Even Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) took part in the fight in retaliation for what Henshaw did to Coast City. Regardless, the Eradicator joined Superman, the Man of Steel, and Superboy in their fight against Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman. The Eradicator also placed Superman in a healing cocoon, but also siphoned energy from him to fuel his own powers and become “Superman.” Alerted by Superman’s death, the Eradicator went to Superman’s crypt and recovered his body – creating a physical form for himself out of matter from the crypt. Meanwhile, the “Last Son of Krypton” (who had survived the Cyborg’s attack) was actually an artificial Kryptonian being called the Eradicator who was sworn to protect all Kryptonian life – including Superman’s. Wanting to ruin Superman’s good name, he masqueraded as Superman so he would be blamed. Blaming Superman for his condition and his wife’s death, Henshaw used his powers to create a Cyborg Superman body and then strong-armed Mongul into helping him take over the Earth. It turned out that Cyborg Superman was really a human man named Hank Henshaw who had gained the power to control machines after a doomed space flight that killed the rest of his crew and his wife. Related: Superman’s Glasses Are Secretly More Than Just A Disguise In retaliation, Superboy, the Man of Steel, and the new Superman went after the Cyborg – but not before the new Superman convinced Lois Lane that he was really Clark Kent. The Cyborg apparently killed the “Last Son of Krypton” and later destroyed Green Lantern’s home of Coast City. Making his way to Metropolis, this Superman learned that the Cyborg Superman was a traitor who was in league with the alien warlord Mongul. Things got even stranger when a fifth Superman emerged from the Fortress of Solitude, alive but largely powerless. While John Henry’s “Man of Steel” concentrated on street-level crime, Superboy became a media celebrity who loved the camera, although he did genuinely try to save people. One was the teenage clone Cadmus had managed to create, apparently from Superman’s DNA, whom the media dubbed “Superboy.” The other was John Henry Irons, a former weapons designer whom Superman had saved long ago, who designed an “Iron Man-type” suit of armor that simulated many of Superman’s powers. The other two beings were more successors to Superman than resurrected versions of the Man of Tomorrow.

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