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The comic
- Supes saving Metropolis after Lex attempts to crash a Russian satellite into the city. Three seconds after crashing it into the harbor, the Daily Planet's globe falls from the building after being grazed by the satellite loosened some of the support cables. After all the propaganda, all the lies about Superman being a tool for the Russian government, all the fear that the people of America had about him, they realize at that moment he was there to save them.
- Lex's Establishing Character Moment: He's playing chess against multiple opponents, and winning, while reading Machiavelli's The Prince and teaching himself Urdu on a portable tape-recorder he designed in the washroom earlier that morning. This is how he relaxes on his coffee break.
- "These shores are off-limits, Comrade." Cue ass-kicking.
- Batman outsmarting Superman by tying up Wonder Woman with her lasso, then luring him into Lex's red solar lamps. After pages of Superman unknowingly lording over humanity, it's very satisfying to see a cunning victim of the Soviet regime take him down, then make a speech that embodies Badass Normal.Batman: We ordinary people may lack your great speed or your x-ray vision, Superman. But never underestimate the power of the human mind. We carry the most dangerous weapon on Earth inside these thick little skulls of ours.
- Superman taking on the entire Green Lantern Marine Corps and mopping the floor with them in no time at all.Superman: A thought-based weapon against someone who can move at ten times the speed of thought? Not too smart, Colonel Jordan.
- In the film, on the other hand, the Green Lantern Marine Corps get Superman on the ropes and nearly beat him before the fight is interrupted by Wonder Woman.
- You have to admire Lex Luthor's ability to completely break a superpowered, world-ruling dictator with just one single question:Why don't you just put the whole WORLD in a BOTTLE, Superman?
- Superman manages to carry a damaged Brainiac out of the Solar System before it self-destructs. What makes it even more impressive is that Lex calculated the explosion would destroy everything within 15 million miles in less than a minute. Doing the math reveals that even at light speed, it would be impossible. This leaves us with only one conclusion: Superman managed to not only break the speed of light but get the explosion far away enough that the 8 billion mile-wide Solar System would remain untouched. All in less than a minute.
- Summed up in the exchange beforehand:
Lex: Even you aren't that fast!Superman: Don't count on it, mister.
