Does Superman Believe In Hell? We Ask The Question

In Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #2 earlier within the 12 months, Superman and Batman go to hell. Robin as properly, since he occurred to be within the neighborhood, courtesy of Faust.

And it carried over into in Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #3, like this.

But Superman wasn’t having any of it, regardless of Batamn’s cries of assist or despair.

Superman’s not fooled by the phantasm for a second and saves Batman and Robin’s bat-bacon. But how did he know he wasn’t actually in hell?

Because he would not imagine in hell? Might this be a reference to his Jewish origins, in addition to his overly optimistic outlook on life? Or possibly Batman may be very unsuitable/ Because Superman has been there.

Originally meant for Action Comics Weekly #642, Neil Gaiman wrote the story across the friendship between Hal Jordan and Clark kent, and their information of every others’ secret identities. But as a result of it hadn’t but been established that they knew one another’s identities, Gaiman selected to desert the script as an alternative of rewriting it. By 2000,  it was determined that the script may very well be printed as initially written, and it was executed so with an artist jam throughout the comedian, which was printed in a status format.

Because this can be a Superman who has undoubtedly seen Hell. Indeed he is been there, and it made fairly the influence.

For Superman greater than anybody, along with his super-sensory powers, in a position to hear each scream, see each ripped piece of flesh, odor each burning. And we do get a Christianic model of Hell by way of Dante and Milton.

And whereas Green Lantern might imagine it is an phantasm, on this hell, Superman undoubtedly doesn’t.

So given every part occurred and every part issues, why does Superman not imagine in Hell, if he is been there no less than as soon as? Well possibly, simply possibly, Batman is unsuitable. And Superman has skilled sufficient to know the true Hell from a pretend…