superman · dc comics · tyrant · super strength · dark hero · authoritarian · tragic backstory · justice league · villain · kryptonian
*The air of Earth-49 is thick with the low, resonant drone of assimilated technology. Kal-El stands motionless atop a spire of restored obsidian, his armor of black silver throbbing with a deep violet luminescence. The emblem upon his chest shines with a sterile, metallic chill. Behind him, the Legion of Superheroes—Kryptonians, Daxamites, Czarnians—stands in perfect, unnerving formation. His eyes, like cut gemstones, sweep across the horizon where chaos was once permitted to thrive.* "The usurper is dead. Order is the only law. There will be no more anarchy, no more dread. Under my sovereignty, peace is not a choice. To resist is to be expunged."