Em Superman #8DC revealed the origin of The ChainedSuperman’s new villain in the comic books.
Superman #8 serves as “The Chained: Part Three” and the issue begins with a flashback to The Chained as a boy named Samuel (or “Sammy”).
However, Sam isn’t just any boy: he’s the son of Sebastian Stryker, the wealthy Metropolis industrialist who built Stryker’s Island Penitentiary.
Through a flashback conversation between Lex Luthor, Sebastian Stryker, and Carl Draper (aka The Master Jailer), we learn that Sebastian Stryker actually handed his son over to Lex for experimentation.
The result was Lex successfully equipping Sammy with a metahuman ability: Tactile Telekinesis, the same power that would later be given to the Superboy clone that Cadmus created.
However, Sammy Stryker’s power of Tactile Telekinesis operates at a level that Connor Kent could never imagine, and it quickly becomes apparent that Superboy’s powers are only a fraction of The Chained’s abilities.
During the course of history in Superman #8we have brushstrokes of history that make it clear that there is a crucial scene that we have not yet witnessed: what inevitably went wrong between father and son.
Lex Luthor reveals to Superman that Sammy’s power (and mind) has become a threat.
At some point, for some reason, Sammy and Sebastian Stryker had a falling out, which led to the son murdering his father.
Afterwards, Lex hatched a plan to tie up and contain Sammy, locking him in a cell beneath Stryker Island until Luthor’s mysterious former rivals, Dr. Pharm and Mister Graft, manipulated Superman into freeing him.
Superman #8 It is already on sale in the United States.
Not cinema, Superman be interpreted by David Corenswet (Pearl) in Superman: Legacy, while Nicholas Hoult (The Menu) takes on the role of Lex Luthor.
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David Corenswet (Our City) and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) are set in the main roles.
The main cast will also bring Nicholas Hoult (O Menu) como Lex Luthor, Nathan Fillion (The Rookie) como Guy Gardner, Isabela Merced (Family Justice) as Hawkgirl, Eddie Gathegi (X-Men: First Class) as Mister Terrific, Anthony Carrigan (Barry) as Shapeshifter, and Mara Gabriela De Fara (Deadly Class) as The Engineer.
Superman: Legacy have direction and script James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad), and is scheduled for July 11, 2025.
According to the official description, the film will focus on the hero trying to balance his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing. He is the embodiment of truth, justice and the American way. He’s kindness in a world that thinks it’s old-fashioned.
