2016 TV News Archives

January 12, 2016: TV's "Supergirl" to Adapt Classic "For the Man Who Has Everything" Story

Superman Annual #11 It was revealed yesterday at the Television Critics Association press event that the "Supergirl" TV series will be adapting the classic Superman comic book story "For the Man Who Has Everything" for an upcoming episode.

"Episode 13 is based on one of my favourite Superman stories, 'For the Man Who Has Everything,'" said Supergirl executive producer Andrew Kreisberg. "It's called 'For the Girl Who Has Everything,' and she wakes up on Krypton in this fantasy that nothing ever happened. I've literally been pitching this from this first episode!"

Originally published in "Superman Annual #11" in 1985, the original Superman story (by the creative team of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons) saw the Man of Steel held captive by the villain Mongul in the Fortress of Solitude and dreaming of an idyllic life on Krypton courtesy of a wish-fulfilling parasitic plant known as the Black Mercy.

With Kara's "dream" taking place on a Krypton that never blew up, it's quite likely that the recent news about the casting of an actor to play a young Kal-El is for this episode.

Source: ComicBook.com



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