Reign of the Supermen
Nothing ever truly dies.
Production
In the wake of The Death of Supermen, the world is still mourning the loss of the Man of Steel following his fatal battle with the monster Doomsday. However, no sooner as his body been laid to rest than do four new bearers of the Superman shield come forward to take on the mantle. The Last Son of Krypton, Superboy, Steel, and the Cyborg Superman all attempt to fill the vacuum left by the world's greatest champion. Meanwhile, Superman's death has also signaled to the universe that Earth is vulnerable. Can these new Supermen and the rest of the heroes prove them wrong?
Trailers & Videos
Official Trailer
DC Super Scenes: Brawl at Lexcorp
The Eradicator Arrives
Steel Arrives
Superboy Arrives
Cast
Jerry O'Connell
Clark Kent / Superman / Cyborg Superman (voice)
Rebecca Romijn
Lois Lane (voice)
Rainn Wilson
Lex Luthor (voice)
Cress Williams
John Henry Irons / Steel (voice)
Cameron Monaghan
Connor Kent / Superboy (voice)
Charles Halford
Eradicator / Bibbo Bibbowski (voice)
Patrick Fabian
Hank Henshaw (voice)
Rosario Dawson
Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (voice)
Jason O'Mara
Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice)
Shemar Moore
Victor Stone / Cyborg (voice)
Nathan Fillion
Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)
Christopher Gorham
Barry Allen / The Flash (voice)
Nyambi Nyambi
J'onn J'onzz / John Jones / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Tony Todd
Darkseid (voice)
Jennifer Hale
Martha Kent (voice)
Brenda Strong
Lillian Luthor (voice)
Toks Olagundoye
Cat Grant (voice)
Erica Luttrell
Mercy Graves (voice)
Rocky Carroll
Perry White (voice)
Max Mittelman
Jimmy Olsen (voice)
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Reviews
Gimly
The voice cast is solid, and _Reign of the Supermen_ works well as a sequel to last year's _The Death of Superman_, but it is not one of the various DC Animated universes' truly great entries. At least it wasn't another re-do of a story they've already done.
_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
Sheldon Nylander
"The Death of Superman" was a great film and adaptation of the source material (yes, they changed a few things, but not so much as to drastically alter it beyond recognition). "Reign of the Supermen"...not so much.
Part of the problem may be that while the Death of Superman comic storyline was relatively short and concise, the Reign of the Supermen comic storyline was epic in scale with far-reaching consequences for the DC Universe at large. That's pretty hard to cram into an hour and a half, and even with a pretty cool final battle scene, they're not successful at conveying any kind of major or lasting impact.
The villains don't feel right either. One comes off as rather whiny, another is just completely ineffective. And characterization in general are rather shallow. We don't get to know these Supermen well enough to really care about what happens to them.
While still better than "Superman/Doomsday", "Reign of the Supermen" is still a pretty disappointing follow up to one of the better DC animated movies.
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