History ComicBook / ForTheManWhoHasEverything

** Zig-zagged in the comic, where Mongul also assumes that Supermans fantasy involves him ruling Earth, but his second guess is that he's back in "whatever blissful backwater" he was raised in. He's wrong in this case, but it's a perfectly valid assumption considering Supermans love for the Kents and Smallville.

-->'''Batman:''' It was so strange... I was married to Kathy Kane and we had a teenage daughter...

* StrawConservative: In the comic, Jor-El becomes one of these after his predictions of Krypton's fate don't come true.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Superman deals one to Mongul in a fit of rage. Even Mongul, who during the Pre-Crisis era was usually protrayed as being slightly stronger than the Man of Steel, was afraid that he was going to kill him.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Superman deals one to Mongul in a fit of rage. Even Mongul, who during the Pre-Crisis era was usually protrayed as slightly stronger than the Man of Steel, was afraid that he was going to kill him.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Superman deals one to Mongul in a fit of rage. Even Mongul was afraid that he was going to kill him.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: A downplayed case, but before this one-shot, Mongul was merely an ArcVillain; this story along with ''[[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Reign of the Supermen]]'' catapulted him to one of Superman's select [[{{ArchEnemy}} arch-enemies]] who could believeably stand toe-to-toe with him.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In both versions, it's implied at the end that Mongul is perfectly content with the fantasy of bloody conquest the Black Mercy is giving him. Whereas Superman is able to break free because, being a hero, he was able to comprehend ''something wrong'' with the fantasy he was given. In both versions, Mongul speculates that Superman is living out a fantasy of conquest.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In both versions, it's implied at the end that Mongul is perfectly content with the fantasy of bloody conquest the Black Mercy is giving him. Whereas Superman is able to break free because, being a hero, he was able to comprehend ''something wrong'' with the fantasy he was given. In the TV version, Mongul speculates that Superman is living out a fantasy of conquest.

The story works around the idea of TheFinalTemptation: Superman's mind is trapped in an illusion [[HappilyEverAfter of him living a happy life]] on an intact [[DoomedHometown Krypton]]. In the illusion, he's married to a former actress and has a large, loving family. However, Krypton is shown to have changed since the time it would have been destroyed, turning from the [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas idyllic representations]] in the {{Canon}} to [[TheEighties a dystopia teetering on social collapse]]. Amongst other things, [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] is in the hospital after being assaulted by a anti-PhantomZone protester. Further compounding the problem is Kal-El's estrangement from his father, [[IgnoredExpert Jor-El]]; while the latter was often portrayed as a heroic visionary in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, this Jor-El is a bitter shell who turned to [[StrawCharacter radical reactionary politics]] after [[CryingWolf wrongly predicting]] Krypton's self-destruction (his wife [[MissingMom dying]] of cancer might have something to do with it, too).

* FromNobodyToNightmare: A downplayed case, but before this one-shot, Mongul was merely an ArcVillain; this story along with ''ComicBook/ReignOfTheSupermen'' catapulted him to one of Superman's select [[{{ArchEnemy}} arch-enemies]] who could believeably stand toe-to-toe with him.

* DeusAngstMachina: There's probably no logical reason why a logical extrapolation of what Superman's life on Krypton would be like would ''not'' involve the world having descended into social upheaval and riots, his father having become a reactionary bigot, and his mother having died of cancer. But there's also no reason it would ''have'' to involve those things other than it being necessary for the plot.

* ContinuityNod: Countless, particularly to the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]. Superman's wife is Lyla Ler-Rol, who [[StarCrossedLovers Superman met while time-stranded on Krypton]], the various Kryptonian geographical landmarks are callbacks to other Silver Age stories, etc. Creator/AlanMoore has stated repeatedly that he is a great fan of the Silver Age Superman, and everything that goes along with him.

* {{Stripperific}}: In the comic, Batman, Robin, and Wonder Woman are making small talk outside the Fortress in the Arctic snow. When Wonder Woman suggests they (specifically, Batman and Robin who are not endowed with superpowers like she is) get inside to avoid the cold, Robin (himself barelegged) comments on how little she's wearing compared to them: "Before ''us'' two freeze? Dressed like that?" Batman merely replies with "Think clean thoughts, chum."

The ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' episode, cheekily titled "For the Girl Who Has Everything," makes rather more significant changes. Kara retains her old memories and spends a while trying to get out of the dream world before accepting that it's "real," and her sister Alex has to actually enter the dream herself to get her out. The Black Mercy then dies once it's pulled off, allowing the perpetrator Non to live to fight another day after a beating from Supergirl.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Superman deals one to Mongul in a fit of rage. Of course, Mongul absorbs his punches like a steel wall, but still.

"For the Man Who Has Everything" is a classic ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story by writer Creator/AlanMoore and artist [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dave Gibbons]]; it was published in ''Superman Annual'' #11 (1985). [[PragmaticAdaptation The story was later adapted]] into a [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E2ForTheManWhoHasEverything a very popular episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. It also received a live action (and far looser) adaptation in ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}''. The story was also included in the trade omnibus of ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow''.

"For the Man Who Has Everything" is a classic ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story by writer Creator/AlanMoore and artist [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dave Gibbons]]; it was published in ''Superman Annual'' #11 (1985). [[PragmaticAdaptation The story was later adapted]] into a [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E2ForTheManWhoHasEverything popular episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. It also received a live action (and far looser) adaptation in ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}''. The story was also included in the trade omnibus of ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow''.

* CrapsackWorld: What Krypton has apparently become in Superman's dream, at least thats what Jor-El believes.

* KickTheDog: General consensus seems to be that Mongul's sexist remarks are done ''just'' to be a prick.

"For the Man Who Has Everything" is a classic ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story by Creator/AlanMoore and [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dave Gibbons]]; it was published in ''Superman Annual'' #11 (1985). [[PragmaticAdaptation The story was later adapted]] into a [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E2ForTheManWhoHasEverything popular episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. It also received a live action (and far looser) adaptation in ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}''. The story was also included in the trade omnibus of ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow''.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: Kal tells his father, "Sometimes, I think you ''wanted'' Krypton to be destroyed." After he leaves, Jor-El angrily smashes a crystal tree sculpture then sobs piteously.

--> '''Superman:''' Do you understand what you ''DID'' TO ME?