History ComicBook / SupermanPhillipKennedyJohnson

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Members of the anti-alien Blue Earth group were planning another attack on Steelworks Tower in retaliation for Superman bringing alien refugees to Earth. Unfortunately for them, they stumbled across Metallo, who promptly killed one of them and then forcibly drafted the rest into his service.

* CorruptPolitician: Lord Premier Thaaros who schemes to prevent the rest of the United Planets sending aid to Superman, for unknown reasons, and prevents the rest of the universe from learning what happened after Mongul defeats Superman's team. [[spoiler:The ''Superman: Warworld Apocalypse'' one-shot reveals that Thaaros was working for Mongul and had even offered up Kryl-Ux's people to Mongul for appeasement. With Mongul dead, Kryl-Ux is vowing vengeance against him and the United Planets.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: After Superman uses the Fire of Olgrun to [[spoiler: resurrect Osul]], Mongul is utterly stupefied.

* SuperFamilyTeam: After returning from Warworld, Superman is disturbed to see how the status quo on Earth has continued to decline. Hoping to reverse this trend, he gathers together the Super Family to serve as an example to humanity: Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Kon-El/Superboy, John Henry Irons/Steel, Kenan Kong/Super-Man, Natasha Irons/Steel II, Jon Kent/Superman Secundus, and the newly adopted Phaelosian twins Osul and Otho.

* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: After helping the Superfamily defeat Henshaw, Metallo goes to live in Steelworks Tower which previously he blew up.]]

** [[spoiler: Metallo gets to [[ComicBook/Siege pull a Sentry on Henshaw]] to save his sister]].

* HistoryRepeats: Clark has painful flashbacks to when Jon left with Jor-El when [[spoiler:Orion, Metron, and Kalibak demand Osul-Ra come with them so they can extract the Fire of Olgrun]]. When they repeat their demand that Osul-Ra come with them, [[SubvertedTrope Clark stands in the way]] and says, "Over my dead body."

* ReformedButNotTamed: Manchester Black. He's joined forces with Superman and seems to be (begrudgingly) attempting to reign in his preference for lethal force. He's still willing to beat one of Mongul's servants to death in combat when said servant is immune to his powers. [[spoiler:Oh, and he's also TheMole for Luthor]].

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Poor Metallo has seen better days at the start of the ''Kal-El Returns'' crossover. He's falling apart as a result of his fights with Superman, he's missing both legs and his left arm, one of his eyes is dangling by a wire, and the guards took away his ability to talk because he keeps having "episodes" (implication being he's suffering from mental breakdowns over how awful his life has become).

* GeniusLoci: The Necropolis. Byla states that it hides the things it wants kept safe, including Superman and his forces. Mongul-Who-Is states that the city cannot be mapped as it is constantly shifting its architecture and structure. Stories of the first Mongul speak of the Necropolis denying his efforts to unlock it's secrets as well.

** Metallo is genuinely remorseful towards a guard whom he's forced to kill after he stumbles upon his breakout from Stryker's Island, especially since said guard was one of the few staff members [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe who addressed Corben by name and treated him kindly.]] Corben goes out of his way to assure his victim that he didn't do anything to deserve this fate besides being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he's clearly [[TranquilFury furious at Luthor]] for putting him in that position after the deed is done.

* ChoresWithoutPowers: In Superman's Warworld Rising arc, Kal-El gets enslaved, and ends up fighting as a gladiator. He's depowered as long as he remains on that planet, as it's under a red sun.

** [[spoiler: Later, the Eradicator also helps them due to Henshaw's use of Kryptonian DNA being an abomination in the Eradicator's eyes.]]

* HesBack: In "Kal-El Returns", Clark returns home to Earth after his ordeals on Warworld to both fanfare and derision. Furthermore, [[spoiler:bathing in the light of a white star had not only restored Superman's powers and vitality, but he points out to Orion that he's much stronger than usual. While brawling with Luthor, Superman goes so far as to say that concepts like spacetime, weight, distance, and temperature have largely lost all meaning to him, crossing lightyears in moments after Luthor uses Warworld technology to teleport him away]].

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: Superman and Metallo form a temporary alliance in order to rescue Metallo's sister, and put down their mutual foe Hank Henshaw, the Cyborg Superman.]]

* SelfMadeOrphan: In addition to killing his father in the ''Superman: Villains'' one-shot, the ''Action Comics 2022 Annual'' reveals that Mongul killed his mother as well.

* SuperMode: [[spoiler: Due to his time on Warworld, Superman has developed a degree of control over how Genesis affects him. He can use it to make himself immune to kryptonite temporarily, [[{{Manga/Naruto}} and also create a gigantic humanoid avatar of himself to do battle]].]]

* SuperMode: [[spoiler: Due to his time on Warworld, Superman has developed a degree of control over how Genesis affects him. He can use it to make himself immune to kryptonite temporarily, [[Manga/Naruto and also create a gigantic humanoid avatar of himself to do battle]].]]

** Mongul threatens the lives of the Super-Twins in attempt to force Superman to hand over the Fire of Olgrun. He makes good on his threat by killing Osul.
** Metallo likewise has no issue threatening the lives of the Super-Twins, to try and force Superman to rescue his sister.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: Turns out Otho only attacked the Blue Earth protesters because she spotted one of the Necrohive among them. Said member pretends to be dead to both make the Superfamily look bad for the press, and to lure Jon and the other members of the Family in to ambush them with the aid of more Necrohivers.]]

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* HiveMind: The Shadowbreed are linked by this, and it has access to the minds of every victim the Shadowbreed have consumed.