The Reign of the Supermen is upon us! Or, rather, it will be this summer, because that’s when My Adventures with Superman returns for its third season. As excited as we are to rejoin the show’s anime-inflected take on Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen, it’s not all fun and sunshine for the Man of Tomorrow and his pals. Because along with the announcement comes the reveal of the season’s primary antagonist, the Cyborg Superman.“We’re Cyborg Superman right out the gate,” showrunner Jake Wyatt told Entertainment Weekly, while also promising a very different approach to the villain. “It’s not gonna be a retread of the comics,” he promised, which does raise an eyebrow or two when he adds, “We’re digesting Reign of the Supermen.”For those who don’t recall, Reign of the Supermen was one of the stranger and more influential decisions that DC Comics made in the ’90s. Superman famously died fighting Doomsday in Superman #75 (1992), which was immediately followed by the storyline Funeral for a Friend, in which Metropolis and the rest of the world tried to come to terms with their loss. That story ends with the reveal of four different people of whom claim to be the real Superman in one way or another.There was John Henry Irons, an inventor whose life was saved by Superman and who promised to carry on his legacy. There was the new Superboy, a secret clone of Superman released before he grew to adulthood. There was a cold and murderous alien who looked like Kal-El, later revealed to be a Kryptonian invention called the Eradicator. And, of course, there was the Cyborg Superman, who looked like a mix between Clark and the Terminator.The secret of those characters unfolded in Reign of the Supermen, in which Lois Lane and the Justice League discover that the Cyborg Superman is actually Hank Henshaw, an explorer modeled on Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four, who sought revenge on the Man of Steel by changing his appearance and gaining the trust of the populace. Once he gained that trust, the Cyborg began destroying cities (including Green Lantern Hal Jordan’s hometown Coast City, leading the way for his downfall) to make way for the conqueror Mongul. He was only stopped by the combined forces of not just the other Supermen, but also the real and revived Superman, who came back to life with a black costume. And also a mullet.cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "106e33c0-3911-473c-b599-b1426db57530",}).render("0270c398a82f44f49c23c16122516796");});Important as that story was, Wyatt assures fans that My Adventures with Superman won’t be showing viewers the death of Superman again, something covered in Smallville, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Superman & Lois. Instead, the show will be staying within its own version of the DC Universe. That version already includes Hank Henshaw, who was introduced at the end of season 2 as a researcher at S.T.A.R. Labs.Wyatt explained that his show will be “less Death and more about, ‘What’s a Superman?’ The fun thing about Reign of the Supermen is that it’s all these impostors who have the same power set but different values.” That means we’ll not only get more of John Henry Irons, a.k.a. Steel, but also this show’s take on Superboy and the Eradicator.One also has to wonder if the introduction of Cyborg Superman will also lead into My Adventures with Green Lantern, which is currently in production and slated for release later this year or early next year. Even though that show will focus on the Jessica Cruz version of Green Lantern instead of Hal Jordan, Cyborg Superman has long been an antagonist of the entire Corps.Whatever the plans may be, it’s clear that My Adventures With Superman will raise the stakes while staying true to its unique world.My Adventures with Superman season 3 debuts on HBO Max on June 13th, 2026.The post My Adventures with Superman Reveals Season 3’s Big Bad appeared first on Den of Geek.