The one thing that the new Superman trailers have managed to hide is the fact that the most deadly enemy of the Man of Steel has been hiding in plain sight. In certain trailers, we’ve seen a figure all in black, with its face covered, that has been dubbed “Ultraman.” Now that Superman has finally hit theaters, Ultraman’s identity has been revealed. This twist isn’t directly from any one comic book storyline by itself. But the Ultraman twist does pay homage to several aspects of the famous 1993 DC Comics storyline, The Reign of the Supermen.
Here’s who Ultraman really is, how his powers work, and why this character pulls from multiple aspects of the same wild 1993 comic book miniseries.
