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* ColdBloodedTorture: Supergirl captures her father's murderer Reactron and takes him to her planet so he stands trial. However Allura gets him tortured for information, making her daughter, who wanted justice rather revenge, furious when she finds out.
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The story arcs ''ComicBook/SupermanGrounded'' and ''Supergirl: Bizarrogirl'' depict Superman and Supergirl dealing with the fallout.

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The story arcs ''ComicBook/SupermanGrounded'' and ''Supergirl: Bizarrogirl'' ''[[ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}} Supergirl: Bizarrogirl]]'' depict Superman and Supergirl dealing with the fallout.
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* InsigniaRipOffRitual:
** In Supergirl (Volume 5) 5 #41, Supergirl rips the "S"-shield off Superwoman's clothes screaming she is a murderer who doesn't deserve to wear her family's crest.
--->'''Supergirl:''' You're asking for mercy? Like Agent Liberty got?! Like poor Mister Henderson!? Like my father!? You don't deserve mercy, you deserve a beating! And this? You don't deserve to wear this.
** In ''World of New Krypton'' #12, General Zod is so angry when he finds out that Commander Gor disobeyed his direct orders and gunned a fugitive down than rips his commander insignia off his chest and demotes him right away.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** Reactron brought golden kryptonite (which nullifies the powers of a Kryptonian) to the fight, thinking he'd kill Supergirl easily. It turns out that Supergirl has been trained by both Batman and Wonder Woman and knows Klurkor (a Kryptonian martial art).
** General Sam Lane has the habit of declaring that his daughter Lucy Lane -a. k. a. Superwoman- is a soldier who will not be bested by a "teenage hussy" two minutes before Supergirl mops the floor with Superwoman.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In the final arc "War of the Supermen", ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} defeats her old enemy Superwoman for good. It's a brutal, one-sided beatdown... which happens completely off panel.

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The storyline comes directly on the heels of the ''ComicBook/Brainiac'' arc, but has roots in the "ComicBook/LastSon" story by Geoff Johns and ''Film/{{Superman}}'' director Creator/RichardDonner.

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The storyline comes directly on the heels of the ''ComicBook/Brainiac'' ''ComicBook/SupermanBrainiac'' arc, but has roots in the "ComicBook/LastSon" story by Geoff Johns and ''Film/{{Superman}}'' director Creator/RichardDonner.


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* BookEnds: In the first issue, ComicBook/LoisLane is placing flowers at her father's grave as her sister Lucy reminds her angrily that Sam Lane never liked flowers. At the final issue, Lois visits her father's grave again. When asked why she didn't bring flowers she replies her father didn't like them and doesn't deserve them.


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* GraveMarkingScene: Happens several times. At the beginning, Clark Kent and his mother visit Jonathan Kent's grave and Lois visits her father's (and has an argument with her sister Lucy). At the end of the story, Supergirl builds a grave for all Kryptonians who perished during the War and Lois visits her father's grave for the last time.
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* CryIntoChest: When [[spoiler:New Krypton gets destroyed]] during the "War of the Supermen", making [[spoiler:Superman and Supergirl the last of their kind once again]], Supergirl cries into her cousin's chest at least twice.



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The storyline comes directly on the heels of the "Brainiac" arc, but has roots in the "ComicBook/LastSon" story by Geoff Johns and ''Film/{{Superman}}'' director Creator/RichardDonner.

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The storyline comes directly on the heels of the "Brainiac" ''ComicBook/Brainiac'' arc, but has roots in the "ComicBook/LastSon" story by Geoff Johns and ''Film/{{Superman}}'' director Creator/RichardDonner.



The story arc ''ComicBook/SupermanGrounded'' depicts Superman dealing with the fallout.

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The story arc arcs ''ComicBook/SupermanGrounded'' depicts and ''Supergirl: Bizarrogirl'' depict Superman and Supergirl dealing with the fallout.
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* BulletCatch: In the ''World of New Krypton'' mini, Supergirl catches a sniper's bullet before the projectile hits its intended victim.



* YoungerThanTheyLook: Chris Kent goes from looking his age (about six) to looking around 12, to his mid teens, early twenties, and eventually old age, due to being a mutant.

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* YoungerThanTheyLook: Chris Kent goes from looking his age (about six) to looking around 12, to his mid teens, early twenties, and eventually old age, due to being a mutant.mutant.

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*StatusQuoIsGod: Let's face it, Superman no longer being nearly the LastOfHisKind was never going to last.
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'''''Superman: New Krypton''''' was a Creator/DCComics BatFamilyCrossover for the {{Superman}}-related titles, running from 2008 to 2010. It was written by, at various points and on various books, Creator/GeoffJohns, James Robinson, Sterling Gates, and Creator/GregRucka.

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'''''Superman: ''Superman: New Krypton''''' was Krypton'' is a Creator/DCComics BatFamilyCrossover for the {{Superman}}-related ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''-related titles, running from 2008 to 2010. It was written by, at various points and on various books, Creator/GeoffJohns, James Robinson, Sterling Gates, and Creator/GregRucka.
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'''Superman: New Krypton''' was a Creator/DCComics BatFamilyCrossover for the {{Superman}}-related titles, running from 2008 to 2010. It was written by, at various points and on various books, Creator/GeoffJohns, James Robinson, Sterling Gates, and Creator/GregRucka.

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'''Superman: '''''Superman: New Krypton''' Krypton''''' was a Creator/DCComics BatFamilyCrossover for the {{Superman}}-related titles, running from 2008 to 2010. It was written by, at various points and on various books, Creator/GeoffJohns, James Robinson, Sterling Gates, and Creator/GregRucka.
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The storyline comes directly on the heels of the ''Brainiac'' arc, but has roots in the ''ComicBook/LastSon'' story by Geoff Johns and Film/{{Superman}} director Creator/RichardDonner.

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The storyline comes directly on the heels of the ''Brainiac'' "Brainiac" arc, but has roots in the ''ComicBook/LastSon'' "ComicBook/LastSon" story by Geoff Johns and Film/{{Superman}} ''Film/{{Superman}}'' director Creator/RichardDonner.
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* AngstWhatAngst: By the end of the storyline, the "Hundred Minute War" caused untold destruction to cities around the world, the personal deaths of many world leaders, and all sorts of collateral mass death, but by the end no one remotely dwells on it and any hate and fear towards Kryptonians like Superman is not seen. This behavior carries over into the Superman:Grounded storyline as well.
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* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler: Lex Luthor]] gets killed in the end?!?! Oh, wait, no... just a decoy robot he planted on Brainiac's {{spoiler: ship from the start]] to have some maneouvring space without being bothered by the other multiple fighting parties.

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* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler: Lex Luthor]] gets killed in the end?!?! Oh, wait, no... just a decoy robot he planted on Brainiac's {{spoiler: [[spoiler: ship from the start]] to have some maneouvring space without being bothered by the other multiple fighting parties.
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* ''Adventure Comics'' got involved in mid-arc and showed how the other members of the Legion of Super-Heroes plus the Conner Kent Superboy handled the conflict.


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* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler: Lex Luthor]] gets killed in the end?!?! Oh, wait, no... just a decoy robot he planted on Brainiac's {{spoiler: ship from the start]] to have some maneouvring space without being bothered by the other multiple fighting parties.
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* AngstWhatAngst: By the end of the storyline, the "Hundred Minute War" caused untold destruction to cities around the world, the personal deaths of many world leaders, and all sorts of collateral mass death, but by the end no one remotely dwells on it and any hate and fear towards Kryptonians like Superman is not seen. This behavior carries over into the Superman:Grounded storyline as well.
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Mr. Kent, Zor-El, Alura, and Reactron are all major players who die and were never brought back before the reboot.]]

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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Mr. Kent, Zor-El, Alura, and Reactron are all major players who die and were never brought back before the reboot. All Kryptonians not sent into the Phantom Zone or allied with Superman are also shown as dead.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Zod and Ursa to Christopher, oh so much. Zod refers to him as a disappointment he's willing to replace in the future and Ursa refers to him as disgusting weak mewling mutation. Alura's not much better in her treatment of Kara.

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* AbusiveParents: Zod and Ursa to Christopher, oh so much. Zod refers to him as a disappointment he's willing to replace in the future and Ursa refers to him as disgusting weak mewling mutation. Alura's not much better in her treatment of Kara.Kara in terms of emotional abuse after her husband's death to the point that Kara actually wished Alura had died first instead of her father.
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* DownerEnding: Spectacularly so. Millions are dead, the Kryptonians are extinct again, and Luthor is not only a greater KarmaHoudini than ever, but General Lane is regarded as a hero.

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* DownerEnding: Spectacularly so. Millions of people are dead, the Kryptonians are nearly extinct again, and Luthor is not only a greater KarmaHoudini than ever, but General Lane is regarded as a hero.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Thara and Chris. She's nearing fifty but looks young, he's around six years old but has the body and mind of a twenty-year old.

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* MayDecemberRomance: Thara and Chris. She's Thara's nearing fifty but looks young, he's young due to her time trapped by Brainiac. Chris is around six years old but has the body and mind of a twenty-year old.young adult due to the Phantom Zone tampering with his genetics to make him age years more than he should and Zod's machines that accelerating and developing his mind. It becomes a Squick situation when it's revealed Thara actually fell in love with a six year old boy Chris in the midst of a mind meld they experienced.
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* AbusiveParents: Zod and Ursa, oh so much. Alura's not much better in her treatment of Kara.

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* AbusiveParents: Zod and Ursa, Ursa to Christopher, oh so much.much. Zod refers to him as a disappointment he's willing to replace in the future and Ursa refers to him as disgusting weak mewling mutation. Alura's not much better in her treatment of Kara.
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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: One Kryptonian? One of the most powerful characters in the DC Universe. 100,000 Kryptonians? So much cannon fodder.

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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: One Kryptonian? One of the most powerful characters in the DC Universe. 100,000 Kryptonians? So much cannon fodder. Perhaps justified because the powers are very new to the population and only a small amount such as Zod are accustomed to using them to a degree they would be considered on the same level as Superman.
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* GambitPileup: Alura orders her daughter to capture Reactron and bring him back to New Krypton. When Kara drags him along to the planet, a mob tries to lynch him and Alura takes advantage of the ensuing chaos to fake his death, throw him in a cell and make him talk... [[spoiler: which was a bad idea because Luthor and Lane's gambit involved transforming Reactron into a living bomb and setting him off inside of New Krypton]].

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* TemptingFate:
** In ''Comicbook/NewKrypton'', Supergirl's father Zor-El tempted fate several times:
*** In "Superman: New Krypton Special", Zor says now they have powers "We'll never be in harm's way again". [[spoiler:he got murdered shortly after. And New Krypton got blown up]].
*** In ''Supergirl vol.5 #34'' Kara questions the wisdom of having a Brainiac's robot keeping Argo's shields up, and asks what would happen if it woke up. Her father reiterates over and again it can't and won't turn itself back on. Despite everything, the robot woke up and nearly killed them.

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* TemptingFate:
** In ''Comicbook/NewKrypton'', Supergirl's father
TemptingFate: Zor-El tempted fate several times:
*** ** In "Superman: New Krypton Special", Zor says now they have powers "We'll never be in harm's way again". [[spoiler:he got murdered shortly after. And New Krypton got blown up]].
*** ** In ''Supergirl vol.5 #34'' Kara questions the wisdom of having a Brainiac's robot keeping Argo's shields up, and asks what would happen if it woke up. Her father reiterates over and again it can't and won't turn itself back on. Despite everything, the robot woke up and nearly killed them.
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* TemptingFate:
** In ''Comicbook/NewKrypton'', Supergirl's father Zor-El tempted fate several times:
*** In "Superman: New Krypton Special", Zor says now they have powers "We'll never be in harm's way again". [[spoiler:he got murdered shortly after. And New Krypton got blown up]].
*** In ''Supergirl vol.5 #34'' Kara questions the wisdom of having a Brainiac's robot keeping Argo's shields up, and asks what would happen if it woke up. Her father reiterates over and again it can't and won't turn itself back on. Despite everything, the robot woke up and nearly killed them.
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* ''{{Supergirl}}'' dealt with the continuing fallout of Zor-El's assassination, with Kara trying to apprehend his killer, Reactron, while being both a literal illegal alien, and a HeroWithBadPublicity.

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* ''{{Supergirl}}'' ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' dealt with the continuing fallout of Zor-El's assassination, with Kara trying to apprehend his killer, Reactron, while being both a literal illegal alien, and a HeroWithBadPublicity.
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* NeckLift: Supergirl does this to [[spoiler:Sam Lane]] after he has [[spoiler:successfully engineered the death of New Krypton and the Kryptonian genocide]].
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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: One Kryptonian? One of the most powerful characters in the DC Universe? 100,000 Kryptonians? So much cannon fodder.

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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: One Kryptonian? One of the most powerful characters in the DC Universe? Universe. 100,000 Kryptonians? So much cannon fodder.



* WillingChanneler [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Nightwing and Flamebird]], two minor Kryptonian deities, choose Chris Kent and Thara Ak-Var as their respective hosts.

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* WillingChanneler WillingChanneler: [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Nightwing and Flamebird]], two minor Kryptonian deities, choose Chris Kent and Thara Ak-Var as their respective hosts.

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