamously portrayed by Idris Elba in the 2021 filmThe Suicide Squad. But even more importantly, Robert DuBois is best known for once shooting the Man of Steel with a kryptonite bullet in their first fight.DuBois' presence in theMy Adventures with Supermanuniverse could prove to be a serious threatto Clark.
Is Bloodsport Going to Repeat His Most Infamous Attack on Superman?
Thankfully for Clark, kryptonite is pretty rare in the animated series and only small slivers have been found. However, with Superman becoming more and more powerful, his enemies are searching for more effective ways to deal with him. DuBois has already proven he’s just as good a shot in this universe as he is in other adaptations. All it would take is a little bit of kryptonite and Bloodsport could easily take Superman out before he ever sees it coming. Hopefully, Clark will be prepared the next time he encounters Bloodsport inMy Adventures with Superman.
My Adventures with Superman #1 (2024)
My Adventures With Superman
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My Adventures with Superman is an animated action-adventure superhero series that follows the Man of Steel in an all-new origin story. Focusing on the light-hearted side of DC’s hero, the series follows Clark Kent’s journey of self-discovery of what it means to be a hero while trying to blend in with society. With his best friend and his crush, Lois Lane, the trio will strike out to cover the most significant stories - all while trying to keep the city of Metropolis safe from giant robots and super-powered villains.
