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In addition, Jor-ElвЂ™s role in sending criminals to the Phantom Zone is now questioned by a more enlightened society who see banishment to the Zone as torture, as punishment too cruel and unusual to be just. In SupermanвЂ™s dream, KryptonвЂ™s survival means that Jor-El was wrong it means that the scientist was laughed at and mocked by the scientific community it means that Jor-El, the doomsday prophet, continued with his irrational warnings of dire things to come, turning his attention to the kinds of things that our own doomsday prophets proclaim about: immigrant hordes, lost youth, economic collapse. SupermanвЂ™s dream takes account of the implications of his father, Jor-El, being mistaken about KryptonвЂ™s destruction. But it isnвЂ™t the idyllic and unrealistic world in which Kara finds herself. In this world, heвЂ™s a happily married archaeologist and the father of two children. In MooreвЂ™s and GibbonвЂ™s Superman story, Kal-El is fully emerged in the world of fantasy Krypton from moment one, and he comes to freedom through a slowly dawning realization that world isnвЂ™t real.

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ItвЂ™s only when Alex makes a journey into that world that Kara comes to her senses and is able to free herself. Slowly, she comes to believe that the idyllic dream world of Krypton is real. Over time, however, she begins to believe the story told by her mother that her memories of Earth are but memories of the nightmares she suffered while in the throes of a long and severe illness. In her dream state, Kara wakens in Krypton confused and lost, correctly perceiving that the world of Krypton, complete with her loving family, is an illusion. ItвЂ™s just the opposite of MooreвЂ™s story, where Wonder Woman, Batman, and RobinвЂ™s battle with Mongol is only a framing device for the real story. Most of the episode is devoted to her friendsвЂ™ battle to save KaraвЂ™s life with not nearly enough time, or story, devoted to her visit to fantasy Krypton. The problem is that the story fails precisely where MooreвЂ™s story succeeded, in its depiction of the heroвЂ™s fantasy journey to the place of their heartвЂ™s desire, long-lost Krypton. ThereвЂ™s a lot of solid action, as wwell as a lot of human drama and humor in this episode. And Supergirl rises from her crisis with a righteous anger that is a thrill to behold. Alex (Chyler Leigh) reveals the depth of her dedication to her step-sister, Kara, by risking her life to save her.

SupergirlвЂ™s work friends, James (Mehacad Brooks) and Winn (Jeremy Jordan), team up with the DEO, and with bad-guy Maxwell Lord (Peter Facinelli), in order to save Supergirl. Hank Henshaw (David Harewood) battles Kryptonian villain Astra (Larua Benanti) in his green Martian Manhunter form AND uses his shape-shifting ability to impersonate Kara (Melissa Benoist) in hilarious interactions with her boss, Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart). Overall, there is a lot of good stuff here. ItвЂ™s safe to say that this episode was as anxiously anticipated as any since the pilot. And the cliffhanger at the end of the last episode revealed that the Black Mercy was going to be at the heart of the story.

The title itself is a dead giveaway to anyone who is a fan of the original story: вЂњFor the Girl Who Has EverythingвЂќ. Publicity for Supergirl had long ago telegraphed that the Moore/Gibbons story was going to serve as inspiration for this episode. The вЂњBlack MercyвЂќ had been sent to Superman by the galactic villain known as Mongol, who reveals that the plant feeds on the bio-aura of its victim while providing them with a deeply realized dream world that, he claims, вЂњgives them their heartвЂ™s desireвЂќ. Much to their surprise, they discover that their friend is trapped in a catatonic state and wrapped in the tendrils of an alien plant that they soon learn is called a вЂњBlack MercyвЂќ. They have gifts in hand, but are clearly wondering what they could possible give a Superman who has everything. The story begins with Wonder Woman, Batman, and Robin arriving at SupermanвЂ™s Fortress of Solitude in order to celebrate the heroвЂ™s birthday. вЂњFor the Man Who Has EverythingвЂќ is Moore at the top of his game, however. Illustrated by long-time Superman artist Curt Swan, in this fanвЂ™s humble opinion, вЂњWhatever HappenedвЂќ is the last вЂњrealвЂќ Superman story ever published. вЂњFor the Man Who Has EverythingвЂќ isnвЂ™t the best Alan Moore Superman story ever produced that distinction belongs to 1986вЂ™s masterful вЂњWhatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?вЂќ, MooreвЂ™s elegiac farewell to the pre-Crisis Superman.

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The 1985 story, вЂњFor the Man Who Has Everything,вЂќ appeared in Superman Annual #11, by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons, the team who would soon go on to produce Watchmen, the most critically acclaimed series in comic book history. This weekвЂ™s episode of SupergirlвЂ™s inspired by one of the best known and most critically lauded Superman stories in the Man of SteelвЂ™s long history.

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